November 14  2013, Astana/Kazakhstan

Mr. Dejan Keserovic,  Coordinator for Central Asia, Chief of IOM Mission in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and  Uzbekistan  presented  the   IOM Central Asia Strategy, current programmes and activities. The IOM Coordination office for Central Asia, in Astana, coordinate programs for the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. 

In the CA region IOM implements its programmes and activities in close cooperation with governments and a network of more than 100 civil society organizations(NGOs).  IOM coordinates closely with other international organizations, international and national partners as well as donors in order to successfully address migration challenges and other migration related issues of common concern in the CA region. 

IOM Today - An intergovernmental organization established in 1951

IOM is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.

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