Chronicle (Zimbabwe)

EU bank rolls 3.2m for border training

- Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau

THE Internatio­nal Organisati­on for Migration (IOM) in partnershi­p with the Ministry of Home Affairs is rolling out training programmes across the country to speed up the implementa­tion of the integrated border management (IBM) programme.

The European Union is funding the initiative at a cost of 3, 2 million Euros and it will run for four years. The support is coming through the EU’s 11th European Developmen­t Fund. IOM national project officer Mrs Memory Mwale said during an on-going IBM training in Beitbridge that the new programme sought to strengthen public institutio­ns’ capacity on matters around migrant governance.

“The overall objective of the programme is to contribute to the establishm­ent of a migration governance framework (policy, institutio­nal and legislativ­e) in Zimbabwe.

“We are looking at frame work, which supports state actors to manage migration in dialogue with non-state actors and in a migrant-centred, gender-sensitive, manner,” she said.

Mrs Mwale said they came up with the programme after they realized that there was a gap on issues of migration governance in Zimbabwe.

She said it was important to strengthen institutio­nal capacity and to adopt a coherent and gender-sensitive policy and legislativ­e framework for a comprehens­ive approach to migration issues in the country.

“So far we have rolled out a capacity building workshop on integrated border management for over 140 people including senior officials from ministries and department­s with a mandate in border management.

“This has helped in increasing their capacity to mainstream and operationa­lise IBM concepts in migration management through a comprehens­ive migration and integrated border management model,” said Mrs Mwale.

The programme is set to enhance participat­ion and contributi­on of Zimbabwean­s in the Diaspora on national developmen­t initiative­s. It will also see migration laws being reviewed and aligned to the constituti­on and regional protocols among other internatio­nal migration laws. rights upfront-based and developmen­t-oriented

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