Capacity-building on Internal Migration and Development - Madagascar

This project will contribute to a better understanding and management of internal migration dynamics in Madagascar, and assist the Government of Madagascar in revising and enhancing policies on internal migration, as needed. The aim is to enhance the Government’s capacity to harness the benefits internal migration can have for development, while mitigating its potentially negative effects. As a first step, the project therefore will seek to increase the general understanding of internal migration in Madagascar by undertaking a thorough assessment of internal migration dynamics and their positive or negative effects on national and community development. This assessment, which would also take account of the mobility of foreign migrants in the country, will peruse relevant studies and research already existing, and it will include a review of current policies and regulations . In a second phase, a workshop will be organized by IOM with the Government of Madagascar, in which findings of the assessment will be discussed, and various stakeholders will be given the opportunity to share experiences and views on the causes of internal migration. This workshop together with the initial assessment will lead to the formulation of updated policy guidelines, which can be used to strengthen policies around internal migration in Madagascar in the most constructive way.