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IOM and Migration for Development

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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IOM Worldwide Presence

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Regional OfficesSpecial Liaison OfficesAdministrative CentresCapacity Building Centre

Country Offices

• 132 Member States;

Research and Training Centre • More than 460 Offices in 130 Countries

• 97% posted in the field

• + 7,250 staff

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IOM works in the four broad areas of migration management:• Migration and development• Facilitating migration• Regulating migration• Forced migration

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• The basis for IOM’s work in migration and development can be found in its Constitution, which states “that migration may stimulate the creation of new economic opportunities in receiving countries and that a relationship exists between migration and the economic, social and cultural conditions in developing countries”.

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Slide Title• According to the 2007 Strategy, “IOM

will focus on the following activities [in relation to migration and development]”: – International policy dialogue;– Policy-oriented research;– Operational programmes to build the

administrative and managerial capacity of governments and develop and implement strategies to more effectively link migration and development.

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Slide TitleThree main ways in which

migration impacts on development:

•Transfer of population and workforce

•Transfer of know-how and knowledge

•Transfer of financial assets

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IOM currently implements migration and development

projects under three project types:

Economic and Community Development;

Remittances; Skills Transfer, Capacity-Building and

Virtual Return Projects.

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• Integrating project activities state development policies

• IOM interventions are in accordance with national policies outline the needs of the country

• Initiatives started within IOM projects will become sustainable through their institutionalisation

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• Temporary and Circular Labour Migration (TCLM) between Colombia and Spain: a model for consolidation and replication

• MIDA Ghana Health project

Examples of IOM Migration and Development

Programmes

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WHAT NEXT? Factoring migration in to

the MDGs LOOKING BEYOND 2015

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Thank you

Chiara GnoliIOM Londoncgnoli@iom.int020 7811 6053