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IOM Azerbaijan Mission
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IOM Azerbaijan
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IOM opened its Mission in Azerbaijan in
January 1996 in Baku.
In November 1998 the Office in
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR)
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In August 2006 the Office in Mingachevir
was opened.
Total staff: 34 persons
Current projects’ budget: ~ 4,5 million
USD
Mission expertise:
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Counter Trafficking;
CBMM & TC: Policy Development;
Legislation & Institutional Framework
Development; Border Control; Human
Rights of Migrants; Training;
Migration and Development / Environment
& Community Development;
Movement;
Current Donors:
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US Government
Swiss Government
ITF / Austrian Government
Norwegian Government
European Union
Azerbaijani Government
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IOM Azerbaijan
IOM Baku
staff: 15 persons (13 local and 2 international)
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Main counterparts:
– Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
– State Migration Service;
– Cabinet of Ministers;
– Ministry of Labour;
– Ministry of Interior;
– Border Service;
– State Statistical Committee;
– Ministry of Education;
– NAR Authorities;
– Local Executive Committees;
– NGOs
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Current project areas:
– Counter Trafficking (4 projects);
– Capacity Building in Migration
Management (1 project);
– Migration and Development /
Environment & Community
Development (2 projects);
– Movement;
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IOM Azerbaijan
Current Projects
Strengthening the National Capacity in Collecting, Storing and Sharing
Migration-related Data
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Donors: IOM’s 1035 Facility, UNFPA, State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan
Budget: 100’000 USD
Project purposes: Improvement of the migration-related statistics and data
management system and enhance skills of relevant government officials
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Activities:
– Promoting and strengthening inter-agency cooperation and coordination among
the national authorities that deal with migration data;
– Surveys across 13 border points (interviews with 15,000 individuals conducted);
– Identification of new tools and indicators, their introduction into the data analysis
system of the State Statistical Committee;
– Assessment of the national migration data management system and the
development of policy recommendations;
– Trainings and study visit for migration authorities;
– A reference material ‘An overview of the EU legal framework concerning
migration data’;
– Dissemination of ‘Sharing Data: Where to Start – An Emerging Approach to
Migration Data Management’ (IOM Vienna);
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IOM Azerbaijan
Current Projects
Enhancing Measures and Cooperation to Effectively Combat Trafficking in Persons
through Capacity Building and Technical Assistance
Donor: US INL Budget: 200’000 USD
Overall Objective: Improve prevention, identification, referral and social protection for VOTs
Duration: September 2009 – September 2010
Activities / results:
 Establishment of two Migration Information Centers in Baku and Mingachevir;
 Information dissemination campaign (including broadcasting of PSAs on TV)
 Establishing a website (www.uate.org) to facilitate information exchange and contacts
among NGOs in Azerbaijan, and between them and their counterparts across Eurasia;
 Enhancing institutional capacity of and cooperation among the civil society organizations
 Promoting dialogue and collaboration between the civil society and the government;
 Capacity building of shelter and hotline managements and their staffs;
 Direct assistance to victims of trafficking.
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IOM Azerbaijan
Current Projects
Institutional Capacity Building to Assist Victims of Trafficking in Azerbaijan
Donor: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Objectives: Improve rehabilitation and reintegration of VOTs through capacity building of
the Government and NGOs
Budget: 900’000 NOK
Duration: December 2009 – December 2010
Activities:
- Providing Support to the Center for Assistance to Victims of Trafficking (CAV) of the Ministry of
Labour through capacity building, training and study visit.
- Assessment report on current legislative, institutional and procedural framework regarding
rehabilitation and reintegration measures available in Azerbaijan;
- “Developing and Implementing Social Rehabilitation and Reintegration Programs in Azerbaijan”
Handbook
- Educational reference materials i.e. Trainer's Tutorial & Practitioner’s Manual
- Direct assistance to victims of trafficking and their children through establishment of a Regional
Social Reintegration Center in a city other than Baku, voluntary return assistance, Providing food,
clothing, medical assistance as well as legal and social counseling;
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IOM Azerbaijan
Current Regional Projects
Secondary School Education in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to
Contribute to the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons
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Donor: The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
Duration: November 2008 – October 2010
Overall budget: 1’089’180 CHF
Overall objective: To contribute to the prevention of trafficking through
secondary education
Key target groups: Secondary school students aged 15-17, their parents
and secondary school teachers
Counterparts and partners: Ministry of Education, and other relevant
government agencies, CT and education NGOs, etc.
Main activities:
- Information dissemination to prevent trafficking in human beings
- Training, workshops and focus group meetings
- Curriculum and auxiliary material development
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IOM Azerbaijan
Current Regional Projects
Strengthening of Comprehensive Anti-trafficking Responses
in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
Donor: European Commission
Overall objective:
To address reduction of all forms of trafficking in human beings through capacity building and provision of
protection and assistance to actual and potential victims.
Project purposes:
– Support the development and implementation of counter-trafficking mechanisms in target countries;
– Support prevention of trafficking and irregular migration through labour market interventions and
information dissemination and outreach activities;
– Assist Governments in strengthening measures toward detecting, investigating and prosecuting
criminal activities pertinent to trafficking in persons problem;
– Enhance identification, referral, protection, assistance and reintegration of victims of trafficking.
