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With support from @IOMDevFund, @IOMThailand works to empower media and government partners in 🇹🇭to reshape migration narratives. Rolling out training and community-driven campaigns is strengthening understanding and social cohesion, through storytelling. #FeatureFriday
IOM’s Migration Reporting Training lands at @cmuofficial_tw! Youth are key in telling stories that inform, not mislead. Over two days, students gained: ✅Knowledge on fundamentals of migration ✅Skills to craft balanced, evidence-based stories ✅Experience interviewing migrants
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With @IOMDevFund support, @IOMGambia is working with Gambian local authorities, women and youth to address environmental drivers and structural factors that contribute to #migration and #displacement in rural communities🇬🇲🌱💨🐄 #FeatureFriday
IOM successfully pilots Transhumance Tracking and Climate Vulnerability Assessment Tools in Central River Region - South. The data generated will help inform policy and programming on mitigating land-related conflicts exacerbated by climate change in The Gambia.
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With @IOMDevFund support, @UNmigration is harnessing inclusive global alliances for diaspora engagement, by providing Member States and partners with collaboration spaces, to contribute to the empowerment and recognition of #diaspora as key development actors🌎🌍🌏 #FeatureFriday
Felicito a @CancilleriaPeru por coorganizar el taller “La diáspora como agente de desarrollo”. Dos días de valioso intercambio sobre herramientas, buenas prácticas e institucionalidad para trabajar con comunidades peruanas en el exterior. Gracias al financiamiento @IOMDevFund
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The 3rd Int’l & Regional #MigrationLaw Course for Africa wrapped up in Moshi, Tanzania 🇹🇿 last week! 24 officials from 20 AU Member States trained on rights-based migration governance, thanks to IOM’s Policy Div., @IomAcbc & @IOMDevFund. More 🔗:
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IOM is committed to a global approach under which the protection of migrants’ rights is included in all aspects of migration governance. This approach is grounded in the principles of human rights,...
The 3rd International & Regional Migration Law Course for Africa has officially concluded! held in #Moshi, Tanzania from 15–19 Sept 2025, the course was a joint effort by @iomacbc & Migration Policy Division. #InternationalMigrationLaw #RegionalMigrationLaw #IOM #Africa
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A 12-member delegation from Zimbabwe’s @mpslswzim wrapped up a 5-day study visit to Ghana, facilitated by @UNmigration 🇬🇭🇿🇼 with support from @IOMDevFund. The exchange focused on Ghana’s systems for migrant return & reintegration. 🔗 https://t.co/cTdZYQQijY
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Day 3 ✅ Second session in #Rodrigues today, with participants in Anse aux Anglais. Focus: safe migration, being informed & prepared, knowing where to seek help, and building resilience. #IOMMauritius | #InternalMigration #CommunityResilience
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Reliable data is one of the pillars of sound policy. With support from @IOMDevFund, @IOMTanzania is strengthening migration data systems in 🇹🇿 to inform evidence-based decision and policymaking in favour of migrants. #FeatureFriday
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With support from @IOMDevFund, @IOMTanzania is convening a workshop to Launch the Sub-Group on Migration Data, bringing together government ministries & agencies, with @NBS_Tanzania & @ocgs_zanzibar @UhamiajiTz as Secretariat.
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Ce 16/09, @iomchad a réuni le comité technique interministériel du Pacte mondial pour les migrations (PMM) dans le cadre du projet « Vers le développement d’une politique migratoire nationale au Tchad », financé par @IOMDevFund 👉 Prochaines étapes : 🔹 Formations en octobre 🔹
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Last week at #ACS2 in Addis Ababa, IOM and city officials from Accra, Addis Ababa and Bujumbura shared findings on how climate change is transforming human mobility in African cities. Read more : https://t.co/sOPkucNSSI
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According to @UNODC, more than 15,000 children are trafficked from West Africa into Europe every year. The @IOMDevFund is proud to support this #CounterTrafficking project, aiming to protect Ghana's youth in sport through #evidencebase and #regularpathways. 🇬🇭 #FeatureFriday
IOM Ghana & @moysgovgh held the 3rd Technical Working Group meeting under the Trafficking in Sports project funded by @IOMDevFund. Stakeholders reviewed & validated the inception report for a gender-sensitive baseline study that will help map sports migration pathways in Ghana.
