IOM-UNICEF Strategic Collaboration Framework

IOM and UNICEF have agreed on a Strategic Collaboration Framework for the period 2022 -2023, reflecting our joint commitment to a new, strengthened and more consistent way of working together across the humanitarian and development spectrum. Building on each agency’s strengths, this framework will further enhance collaboration, communication and engagement between IOM and UNICEF in support of a more predictable and responsive partnership that meets the essential needs and realises the potential of children and youth in a range of migration and displacement settings and beyond.

IOM and UNICEF pledge to strengthen our collaborative efforts and track progress delivering on the following four thematic priorities:

1) Systems strengthening focused on child protection and social protection

2) Child-sensitive services and inclusion in national systems across sectors

3) Collaboration in humanitarian settings and regular programs

4) Joint work to strengthen the evidence base on children

We will achieve this through specific actionable commitments that include, inter alia, the operationalization of joint products on child-sensitive returns and reintegration; joint guidance on inclusion of children affected by migration in national child protection systems; joint efforts in health emergencies and to include migrants in COVID-19 recovery and response; rollout of a toolkit to include migrant children in national education systems; joint deployments and capacity-building in emergencies e.g. disability inclusion and GBV; collaboration on data and evidence-based research and analysis on protection risks and vulnerabilities of children, including through the International Data Alliance for Children on the Move and DTM; and joint advocacy in priority areas, including climate mobility, meaningful youth participation, and ending child immigration detention.