ABOUT GOOD PRACTICES
Good Practices are knowledge and experiences that have proven to work well and produce good results, so they can be a reference or model for new initiatives. Seeking to improve knowledge management, IOM recognizes the importance of documenting the good practices generated when implementing its initiatives.
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…
Thematic Area: Immigration and Border Governance
Language: Spanish, English
Year: 2022
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.
Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: Spanish
Year: 2022
During the year 2020, El Salvador was impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of tropical storms. The IOM, with the support of USAID, contributed to the coverage of basic universal needs of the people affected by both the pandemic and the tropical storms.
Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: Spanish
Year: 2022
To assist the people internally displaced because of the eruption of the Fire Volcano in Guatemala, the IOM developed a computer system to facilitate the registration, distributions of humanitarian assistance, and family reunification after the emergency.
Thematic Area: Operations and emergencies
Language: Spanish, English
Year: 2021
IOM Haiti developed an initiative to create the border police stations throughout the Haitian border area to provide greater security in the areas and fight smuggling and illicit traffic.
Thematic Area: Immigration and Border Governance
Language: Spanish, English
Year: 2021
IOM Guatemala developed SINAREM (National Referral System for Reintegration Services for Migrants) / OportuGuate, a system and an app to connect returned migrants in search of a job with potential employers and opportunities of entrepreneurship, and certification of competences.
Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance, Labor mobility and human development
Language: Spanish, English
Year: 2021
With the Support of IOM Guyana, the office of IOM Curaçao developed an initiative to help migrant children in a situation of vulnerability by identifying their main needs regarding their access to education and carrying out other activities to reinforce their effective integration in the…
Thematic Area: Migrant protection and assistance
Language: Spanish, English
Year: 2021
IOM Guyana developed an initiative known as Micro-Business Grants as part of their support program for entrepreneurship within the migrant population in Guyana to allow them to generate income, support the generation of financial security inside their communities and create economic opportunities…
Thematic Area: Labor mobility and human development
Language: Spanish, English
Year: 2021