International Organization for Migration (IOM)
IOM and Migration for Development
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IOM Worldwide Presence
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International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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Regional Offices
Special Liaison Offices
Administrative Centres
Capacity Building Centre
Research and Training Centre
Country Offices
• 132 Member States;
• + 7,250 staff
• 97% posted in the field
• More than 460 Offices
in 130 Countries
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IOM
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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• 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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Three 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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Examples of IOM Migration and
Development Programmes
• Temporary and Circular Labour Migration (TCLM)
between Colombia and Spain: a model for
consolidation and replication
• MIDA Ghana Health project
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WHAT NEXT?
Factoring migration in to the
MDGs
LOOKING BEYOND 2015
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Thank you
Chiara Gnoli
IOM London
cgnoli@iom.int
020 7811 6053
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