Migration Management

Through the Department of Migration Management, IOM works on the development of policy guidance for the field; the formulation of global strategies; standard-setting and quality control; and knowledge management relating to “mainstream” migration sectors, including labour and facilitated migration, migration and development, counter-trafficking, assisted voluntary return, migration health, assistance for vulnerable migrants, immigration and border management and overall capacity-building in migration management.

In addition, the Department also manages the IOM Development Fund and is responsible for reviewing, endorsing and managing multiregional and global projects. The Department provides technical supervision of project review and endorsement to experts in the field. It is also responsible for maintaining operational partnerships with relevant governmental, multilateral and private sector industry partners in coordination with the Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships.

In Turkmenistan, IOM works with government partners and civil society organizations to strengthen national capacity to combat human trafficking, provide reintegration assistance to victims of human trafficking, prevent illegal migration with a particular focus on empowering youth and women and addressing multiple vulnerabilities that they may face in the context of migration, as well as integration of the migration, environment and climate change nexus into national climate change adaptation planning.