Project “Promoting Evidence-Based Migration Management to Maximize Migration’s Development Potential” (MPTF) implemented by:
IOM (coordinator), UNICEF, UNHCR, and UNDP. The Commissariat for Refugees and Migration (KIRS) is the end beneficiary.
The 24-month project (until August 2025), valued at USD 2 million, aims to strengthen KIRS’s capacity in:
Managing migration training systems
Data collection, processing, and analysis (national/local levels)
Policy development and monitoring in migration management
Enhancing collaboration with academia
Implementation partners include four UN agencies (IOM, UNICEF, UNDP, UNHCR), with KIRS as the primary beneficiary institution.
Project Structure:
Component 1 – Strengthening KIRS’s capacity for migration training system management:
Hiring experts to ensure training harmonization/quality and establish a Migration Training Center (MTC) per national legislation
Training coordinator for MTC Plandište (curriculum planning, methodology, documentation, decision-making systems, quality control)
Development of 12 new training programs
Collaboration with International Institute of Humanitarian Law (San Remo)
Trainer trainings and workshops for government/LSU representatives
Localization of Global Compact on Migration (GCM) guidelines
Capacity building for GCM data reporting
Component 2 – Enhancing KIRS’s migration data management:
Deployment of 2 officers for continuous work with LSUs on Local Action Plans (LAPs)
Workshops with LSUs and Local Migration Councils
Technical assistant for child migration data
Data protection system development expert
Shelter profile updating officer
National/local data analysis officer
Custom software development for LAP monitoring
IT equipment procurement
Component 3 – Academic partnership strengthening:
Research grants on migration topics
International conference support
IDAC network membership expansion
Regional conferences on refugee/asylum protection
Educational materials procurement
Training Activities
The project will develop 12 curricula and conduct ~60 trainings for government, local authorities, NGOs, and partners at KIRS’s Migration Training Center in Plandište.
