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Who we are
WHO WE AREThe International Organization for Migration (IOM) is part of the United Nations System as the leading inter-governmental organization promoting since 1951 humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all, with 174 member states and a presence in over 100 countries.
Structure
Structure
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Our Work
Our WorkAs the leading inter-governmental organization promoting since 1951 humane and orderly migration, IOM plays a key role to support the achievement of the 2030 Agenda through different areas of intervention that connect both humanitarian assistance and sustainable development.
Cross-cutting Priorities
Cross-cutting Priorities
- Where we work
- Take Action
- Data and Research
- 2030 Agenda
Established: 2001
Objectives
The Tripoli Process is a series of sequenced and formal, high-level political meetings following up on the original meeting's Declaration, and one in which binding decisions can be pursued or followed up. It is also a full-African-continent-with-full-EU initiative, and as such is not characterized by regular, close, informal consultations among all members. It can be viewed as a pillar within the broader Joint Africa-EU Strategic Partnership.
The EU-Africa Declaration on Migration and Development adopted at the Tripoli meeting led to the establishment of the European Union (EU)-Africa Partnership on Migration, Mobility and Employment (MME). [KG1] MME is now a key part of the EU-Africa strategic partnership within the framework of the joint EU-Africa Declaration on Migration and Development.
Current Focus
Specific areas of discussion include:
- concern for the human rights and wellbeing of migrants
- human resources and brain drain
- irregular migration
- migration and development
- migration management challenges
- opportunities for regular migration
- peace and security
- protection of refugees
- sharing best practices
Secretariat:
- No official Secretariat. IOM provides support to capacity building activities targeting both ECOWAS institutions and its Member States.
- Members
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82 Members (53 AU Member States and 28 EU Member States)
- Algeria
- Austria
- Angola
- Austria
- Belgium
- Benin
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cabo Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eriteria
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kenya
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Observers
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Observer States
- Switzerland
Observer Organizations
- Conseil des Organisations Non Gouvernementales d'Appui au Développement (CONGAD, Council of Non-Governmental Development Support)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- IRD
- International Labour Organization (ILO),
- International Organization for Migration (IOM),
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA),
- Organisation of African Unity (OAU),
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
- West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA),
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),
- United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF),
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
- Meetings
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- 4th EU- Africa summit, Brussels, April 02-03, 2014
- Africa–EU Summit “Adoption of the Second Action Plan, which covers 2011–2013,” 29–30 November 2010, Tripoli, Libya
- 2nd Africa-EU Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, 8 December – 9 December 2007
- The EU-African Union meeting “The Joint Africa–EU Declaration on Migration and Development” (‘Tripoli Conference’), 22–23 November 2006, Tripoli, Libya
- 1st Africa-EU Summit, Cairo, Egypt, April 2000