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Serbia: Promoting Evidence-Based Migration Governance for Maximizing Development Potential of Migration

The project will address migration data needs and strengthen policy capacities at both national and local levels. Aligning strongly with national priorities, it will work closely with the Serbian Commissariat for Refugees and Migration (SCRM) and its Migration Training Centre (MTC), reinforcing SCRM’s role in providing capacity development and knowledge management strategies for improved local migration policy planning and implementation.

The strength of this project is its focus on challenges faced by local communities facing complex migration situations. While Local Migration Action Plans exist in every Serbian local government, stakeholders often rely on limited data and possess limited capacities to assess, evaluate, use, and analyses data. The project will work closely with the Local Migration Councils to address diverse and ever-changing migration dynamics, including sustainable reintegration of returnees, stigma and discrimination, health and social protection, youth unemployment, labour market shortages, and diaspora engagement. 

Project Date
2023
 - 
2025
Type of Project
Project/Programme
Lead implementing organization/s
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Donor/s
Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund
Language
English
Geographic Scope
Country
Country
Serbia
Regions
Europe
Sub Regions
Southern Europe
Workstream Output
Off
Regional Review Process
No
GCM Objectives
1
Cross Cutting Theme
Whole-of-government approach
Whole-of-society approach
SDGs
SDG.10 - Reduced Inequalities
SDG.16 - Peace, Justice And Strong Institutions
SDG.17 - Partnerships For The Goals
SDG Targets
Target 10.7
Target 17.18
Status
Published

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).