REPORT ON IOM RESPONSE TO MIGRATION CRISES Supplementary report to SCPF I June 2015 Children in Myanmar during food distribution by IOM. © IOM 2013 International Organization for Migration Geneva, Switzerland June 2015 IOM Response to Migration Crises: Supplementary report to the SCPF Copyright © IOM 2015 REVIEW OF IOM’S MIGRATION CRISIS OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK MCOF Activities during 2014* MCOF 10 country offices and one regional office have integrated MCOF into their strategic planning documents. Norway: IOM Norway has started implementing the Norwegian Integrated Over the course of 2014, internal MCOF Migration Dialogue project, hosting several seminars for NGOs, government training has targeted more than 360 staff counterparts, media and other stakeholders. The dialogue aims at contributing to a more positive migration discourse in Norway. in over 23 countries worldwide. Internal / External Republic of Korea: During 2014, IOM gave four different external MCOF The external roll–out of MCOF has taken Netherlands: IOM delivered MCOF Iraq: Senior migration officials from the Tajikistan: During a cross- trainings to the Republic of Korea place in 63 countries in 2014, an increase presentations during three separate Central Government of Iraq and Kurdish border simulation exercise military, United Nation agencies and of 36 countries in comparison to 2013. NATO exercises to 105 NATO officers. Regional Government combined efforts between the governments of national disaster agencies. In total, External MCOF events have targeted Internal / External Latvia External to outline a tailored response to the Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, in humanitarian country teams in 12 more than 100 people were trained Switzerland: IOMs Emergency Response unfolding crisis in Iraq using IOM’s which 100 organizations. briefings, with several others targeting Germany on CCCM, humanitarian coordination Induction Training (ERIT) trains IOM staff, with strategic MCOF methodology. External NATO, UNOCHA, ICRC and a range of External structures and civil– military the capacity to quickly adapt and operate as External relations. national and international non– part of a rapid response team. governmental organizations. Internal / External Portugal External Mali: A strategic analysis in line with the External MCOF facilitated an IOM Ebola preparedness *India response by combining a range of MCOF External Kuwait: IOM presented the MCOF during a Costa Rica: Regional Office San José presented the MCOF during sectors of assistance. This comprehensive three-day workshop to 27 participants, from the the jointly organized Nansen Initiative and Regional Conference on approach has been successfully replicated at Kuwait Ministry of Interior, Gulf Cooperation Viet Nam: IOM Viet Nam held a two-day Migration (RCM) consultation on Temporary Protection Statuses the regional level as Cross Border Health and Council countries; including Qatar and the workshop for 45 government officials and/or Humanitarian Visas for Affected Populations in Disasters. Humanitarian Border Management (HHBM). Sudan from various Ministries. The workshop Internal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The training was the External Guinea Internal focused on introducing participants to Internal first of its kind in the region. Nigeria MCOF and applying the framework to Ghana Internal / External External Colombia: IOM Colombia trained in total 30 Internal migration crisis scenarios, and IOM staff, with 20 IOM staff members of its developing tools and mechanisms to Central African Republic: MCOF implementation Somalia emergency programme team being trained prevent and respond to crises. included the development of a national IOM External on MCOF methodology. In addition, the Internal / External strategic document, training IOM staff and Kenya: Regional Office Nairobi and Country Office Kenya MCOF strategic analysis is reflected in the Brazil including the MCOF in the United Nations have jointly developed two strategic planning Indonesia UN Strategic Response Plan for 2014 in External Integrated Strategic Framework 2015-2016. documents: 1) IOM’s Return of Somali Refugees External Colombia. Internal / External Strategy, and 2) the Dimensions of Crisis on Migration in Internal / External Somalia working paper. On external roll– out, MCOF was presented at the Intergovernmental Authority on Argentina: Regional Office Buenos Aires held an internal regional Development (IGAD) Regional Consultative Process Australia Chile strategic meeting with 25 senior staff members, including IOM Chiefs of Mission, heads of office and senior technical (RCP). During the RCP, IOM presented the MCOF and Internal / External External Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC) initiatives during programmatic