Activities:
– Law enforcement capacity building;
– Information dissemination: www.informedmigration.az;
– Translating the IOM Manual for Direct Assistance to Victims of Trafficking;
– Assessment of return and reintegration assistance and studying occurrences of re-trafficking;
– Direct assistance to victims of trafficking (including return assistance).
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IOM Azerbaijan
Current Projects
Socio-Economic Reintegration for
Mine Victims
Donor: ITF / Austrian Government,
ANAMA;
Budget: 148 884 EUR
Duration: January 2010 – May 2012;
Objective: Improve the livelihood and
economic situation of mine survivors
through targeted training and microcredit schemes;
Key target groups: mine survivors,
local NGO, ANAMA
Counterparts and partners: ANAMA,
NGO Chirag
Main activities: training and microcredits
IOM Office in Mingachevir:
Staff: 4 persons (local)
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IOM Azerbaijan
Current Projects
Socio-Economic Reintegration for Mine Victims
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IOM Azerbaijan
Current Projects
Economic Development and Income
Generation in Nakhchivan Rural
Communities Through Kahriz
Rehabilitation (COSWA)
IOM Office in Nakhchivan
Staff: 15 persons (14 local and 1 international)
Donor: SDC
Duration: Nov 2007 – Apr 2011 (Phases IV & V)
Budget: 3,3 million CHF
Key objectives:
-Improve the livelihood of local communities
through better access to water recourses,
agriculture development, income generation;
-Reduce the risks of migration caused by
environmental changes, lack of water and soil
degradation;
Partners: NAR Authorities, Local Executive
Committees; NGO “Kahriz Recourse Centre”
Beneficiaries: Local Communities;
Activities:
- Community mobilization / training /
development;
-Rehabilitation and renovation of traditional water
supply systems “kahrizes”;
-Research
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IOM Azerbaijan
Current Projects
COSWA
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IOM Azerbaijan
Current Projects
Movements:
- USRP
- Canadian Refugee Programme
- Refugee resettlement in cooperation with
UNHCR
- Reception Assistance for Azerbaijani
Returnees
- VOTs voluntary return / reception
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IOM Azerbaijan Initiatives
Legal Assistance for Migrants Project
- Provide free and qualified legal advice and assistance
to migrants in administrative and court procedures;
- Build the capacity of local NGOs and the Government
in protecting human rights of migrants though training
and practice;
- Raise awareness about the legal problems of migrants;
- Inform non-nationals about their rights and obligations;
- Assess shortcomings of the legislation on grass root
level;
Funds required: 170’000 USD
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IOM Azerbaijan Initiatives
Kahriz Rehabilitation Project
The project’s overall objective is to contribute to prevention of forced economic
and environmental migration by enhancing access of rural communities to
energy free water resources as a mean to increase agriculture productivity and
livelihood.
Specific objectives:
(a) to increase communities’ access to water for consumption and agriculture,
through the renovation of kahrizes and cleaning of irrigation channels in rural
areas;
(b) to build capacity of communities to manage water resources through the
establishment of and engagement in Water User Committees (WUC) and to
enhance the capacity of selected workers (kankans);
(c) to promote optimized use of water; and
(d) to support scale-up of Kahriz renovation in other regions, through awareness
raising, information sharing and technical assistance targeting relevant
government agencies, municipalities, NGOS.
Funds required: 1’200’000 USD
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IOM Azerbaijan Initiatives
Maintaining Kahriz Systems – A Key to Sustainable Water Use and
Livelihood for Communities in Nakhchivan
The overall goal is the establishment of a comprehensive, self-supporting kahriz maintenance
system, guaranteeing long-term water supply of NAR communities.
Main objectives are:
• Establish structures that guarantee long-term utilization of kahriz water resources
(engineering/finance/responsibility/legal framework of maintenance/DRR/fighting pollution);
• Provide training and hands-on experience to identify and address shortcomings with regard to
effective access to water resources;
• Increase the generation of income, water yield and the efficiency of water utilization;
• Implement measures increasing the security of kankan occupation;
• Carry out scientific work in fields where recent knowledge appears to be insufficient;
The project’s income generation activities will contribute to poverty reduction in rural NAR and
contribute to prevention of environmental migration as Kahriz water systems are not considered to be
very vulnerable to Global Climate Change. As water supply sources are getting diversified and
decentralized by using Kahriz systems they can represent a way to adapt to Global Climate Change
impact. The project will be implemented by Kahriz Resource Centre in Partnership with IOM.
Budget required: 1’530’000 USD
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IOM Azerbaijan Initiatives
Movements:
– Establishment of advisory services for
emigrants;
– Establishment of medical services for
independent emigrants;
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IOM Azerbaijan / Regional
Initiatives
Enhancing the Development Impact of Remittances in the South
Caucasus in Engagement with Diaspora Associations and Households
Receiving Remittances
Overall objective:
Contribute to the efforts of the Governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in
promoting the effective use of remittances as a tool in sustaining socio-economic
development of the South Caucasus countries
Specific objectives:
• Support governments in creating an enabling environment for migrant remittance
investments by developing appropriate policies based on consistent data standards;
• Enhance the capacities and increase the motivation of financial institutions to adjust
existing or develop new financial products and services to attract remittances;
• Build the capacity and motivation of the diaspora, individual migrants and households to
harness their remittances for socio-economic and community development.
Budget required: 2’000’000 EUR
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