The Idea Lab is an initiative of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) that promotes knowledge exchange spaces between field offices and the IOM country office in Mexico to enhance the implementation of programs and actions identified through fieldwork, thus addressing the needs of the

The regional action was implemented with funds from the European Union and executed at an inter-agency level by IOM and UNHCR, with the aim of increasing the resilience of vulnerable populations to the socioeconomic impact of the pandemic and supporting their recovery from the crisis. 

To enhance border management in Haiti, IOM, in collaboration with the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration (DIE), installed MIDAS, a Border Management Information System (BMIS), to effectively monitor the border crossing points.

Along with local actors IOM Costa Rica promoted equitable access to health services to the Ngäbe Bugle cross-border indigenous population by incorporating Cultural Advisors: Ngäbe Bugle women who serve as liaisons between the medical team and the indigenous population, providing accompaniment and…

To support the newly created UATIM, IOM conducted a Train-the-Trainers workshop on Counter Migrant-Smuggling for public servants from the National Migration Service (SNM) to train state officials nationwide on this crime.

In 2021, the Honduras country office developed the communication campaign ¨Respiramos Miskitu¨ in the Moskitia region of Honduras, to promote peaceful coexistence with the Miskitu population.

Considering the high levels of human mobility, trade, and transportation in the border communities between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti, IOM developed the MDTs, to establish spaces for dialogue between the communities of both nations at the four official authorized border…

This good practice describes the assistance provided by IOM Mexico to the migrant population under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) during the preparation for border crossing, transfer to the crossing points, monitoring, and report of the operation.