Passeport Talent / Talent Passport is a streamlined residence permit facilitating the entry and stay of highly skilled foreign workers, researchers, artists, and entrepreneurs. It aims to attract global talent to contribute to France’s economic, scientific, and cultural development, while encouraging long-term integration and bilateral cooperation between host and origin countries.
A development-driven initiative implemented by IOM and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), aiming to harness the potential of the Tunisian diaspora for socio-economic recovery, particularly in high-migration regions. The project mobilizes social, cultural, human, and financial capital through partnerships between diaspora investors and local entrepreneurs.
The Catalan Scholarship for Refugees, funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia), gives refugees who have already started higher education but could not finish it in their countries of origin the opportunity to do so in Catalan universities. The programme is aimed at refugees who are located outside the EU and provides an alternative pathway to entry. Through the scholarship programme, selected refugees are able to go to Spain. Throughout their studies, they have free tuition and a stipend for living expenses.
The project Support to the African Union (AU) on Labour Migration and Free Movement of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH cooperates with the African Union Commission (AUC) to promote the implementation of continental and regional migration policies with a focus on labour migration and free movement in Africa. This includes the Migration Policy Framework for Africa (MPFA), the African Union Free Movement of Persons Protocol (AU FMP) and the African Common Position on Migration and Development (ACPMD).
With support from the SIMPI project, IGAD embarked on an inter-REC learning mission to the ECOWAS Commission to engage in a mutual dialogue on free movement, transhumance policies, and migration data. The initiative served as a platform for both regional organizations to exchange experiences, address challenges, and share best practices in facilitating cross-border mobility. The mission enabled IGAD to gain insights into ECOWASs approach while also offering perspectives from its own regional context.
The BMM is a regional programme that implements in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda to promote safe, orderly, and regular migration from and within the Horn of Africa. It has supported the partner countries to establish and strengthen National Coordination Mechanisms (NCMs). These inter-institutional bodies include representatives from the ministries concerned (Justice, Interior Affairs, Health, Education, Labour, Social Services, etc.), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and local communities dealing with migration issues, and facilitate joint actions.
In 2024, IOM supported 15 CARICOM member states and regional bodies in developing a comprehensive regional migration policy framework. This initiative responds to the evolving migration landscape and the need for a coordinated approach to migration governance
The initiative positions migration policy as a tool to advance regional integration and address national concerns from a regional's perspective. Thus, it also provides regional contextualized guidance and tools for national-level actions and policy development.
The Interagency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants (R4V) is a collaborative effort involving over 200 organizations, including UN agencies, civil society, faith-based organizations, and NGOs. The platform coordinates efforts under Venezuela's Refugee and Migrant Response Plan (RMRP) to support refugees and migrants from Venezuela in 17 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Free Move Hub project is a comprehensive initiative aimed at mapping, analyzing, and comparing all bilateral and multilateral free movement of people regimes at the global level. The main objectives are to facilitate the understanding of free movement regimes, visa liberalization regimes, and labor mobility schemes. The targeted population includes policymakers, scholars, and individuals involved in migration and mobility
This coalition was created by the government, private sector, UN, and NGOs in 2024 to train and connect refugees and displaced workers to green transition jobs. It focuses on long-term employment solutions for refugees in green jobs and is primarily focused on countries of first asylum. UNHCR is one of the members of the coalition, contributing by leveraging its socio-economic data about refugee populations, its livelihoods programming, and advising on necessary protection safeguards, including access to travel documents and prevention of refoulement.