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Ethiopia Actors Sensitised on Humanitarian Border Management

March 5, 2023
March 3, 2023 (ADAMA, Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM)…
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IGAD Ministers of Labour at the 2nd IGAD Ministerial Conference on Labour, Employment and Labour Migrations

March 3, 2023
March 3, 2023 (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia): The Second Ministerial Conference on Labour, Employment and Labour Migration of the Intergovernmental Authority…
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IGAD and ILO Launch Experts Meeting on Labour, Employment and Labour Migration

February 28, 2023
27 February 2023 (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO)…
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IGAD Convenes the 14th Regional Consultative Dialogue on Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement

February 23, 2023
February 21, 2023 (Nairobi, Kenya): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) from February 22nd to 23rd 2023 convened a Regional…
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Regional Migration Coordination Committee Reconvenes, takes Stock of Progress

February 23, 2023
February 21,2023 (NAIROBI, Kenya): IGAD Members states are registering progress in several regional commitments to the Global Compact for Refugees according…
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IGAD kicks-off a Capacity Building workshop on Refugee Protection and Management

January 26, 2023
January 24, 2023 (ADAMA, Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) today kicked-off a three day Capacity Building workshop on…
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IGAD carried out workshop on Djibouti Multi-Sectorial National Coordination for Migration

January 23, 2023
January 18, 2023 (ARTA, Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), today, has carried out the 1st Multi-Sectorial Workshop of the…
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A Development Approach to Forced Displacement: Transforming Refugee Spaces Through Targeted Development

December 21, 2022
The IGAD region is grappling with forced displacement crises of staggering proportions. Conict, drought and persecution have driven some of…
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Kampala Declaration on Jobs, Livelihoods, and Self-Reliance

December 16, 2022
In March 2017, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Special Summit on Durable Solutions for Somali Refugees and Reintegration of…
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Djibouti Declaration on Quality Education

December 16, 2022
In March 2017, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Special Summit on Durable Solutions for Somali Refugees and Reintegration of…
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IGAD Benefits Support from the European Union, Germany and Sweden for Migration and Refugees Management

December 13, 2022
December 11, 2022 (BISHOFTU, Ethiopia): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, today signed…
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IGAD Commences a Somalia National Dialogue on Forced Displacement

December 7, 2022
December 5, 2022 (MOGADISHU, Somalia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) commenced a three-day meeting to promote exchanges and foster…
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IGAD Concluded Training for Member States Labour Attachés in Gulf Countries

November 28, 2022
November 25, 2022,( ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development(IGAD)  in collaboration with the International Labour Organization(ILO ) concluded…
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IGAD – ILO launched a first regional Training Workshop for Labour Attachés on Labour Migration Governance

November 22, 2022
November 21, 2022, (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and International Labour Organization (ILO) launched a first…
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Remarks by the Director of the Health and Social Development Division of IGAD on behalf the Executive Secretary at the Regional Training for Labour Attachés on Labour Migration Governance November 21, 2022, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

November 21, 2022
Regional Training for Labour Attachés on Labour Migration Governance (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 21-25 November 2022)   E. Muferihat Kemil, Minister…
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IGAD Celebrates Africa Statistics Day

November 18, 2022
Today all National Statistics Offices across Africa celebrate African Statistics Day, whose theme is "Strengthening data system by modernising the production…
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IGAD Commenced Deliberations on National Coordination Mechanism on Migration in South Sudan

November 16, 2022
November 14, 2022 (JUBA, South Sudan):  The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in collaboration with the government of South Sudan…
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3rd IGAD Regional Scientific Conference on Migration and Displacement

November 2, 2022
November 1, 2022 (NAIROBI, Kenya): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) today inaugurated the 3rd IGAD Regional Scientific Conference on…
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3rd IGAD Scientific Conference on Migration and Displacement

October 22, 2022
   |      IGAD Scientific Conference is to bring together researchers, policy makers, practitioners and international institutions to share…
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IGAD Executive Secretary Discussed Durable Solutions for refugees with UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner in Geneva

October 13, 2022
October 11, 2022 (Geneva, Switzerland): Dr.  Workneh Gebeyehu, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Ms Gillian Triggs, United…
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IGAD – UNCDF Regional meeting deliberated on the road map of Harmonization of Remittance Policies in the member states

October 6, 2022
October 4, 2022 (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)…
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IGAD and ANE Launch Joint Refugee Solutions Project

October 1, 2022
September 30, 2022 (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia):The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Action for the Needy in Ethiopia (ANE) Launched…
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IGAD/DRDIP represents a paradigm shift in the design and implementation of the development response to refugees

September 30, 2022
September 28, 2022 (TADJOURA, Djibouti): IGAD commenced a regional meeting of the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP), Monitoring…
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IGAD Regional Guidelines on Rights Based Bilateral Labour Agreements (BLAs)

September 30, 2022
Migration for Employment from IGAD Member States to other regions has increased exponentially in recent years. Structural drivers of labour…
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Labour Market Assessment with a Focus on Migrant Workers from the IGAD Region

September 27, 2022
The report examines labour force characteristics, current and future demand for skills, and job creation patterns, and identifies sectors that…
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IGAD is Improving Migration and Displacement Statistics Management with Reliable Information.

September 22, 2022
September 19,2022 (Entebbe, Uganda): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) commenced the third Migration and Displacement Statistics Technical Working Group…
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IGAD and NRC signed Sub-delegate Agreement for Regional Migration Fund

September 17, 2022
September 15, 2022 (Heron, Djibouti): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) signed Sub-delegate Agreement for…