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| Beware of fraudulent offers of migration
assistance in the internet or email marketing.
Individuals considering migrating for whatever
purpose or destination should take extreme
caution in dealing with internet offers or email
marketing. If you see any offers using IOM's
name or referring to IOM, please inform your
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Welcome
to IOM Azerbaijan |
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New
Kahriz Rehabilitation Project, 25 June 2010 |
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The International
Organization for Migration
(IOM) and Korea
International Cooperation
Agency (KOICA) sign the
Agreement to start the
project on renovation and
rehabilitation of
traditional water supply
systems called “Kahrizes”.
The “Kahriz Rehabilitation
Project” is supported by the
(KOICA) and within its
framework IOM, having rich
and longstanding experience
in kahriz renovation in
Azerbaijan, targets to
renovate 20 kahrizes in
Barda, Goranboy, Goygol,
Samukh, Shemkir, Terter,
Tovuz and possibly other
regions of the Republic of
Azerbaijan to provide local
communities better access to
water resources.
The project with the budget
1,2 million USD will start
on 1st July 2010 and will be
implemented for 2,5 years.
In Azerbaijan, as it is in
many parts of the world,
water is in short supply.
Much of Azerbaijan’s land
accounts for one of the
driest regions on Earth. The
migration from rural regions
in Azerbaijan to urban is
also driven by the lack of
access to adequate potable
and irrigation water.
Kahrizes being ancient
technology and used as a
sustainable water supply
source for centuries in
Azerbaijan were neglected
during the Soviet time. Many
of them collapsed or
decreased the water supply
dramatically. Though being
at the same time effective,
not requiring any electric
power, cheap in maintenance,
Kahrizes are going through
new birth in modern
Azerbaijan now.
The overall objective of the
Project is to contribute to
the prevention of economic
migration caused by
environmental reasons by
enhancing access of rural
communities in Azerbaijan to
energy free water resources
as a mean to increase
agriculture productivity and
livelihood.
As a result communities’
access to water for
consumption and agriculture
will be increased, access to
water for consumption and
irrigation purposes for
circa 3000 households will
be enhanced, capacity of
community members (including
women) to manage water
resources will be built. In
addition it is planned to
renovate irrigation channels
for communities of 20
villages.
IOM and KOICA believe that
the Project will contribute
not only to economic,
community and rural
development of Azerbaijan
but also to the management
of internal migration.
For additional information
please contact:
Mr. Ashraf Mirzazade, tel:
(+99450) 208 66 30
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Study tour
to Warsaw, Poland on 9-14 May 2010 |
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On 9-14
May 2010, IOM organized a
study visit to Warsaw,
Poland for the officials of
six key Government agencies
responsible for managing
migration related data and
statistics in the Republic
of Azerbaijan.
The study visit was carried
out as an activity of the
‘Strengthening the National
Capacity in Collecting,
Storing and Sharing
Migration-Related Data in
Azerbaijan’ project which is
implemented by IOM jointly
with the UNFPA and the State
Statistical Committee of the
Republic of Azerbaijan. The
project is funded by IOM’s
1035 Facility as well as by
the UNFPA and the State
Statistical Committee.
The study visit aimed to
facilitate the observation
and further learning of the
functioning of European data
and statistics management
system of Azerbaijani
authorities representing the
Ministries of Foreign
Affairs, Internal Affairs,
Labour and Social Protection
of the Population as well as
the State Border Service,
State Migration Service and
the State Statistical
Committee.
During the six-day study
visit, Azerbaijani officials
were able to meet with their
Polish counterparts and got
acquainted with the EU and
Polish institutional and
legal frameworks and
structures for the planning,
financing, building and
operation of the migration
data and statistics
management mechanism.
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Study tour
to Berlin, Germany on 12-15 April 2010 |
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Developing and
providing an effective
rehabilitation and social
reintegration programmes that
specifically respond to the needs of
victims of trafficking and forced
labour is crucial in facilitating
their reintegration with families
and society.
The ‘Institutional Capacity Building
to Assist Victims of Trafficking’
project funded by the Royal
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs provides a concrete
contribution towards meeting the
goals of the Centre for Assistance
to Victims of Trafficking of the
Ministry of Labour and Social
Protection of the Population of the
Republic of Azerbaijan (CAV).
The German system of
providing shelter and social
reintegration services to victims of
trafficking is in many ways a model
for Azerbaijan. The system is based
on concrete cooperation between
social partners as well as health
and educational authorities. The
project, therefore, organized a
four-day study visit to Berlin for
key staff of the CAV on 12-15 April
2010.
The participants
were introduced to the works of the:
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Kumulus Plus Network for
vocational counseling and
training including methods for
assessment of qualifications,
training for job interviews and
vocational education;
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KOK Network for assistance to
and legal situation of victims
of trafficking in Germany
including the provision of
counseling, referral and shelter
to victims of trafficking;
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Centre for the Treatment of
Victims of Torture which offers
counseling to traumatized
individuals, provides them with
medical assistance, arranges
vocational training to them that
consequently prepares
individuals for a career within
the health care system;
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Mission of the International
Organization for Migration in
Berlin and the achievements of
the pilot project on the design
and implementation of vocational
training for victims of
trafficking.
The participants
also paid a courtesy visit to H.E.
Mr. Parviz Shakhbazov, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the Republic of Azerbaijan in
Germany who was briefed of the
objectives of the project and
achievements of the study tour, who
in his turn reiterated the readiness
of the Embassy of Azerbaijan in
Germany to support the initiatives
of the IOM in all areas including
the field of combating trafficking
in persons problem.
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