staff. This meeting consisted of a one day a workshop to 80 participants; including Kenyan, EU, workshop on the MCOF. In addition, Argentina's country office IGAD, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa has formulated a strategic document integrating IOM´s sectors of Written examples from 2014 only (COMESA) and international non-governmental * assistance, in line with the MCOF, upon request of the Argentine organizations representatives. government. External 2014 Internal / External Internal External 2013 Internal 2014 Internal 2013 Table of contents INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 3 PART I MIGRATION CRISIS OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK (MCOF).......................................................... 4 1.1 INTERNAL ROLL-OUT .......................................................................................................... 7 1.2. EXTERNAL ROLL-OUT ...................................................................................................... 11 1.3. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS AND NEXT STEP .............................................................................. 15 PART II OVERVIEW OF SECTORS OF ASSISTANCE ................................................................................ 17 PART III HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES 2014 .................................................... 25 REPORT ON IOM RESPONSE TO MIGRATION Supplementary report to SCPF I June 2015 Boxes, Tables and Graphs Box 1: Highlights of MCOF roll-out and implementation during 2014 Box 2: Previous MCOF achievements (2013) Box 3: Outcomes of MCOF trainings Box 4: IOM council resolution 1243 Box 5: Feature - MCOF in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Box 6: Feature - Health and Humanitarian border management (HHBM) in Ebola affected West Africa Table 1: Expansion of strategic planning documents Table 2: Geographical expansion of external roll-out Table 3: In total MCOF sets out fifteen sectors of assistance Figure 1: Staff trained per region in 2014 Figure 2: Categories of staff targeted for training Figure 3: Geographical expansion of MCOF training Figure 4: Types of events featuring the MCOF Figure 5: Breakdown of participants Figure 6: Total participants per region in 2014 Figure 7: Themes of external MCOF events at regional offices Figure 8: Relative size of each MCOF sectors of assistance in IOM’s crisis response in 2014 Figure 9: Implementation of IOM projects in regional offices Figure 10: Implementation of IOM projects in regional offices (continued) Figure 11: Total received funding Figure 12: Humanitarian appeals Figure 13: IOM appealed projects (all appeals) - 2014 Figure 14: IOM appealed and received funding - - 2014 Figure 15: SRP related funding Figure 16: IOM - L3 related percentage and volume of funding - 2014 Figure 17: IOM - non L3 percentage and volume of funding - 2014 Figure 18: IOM Funding percentage and volume received per appeal - 2014 Figure 19: IOM in relation to total appeals Figure 20: Funding per sector of contribution Figure 21: IOM 2014 Funded projects in appeals Figure 22: Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) cluster Figure 23: CCCM in appeals Figure 24: Shelter and non-food items Figure 25: Shelter and non-food items beneficiaries per category 2014 Figure 26: Shelter in appeals Figure 27: IDPs tracked through DTM – 2014. Total 7,220,874 IDPS tracked Figure 28: Displacement tracking Figure 29: CCCM – Shelter – DTM activities per region 1 REPORT ON IOM RESPONSE TO MIGRATION Supplementary report to SCPF I June 2015 Acronyms CCCM Camp Coordination and Camp Management CO Country Office CT Counter-Trafficking DRR Disaster Risk Reduction DTM Displacement Tracking Matrix ECOSOC United Nations Economic and Social Council EVD Ebola Virus Disease FTS Financial Tracking System HBM Humanitarian Border Management IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee IOM International Organization for Migration MCOF Migration Crisis Operational Framework RO Regional Office 2 REPORT ON IOM RESPONSE TO MIGRATION Supplementary report to SCPF I June 2015 INTRODUCTION The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s response to a migration crisis is inclusive and comprehensive, focused on assisting and protecting vulnerable groups and mobile populations before, during and after a crisis. Overall, in 2014 IOM crisis related activities (from preparedness to emergency response, transition and recovery among others) reached more than 20 million beneficiaries and budgetary expenditures exceeded USD 810 million. In line with the objectives of the June 2015 meeting of the Standing Committee on Programmes and Finance (SCPF), this report focuses on IOM’s activities related to strengthening its strategic approach to crises, namely through