Main area: Migration
Theme: Addressing irregular migration – border management
Assessment: Non ODA-eligible
Provider country: Switzerland
Recipient country: Türkiye
Implementing agency: IOM
Budget (CHF million): 0.6
Year(s): 2019-2021
Purpose code: 15190
Case number: Migration / 3
Monitoring and assessing populations in Türkiye through the Migrant Presence Monitoring programme (Phase II)
The Migrant Presence Monitoring (MPM) project (financed and monitored by the State Secretariat for Migration and not by the Swiss international co-operation) provides the Turkish Migration Authorities with essential data on migration movements within the country. It is a fundamental tool for decision-making within Turkish institutions and is actively used to draft and adapt policies. The Turkish authorities have a strong interest in institutionalising the MPM methodology in order to conduct their own surveys.
General objective is to contribute to improved migration management policies and responses through enhanced understanding of migration and mobility patterns of refugees and migrants in Türkiye. These activities support information management, monitoring, tracking and assessing of population movements and include information and data exchange between States to manage migration flows.
Outcome 1: PMM and service providers have increased access to comprehensive information relating to migration trends, and capacity to sustainably continue to apply the MPM methodology.
Output 1.1: Updated and systematic information on migration flows and mobility patterns in Türkiye, including journey experiences, vulnerabilities (including gender-specific concerns), population movement intentions, trends and needs is available.
Output 1.2: Thematic and technical support is provided to the Turkish Migration Authorities and Provincial Directorates of Migration Management to sustainably integrate MPM methodology.
Through its MPM Programme, IOM has tracked more than 4.1 million migrants at the sub-district level, which represents nearly 84 per cent of total migrant population in Türkiye.
MPM’s information products include 56 Monthly Situation Reports, 61 Flow Monitoring Compilation Reports, 19 Quarterly Overviews, three Annual Reports, four Flow Monitoring Survey Analysis Reports, four Flow Monitoring Survey Field Observation Reports, two Flow Monitoring Survey Migrant Vulnerabilities Reports, six Baseline Assessment Analysis Reports and three Baseline Assessment Field Observation Reports.
IOM has hired and trained more than 500 field staff to cover data collection activities in 33 provinces as well as 33 staff from the Turkish Migration Authorities and Provincial Directorates of Migration Management who attended MPM trainings.
With the support of State Secretariat for Migration in 2020, MPM organized online workshops on Displacement Tracking Matrix methodology on survey design and sampling, data processing and analysis, reporting, training data collectors and data collection in the field, with participation of 52 staff from the Turkish Migration Authorities and Provincial Directorates of Migration Management in 20 provinces. The Provincial Directorates demonstrated a strong interest in institutionalizing and adapting the MPM methodology to conduct their own ad-hoc surveys on migration.
This activity is deemed non ODA-eligible. It involves co-operation in border management to address irregular migration for the mutual benefit of the provider and recipient country (cf. Türkiye’s role to stop irregular migration to Europe). Despite mutual benefits not precluding ODA eligibility according to Principle 3, the activity does not pursue a primary developmental objective and is thus excluded from ODA (see Principle 1 and Criterion 4). To note: as an example, an activity for data collection and monitoring aiming at primarily benefiting migrants (e.g. by hindering exploitation and ensuring safety and protection) could be considered eligible; the ODA coefficient for multilateral organisations (100% for IOM) has no bearing on the assessment of earmarked contributions through this organisation (which should be assessed on a case-by-case basis).
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