Regional Training on Disaster Risk Reduction, Emergency Response and IOM’s Migration Crisis Operational Framework, Almaty, 14 and 15 September 2015
Almaty, 14 and 15 September 2015. The regional training on Disaster Risk Reduction, Emergency Response and IOM’s Migration Crisis Operational Framework (MCOF) took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 14 and 15 September 2015. The regional training was organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Sub-regional Office for Central Asia in the Republic of Kazakhstan in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Committee of Emergencies, of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Participants of the two-day regional training were Government officials from agencies involved in emergency preparedness from: the Republic of Kazakhstan; the Kyrgyz Republic; the Republic of Tajikistan; the Republic of Uzbekistan; and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; as well as representatives from international organizations, donor community and private sector: the International Organization for Migration (IOM); the Embassy of Finland to the Republic of Kazakhstan; the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO); the UK Department for International Development (DFID); the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA); the United States Agency for International Development (OFDA/USAID), and Kaznex Invest .
The regional training was formulated as a participatory course in which participants were exposed to information on how to build tools and mechanisms for preventing and responding to a migration crisis. During the first day of the training, participants had the opportunity to acquire information on the IOM Migration Crisis Operational Framework (MCOF) and how to utilize it as a practical, operational and institution-wide tool to improve and systematize the way in which IOM supports its Member States and partners to better prepare for and respond to migration crises. Participants were actively engaged into discussions and developed possible scenarios of migration crisis.
During the second day of the training participating Government officials shared experiences and good practices on mitigation and recovery and through several case studies learnt about IOM’s activities to prevent and mitigate natural disasters, floods and earthquakes through international emergency preparedness and response mechanisms.
The regional training has been organized within the framework of the project “Addressing Mixed Migration Flows through Capacity Building in Central Asia” funded by the US Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Government of the United States (PRM USA).
IOM MCOF Info sheet along with the following link, http://www.preventionweb.net/