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International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- Organization type:UN & International Organization
General contact information
- URL: http://www.iom.int/
- Address: 17, Route des Morillons
- Postal Code: 1211
- City: Geneva 19
- Country: Switzerland
- Telephone: +41 227179111
- Fax: +41 227986150
- Email: info@iom.int
- Head of the organization: William Lacy Swing
Mission & Disaster Reduction Profile
IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.
- UK allocates additional UKL 5 million to IOM for shelter and flood preparedness in Pakistan’s Sindh
7 Aug 2012 - Rio+20 side event will underline vulnerability of urban migrants
19 Jun 2012 - IOM Colombia hosts fourth international conference on gender and disasters
18 May 2012 - IOM and private sector plan joint humanitarian action in Pakistan
13 Jan 2012 - IOM: Finding solutions for climate and environment-induced migration
7 Dec 2010 - 'Invest now for tomorrow's migration', says IOM's 2010 World Migration Report
26 Nov 2010 - IOM assists major disaster preparedness exercise in Micronesia and the Marshall Islands
26 Oct 2010 - IOM, ECHO mark international disaster reduction day in Indonesia
12 Oct 2010 - Climate change and risk management conference focuses on Uruguay's vulnerabilities
14 Sep 2010 - Haiti: IOM launches hurricane awareness campaign by radio and SMS
31 Aug 2010 - IOM partners with gov of Haiti in disaster preparedness
6 Aug 2010 - IOM: Preparing for Haiti's hurricane season
20 Jul 2010 - Haiti: Live TV and radio debate to discuss impacts of the 12 January quake
13 Jul 2010 - Haiti: Gonaïves prepares for the next hurricane season
29 Jun 2010 - IOM supports Gilgit-Baltistan disaster management authorities, following landslides, flooding threat
4 Jun 2010 - Greater efforts needed to tackle environmental migration beyond Copenhagen, says IOM
18 Dec 2009 - IOM: Assessing the evidence on migration and the environment – new report reveals major shortcomings on the issue
8 Dec 2009 - Haiti: IOM launches disaster risk reduction efforts, rehabilitates shelter infrastructure
10 Jul 2009 - IOM: Reducing vulnerability to 'natural' disasters important for migration
12 Jun 2009 - Mozambique: Community theatre and radio drama for disaster management
21 May 2009
Statements & Presentations
- UN system task team on the post-2015 UN development agenda: building resilience to disasters through partnerships
2013 - Nigeria national capacity assessment report on disaster risk reduction
2012 - A resilient future: UNISDR and IOM statement on zero draft of the outcome document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) 'The future we want'
2012 - The state of environmental migration 2010
2011 - Livelihood security: climate change, migration and conflict in the Sahel
2011 - Scaling up the community-based health workforce for emergencies
2011 - Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in IOM’s response to environmental migration
2011 - Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and environmental migration
2010 - Environmental Livelihood and Vulnerability Mapping (ELVM) project report
2010 - Migration, environment and climate change: assessing the evidence
2009 - Climate change, environmental degradation and migration: addressing vulnerabilities and harnessing opportunities
2009 - IOM Policy brief: migration, climate change and the environment
2009 - Migration and climate change
2008 - Migration, development and natural disasters: insights from the Indian Ocean tsunami
2007
- Asia-Pacific training for policymakers and practitioners on migration, environment, climate change and adaptation
21-23 Mar 2013 - Vulnerability of urban migrants: Challenges and responses - at Rio +20
20 Jun 2012 - Fourth international conference on gender and disasters
16-18 May 2012 - International day for disaster reduction and cross visit
19 Oct 2011 - International day for disaster risk reduction: 'Making communities resilient: my community is getting ready’ - Pohnpei state celebration
13 Oct 2011 - Climate change, environmental degradation and migration (2011)
29-30 Mar 2011 - COP16 side event: Climate Change, Environment and Migration Alliance (CCEMA): Understanding impacts and finding solutions
08 Dec 2010 - Seminar on environmental migration and climate change
20 Apr 2010 - International conference on environment, forced migration and social vulnerability
09-11 Oct 2008
- Programme officer (education)
15 Aug 2012 - DRR operations officer (community capacity building)
27 Jun 2012 - DRR technical operations officer
27 Jun 2012 - DRR field project manager
27 Jun 2012 - Community DRR specialist (8 positions)
27 Jun 2012 - Programme engineer (Climate Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Education Programme), P2
17 May 2012 - Programme manager (CADRE), P3
8 May 2012 - Programme officer (shelter and settlements), P3
27 Apr 2012 - Geographic information systems (GIS) officer, P2
22 Feb 2012 - Consultant - disaster risk reduction needs assessment in Rwanda
24 Nov 2011 - Migration health officer
21 Nov 2011 - Senior regional emergency and post-crisis specialist
22 Sep 2011 - Geographic information system (GIS) officer
16 Aug 2011 - Programme manager
3 May 2011 - Project coordinator (migration health)
7 Oct 2010 - Project manager (disaster risk reduction), P2
4 Dec 2009 - Emergency response and recovery officer
12 Nov 2008
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Working Areas
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- Community-based DRR
- Disaster Risk Management
- Health & Health Facilities
- Indigenous Knowledge
- Risk Identification & Assessment
- Climate Change
- Water
- Gender
- Vulnerable Populations
- Recovery
- Civil Society/NGOs
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- Environment
- Critical Infrastructure
- Public-private Partnerships
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- Education & School Safety
- Structural Safety
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- Social Impacts & Resilience
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- Land Slide
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- Cyclone
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- Drought
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