Managing Migration for the Benefit of All
Armenia - IOM Mission in Armenia published a booklet to mark 15 years of operations in Armenia
It has been already fifteen years that the Republic of Armenia (RA) became an IOM Member State. To mark this anniversary the IOM Project Development and Implementation Unit in Armenia has published a booklet “Fifteen Years in Armenia: Managing Migration for the Benefit of All” in the Armenian and English languages.
IOM in Armenia works closely with the Armenian Government and implements projects prioritised by the RA Government and various Armenian ministries and state agencies. The IOM Mission in Armenia mainly works in the following fields: Technical Cooperation on Migration and Capacity Building; Labour Migration; Counter-Trafficking; Migration and Development; Mass Information on Migration; Movements and Assisted Returns. The Mission is expanding its portfolio to cover Migration Health area also.
The booklet concisely dwells on the most important points and projects of the organization’s operations in Armenia since 1993 as well as its future plans. The booklet has the following sections: Technical Cooperation on Migration and Capacity Building in Migration Management (including, among other topics, policy reforms; institution building and capacity building; border management), Migration Policy and Research, Labour Migration (including inter-regional policy dialogues; capacity building in labour migration; public awareness; prevention of irregular migration), Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (including direct assistance to victims of trafficking; research on human trafficking; public outreach campaign; protection and reintegration support to victims of trafficking), Return and Reintegration (including assisted voluntary return, voluntary repatriation, rehabilitation and reintegration assistances), Migrant Integration (including micro-credit schemes), Facilitated Movements and Resettlement (including the United States refugee programme and pre-consular services (Canada)), Emergency and Post-emergency Operations, and Migration and Health. The booklet also has general parts about the IOM and IOM in Armenia. The booklet was widely distributed in Armenia and outside its borders, among the RA Governmental bodies, civil society, the private sector, international, intergovernmental, foreign and regional organizations.
To receive more detailed information about the initiative, please contact Ms. Kristina Galstyan, the Head of Project Development and Implementation Unit and Media focal point for the IOM Mission in Armenia, at (+374 10) 585692, ext. 112 or kgalstyan@iom.am.
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