Better Migration Management programme

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The Better Migration Management (BMM) Programme, Phase II, is financed by the European Union (EU) Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). BMM is coordinated by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and implemented by the British Council, International Organization for Migration (IOM), CIVIPOL and UNODC, with the overall objective of improving migration management in the region, and to address SOM and TIP within and from the Horn of Africa. The project is being implemented within the framework of the UNODC Regional Programme – Promoting the Rule of Law and Human Security in Eastern Africa (2016-2022) and it's regional Countering Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Programmes. The project is currently in the third phase. 

 Project Facts

  • Countries Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda
  • UNODC budget € 5.3 million
  • Duration May 2016 – February 2025
  • Donors The European Union (EU) Emergency Trust fund for Africa (EUTF) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
  • Implementing Partners Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, British Council, CIVIPOL, International Organisation for Migration (IOM), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Project Output

I) Supporting anti-trafficking and anti-smuggling legislation and law enforcement institutional capacity to implement the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) and its supplementing Protocols;

II) Enhancing the knowledge and skills of law practitioners and law enforcement to prevent, suppress and investigate serious and organised crime committed by traffickers and smuggling syndicates, through capacity building workshops, and;

III) Increasing organisational, operational and technical capacity of law enforcement, especially anti-trafficking and anti-smuggling units, in enforcing laws, strategies, and policies through operational support, provision of equipment, training and technical assistance.

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For more information

Kindly reach out to unodc-easternafrica@un.org