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On 10 September, @IOMEthiopia will host a side event at the Africa Climate Summit 2 to share insights on how African cities can better respond to climate-induced mobility, drawing on case studies funded by @IOMDevFund. Register using the QR below:
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Productive exchange today with Alessia Castelfranco (IOM Dev Fund) and Daniel Sam (COM a.i) on advancing migration governance, diaspora engagement, and climate-resilient development under Vision 2050.
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Productive exchange today with Alessia Castelfranco (IOM Dev Fund) and Daniel Sam (COM a.i) on advancing migration governance, diaspora engagement, and climate-resilient development under Vision 2050.
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Diasporas possess valuable resources, including talent, networks & capital. With @IOMDevFund support, @IOMMontenegro is engaging its diaspora to leverage these contributions for #sustainabledevelopment🇲🇪 See more: https://t.co/0ic2iRw2AH & https://t.co/6UxFqEcBjx
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When diaspora experts return, local healthcare grows stronger. Dr. Maja Bulatović Ćalasan, with experience in leading Dutch centres, trained 🇲🇪 doctors on modern immunology practices, helping improve patient care with support from @IOMDevFund ⬇️ https://t.co/EscoVsi44N
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Diaspora communities are powerful agents of change. With support from @IOMDevfund, @IOMCameroon is helping Cameroon unlock the transformative contributions of its diaspora for sustainable development. #FeatureFriday🇨🇲🤝
🇨🇲 Mobilizing the Cameroonian diaspora for sustainable development! With @IOMDevFund support, IOM & the Government held a strategic workshop to map diaspora profiles, analyze migration data, and design inclusive strategies, focusing on women & youth. 🔗 https://t.co/oLA7czvbnY
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Con apoyo del @IOMDevFund, @OIM_RD impulsó un enriquecedor webinar 🇺🇾🤝🇩🇴 donde Uruguay y República Dominicana compartieron experiencias sobre cómo integrar la movilidad humana en la planificación territorial 🌎 #FeatureFriday
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Con apoyo del @IOMDevFund, @OIM_RD y el VIOTDR organizaron una capacitación para técnicos y profesionales en República Dominicana 🇩🇴sobre la 📄Guía Metodológica para la Formulación de Planes Regionales de Ordenamiento y Desarrollo Territorial ✨ #FeatureFriday
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With support from @IOMDevFund, @IOMGhana & @AccraMetropolis are revising Accra’s Climate Action Plan (2026–2036) to boost climate resilience. By integrating #HumanMobility & gender-responsive approaches, the city is shaping inclusive, future-ready policy. #FeatureFriday 🇬🇭🌱
Last week, @AccraMetropolis & IOM Ghana hosted a High-Level Workshop to revise Accra’s Climate Action Plan (2026–2036). With support from @IOMDevFund & key partners, the focus was on integrating #HumanMobility & gender-responsive actions into climate policy for a resilient Accra.
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With support from @IOMDevFund, @IOMMoldova launched a training for the Border Police’s Passenger Information Unit 🇲🇩 to strengthen intelligence-based passenger information systems and promote secure, humane cross-border mobility-with @UN_OCT & @UNODC
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First of three-day “goTravel Advance User Course” training for the Passenger Information Unit within the Border Police organized by IOM🇲🇩 with @UN_OCT and @UNODC to improve border security and facilitate humane and orderly cross-border mobility in Moldova. 🙏@IOMDevFund
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With support from @IOMDevFund, @IOMSierraLeone is engaging with communities in 🇸🇱 to enhance local economic opportunities through catalytic community and youth empowerment projects while raising awareness about the dangers of irregular migration. @UNmigration
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Yesterday, in collaboration with @NACSA_SL & ATIP, with support from @Justitiedep & @IOMDevFund, focus group discussions & awareness-raising on the dangers of irregular migration in Kambia continued. Returnees also received training on sustainable income-generating activities.
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