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Meet the Finalists: 2024 Knowledge Fair and Impact Awards @ IOM
Meet the exceptional Finalists of the 2024 Knowledge Fair and Impact Awards @ IOM! With nearly 50 submissions from IOM offices all over the world, these initiatives have been selected for their groundbreaking solutions and impacts to address key migration challenges in collaboration with governments and partners around the world.
Explore their inspiring work and cast your votes for your favorite initiatives. Stay tuned for the grand finale, where the most impactful initiatives will be honored at the prestigious Impact Awards Ceremony at the International Dialogue for Migration (IDM) in Geneva, Switzerland on November 25.
KNOWLEDGE FAIR: A GLOBAL WEBINAR SERIES
IOM’s Knowledge Fair is an online global knowledge exchange series for the selected Finalists, setting the stage for the Impact Awards Ceremony. The Fair is designed to showcase and celebrate the most impactful initiatives and collaborations between IOM, Member States, communities and partners. As part of this webinar series, the Finalists will also be officially recognized and awarded a digital certification as a Good Practice on Migration @ IOM.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- Saving Lives and Protecting People on the Move
Internal Knowledge Jury
- Innovation and Knowledge Management Unit (IKM)
- Humanitarian Operations Division (HOD)
- Department of Humanitarian Response and Recovery (DHRR)
- Migrant Protection and Division (PXD)
- UN Migration Network Secretariat
- Evaluation Team
- Governing Bodies Division
External Knowledge Jury
- Bella Evidente: Director and Senior Expert, International Development & Humanitarian Affairs TA Consult
- Neidi de Carvalho: Senior Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF, Netherlands
- Roger Zetter: Emeritus Professor of Refugee Studies, University of Oxford
- Ashoka Foundation
- Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Addressing Climate Mobility and Driving solutions to Displacement
Internal Knowledge Jury
- Innovation and Knowledge Management Unit (IKM)
- Preparedness and Climate Change Adaptation Division (PCCA)
- Climate Action Division (CAD)
- Environmental Sustainability Unit
- UN Migration Network Secretariat
- Evaluation Team
- Governing Bodies Division
External Knowledge Jury
- Roberto Ariel Abeldaño: University Lecturer. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.
- Bilesha Weeraratne: Head of Migration and Urbanization Policy Research
- Jason Gagnon: Senior development economist and head of unit of the OECD Development Centre
- Elena Chernikova: Senior Policy Analyst at International Migration Policy, International Affairs, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
- Ashoka Foundation
- Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Facilitating Pathways for Regular Migration
Internal Knowledge Jury
- Innovation and Knowledge Management Unit (IKM)
- Immigration and Border Governance Division (IBG)
- Policy Support and Coordination Unit (PSCU)
- Labour Mobility Division (LMD)
- UN Migration Network Secretariat
- Evaluation Team
- Governing Bodies Division
External Knowledge Jury
- Akadet Chaichanavichakit: Lecturer and Curriculum Coordinator, Mahidol University
- Charles Kwenin: Chief Executive Officer, International Migration Policy & Recruitment Centre (IMPRAC)
- Maryann Bylander: Associate and Assistant Professor, Lewis & Clark College. Department of Sociology & Anthropology
- Zana Vathi: Reader in Social Sciences Edge Hill University, Department of Social Sciences
- Ashoka Foundation
- Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Promoting Gender, Diversity and Youth Empowerment
Internal Knowledge Jury
- Innovation and Knowledge Management Unit (IKM)
- Internal Partnership Unit (IPU)
- Labour Mobility Division (LMD)
- Gender and Diversity Coordination Unit (GDC)
- UN Migration Network Secretariat
- Evaluation Team
- Governing Bodies Division
External Knowledge Jury
- Glenda Bonifacio: Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Lakehead University
- Mariangela Bizzarri: Assessor – Women’s Leadership Development Programme, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
- Rabiya Ali: Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Manager, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS)
- Ashoka Foundation
- Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Leveraging Data and Technology
Internal Knowledge Jury
- Innovation and Knowledge Management Unit (IKM)
- Policy Support and Coordination Unit (PSCU)
- Department of Information and Communications Technology (ICT)
- UN Migration Network Secretariat
- Evaluation Team
- Governing Bodies Division
External Knowledge Jury
- Dhanesh Koathari: pi2Life - Owner, CEO and Founder
- Jason Gagnon: Senior development economist and head of unit of the OECD Development Centre
- Omar Moussa: Director of Demographic and Social Statistics at Institute of Statistics of Djibouti (INSTAD)
- Priscilla Ndayara: Statistics Expert – East African Community
- Ashoka Foundation
- Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
FINALISTS
Climate Mobility and Solutions to Displacement
IOM Micronesia - Typhoon Wutip Reconstruction Project (TWRP) – part of the “Disaster Resilience in the Compact Nations – RESILIENCE”
IOM Mozambique - New Approach to Building a Participatory and Inclusive Marketplace for Sustainable Energy Solutions
IOM Somalia - Green Horizon: Breaking the Climate-Conflict Cycle through Environmental Innovation in Somalia
IOM Uganda - E-waste Circular Economy Scale: Exploring Synergies and Insights Project
IOM UK - The Climate Resilience Against Trafficking and Exploitation (CREATE) Project
Facilitating Pathways for Regular Migration
IOM Nepal - Migration School
IOM Belgium and Luxembourg - O-REMIT: Offer Cost-Effective Alternatives for Remittances and Opportunities for Investment of Savings
IOM Slovakia - MIC Activities Supporting the Labour Mobility and Integration of Migrants
Sub-Regional Office for Europe - Improving Access to Health Care for Refugees and People Displaced from Ukraine
IOM Colombia - Recognizing Our Rights
Humanitarian Assistance and Protection
IOM Türkiye - Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Idleb, Northwest Syria
IOM Costa Rica - Pescando Saberes (Fishing for Knowledge): a board game on counter-trafficking
RO Panama - The Latin America and The Caribbean Pre-Evacuation Platform
IOM El Salvador - Mental Health as a Human Right: The Impact of Community Facilitators
IOM Mexico - Tortilla Bakeries to Promote the Self-sustainability for Migrants and Shelters in Mexico
Promoting Gender, Diversity and Youth Empowerment (Social Inclusion)
IOM Bangladesh - Integrating Environmental Management into DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) and DRM in Cox’s Bazar
IOM Tunisia - Youth Empowerment - HELMA
IOM Bosnia and Herzegovina - No Nation Fashion
IOM Ecuador - Panas lo genial de la amistad
IOM Honduras - Honduras: Educating for a Future with Safe and Regular Migration #ThinkTwice
Data and Technology
IOM Iraq - Information Management System – IMS
IOM HQ - GDI - DTM Data Kit
IOM HQ - MRPD - World Migration Report 2024 Data Tools
IOM HQ - PXD - Counter-Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC)
