DEADLINE: 10TH FEBRUARY, 2023
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM)
INVITATION TO SUBMIT EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO PROVIDE ON THE JOB/VOCATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING, INTERNSHIPS, AND/OR JOB PLACEMENTS TO SELECTED RETURNED NIGERIA MIGRANTS IN EDO STATE
Project background:
Assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) is a key strategy in ensuring the humane and orderly movement of migrants. It is an indispensable component of a migration management approach which is intended to be mutually beneficial to migrants, governments and other sectors of society affected by migration. IOM implements the AVRR which has well-tailored reintegration measures supporting the socio-economic integration of returnees in their country of origin.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) aims to contribute to the government of Nigeria’s efforts to sustainably reintegrate returning Nigerian’s migrants, providing educational and employment opportunities for them and promote safe migration among aspiring youth and source communities.
Since 2017, IOM in collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), has facilitated the safe and voluntary return of over 25,000 stranded Nigerians from different transit and destination countries and Edo state holds 43% of the returned migrants who also due to the experiences, have various forms of vulnerabilities. According to the perception study conducted by the Edo State Task
Force Against Human Trafficking (ETAHT) in 2019, the major factor that promotes unsafe travels and irregular migration is poverty, followed by unemployment and economic hardship, peer pressure, and family pressure across endemic communities in Edo State. It has become pertinent to establish a more sustainable system of reintegration support and providing socio-economic support to returned migrants through aligning IOM approaches in interventions.
This expression of interest aims to seek both government and private institutions, which has the required financial standing, management, and technical industry-specific expertise to offer relevant vocational trainings, mentorship/ apprenticeship, internship opportunities and job placements to qualified beneficiaries as part of their socio-economic reintegration.
Objective
The main objective of the assignment is to provide training on relevant skills acquisition, internship and job placement opportunities to Edo state returned migrants in different sectors such as fast manufacturing consumer goods (FMCGs), hospitality, construction, wielding, metal and woodwork, fashion and design, ICT and digital marketing, Arts & Craft, manufacturing, farming and animal husbandry etc, (non-exhaustive)
Specific context
IOM seeks to engage both government and private sector companies in Edo State to create more opportunities available to returned migrants to enhance their ongoing economic assistance, particularly migrants with small scale businesses and those interested in job placement or internship/mentorship opportunities. This initiative will be in line with the four objectives of IOM’s Private Sector Partnership Strategy 2016-2020. IOM recognizes that active participation of the private sector in economic reintegration is crucial to advance its humanitarian objectives. By engaging and partnering with government and private sector actors, IOM aims to achieve sustainable, long-term engagement with these actors and to promote a multi-stakeholder approach in strengthening the economic reintegration of
returned migrants.
Apart from providing migrants with coaching, basic skills acquisition, the private sector can engage migrants in various ways, including as employees, customers, and increasingly as shareholders, managers and corporate leaders.
REQUIREMENT
IOM is seeking government and private sector organizations, including technical schools, small and medium enterprise (SMEs) and multi-national enterprise (MNEs), which has the funds, management, market for the products and technical industry -specific expertise, preferably in FMCGs, manufacturing, ICT, fashion design, hospitality, to partner with for the achievement of financial independence and economic self-sufficiency of returned Nigeria migrants.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
IOM invites experienced and interested government and private sector organizations to submit an expression of interest, technical proposal along with a cover letter in support of their application addressed to IOM Lagos via email IOMLagosTenders@iom.int OR via hard copy to IOM Benin Office at No.3 Aideyan Street off Ihama, GRA, Benin City, Nigeria on or before 10 February 2023.
