Key Figures

People in Need
Image
PiN Blanco
8.17 M
01 Dec 2022
Target Population
Image
Target Blanco
992.4 K
01 Dec 2022
Financial Requirements
Image
Requerimientos financieros
$321.61 M
01 Dec 2022
Appealing Partners
Image
partners
135
01 Dec 2022

What is the Integration Sector?

Priority Needs

The Regional Integration Sector, based on consultations with National and Sub-regional Integration Sectors has identified three priority socio-economic integration needs. These priorities are in line with the pillars of the Regional Socioeconomic Integration Strategy, which has been elaborated in the dual framework of the R4V Platform and the Quito Process:

1.         First, regularization processes and their linkages to promote integration. Regular status and documentation were reported as the main concerns of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, affecting access to the formal labour market and essential services, particularly during COVID-19.

2.        Second, access to livelihood opportunities, in particular for women and youth. Barriers include local languages in some countries (e.g., Brazil and the Caribbean), costly and bureaucratic processes for the recognition of professional titles, degrees and qualifications, lack of childcare support, inability to access financial services, discrimination, limited (self-) employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, or lack of awareness by employers of labour rights and recruitment processes, as well as the migrant workers’ inclusion in host countries’ social protection systems.

3.        Third, social cohesion between refugees and migrants and their host communities. The long-term presence of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, coupled with limited employment opportunities and increasing pressures on essential services and the environment, as well as the spread of false information, have contributed to increasing xenophobia and discrimination, including gender discrimination faced by women and LGBTQI+ people.

Response Strategy

The Integration Sector will support approaches, partnerships and tools to promote the socioeconomic integration of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in a gender, age and diversity-responsive manner, while contributing to overall local sustainable development, through the implementation of the “Regional Strategy for the Socio-Economic Integration of Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela and their Host Communities.”

The Sector’s response will focus on promoting socio-economic integration (during and post-COVID-19), reducing xenophobia and promoting social cohesion, particularly for those affected economically by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes those a) unemployed or underemployed, b) working in the informal sector, including domestic services, and c) workers not included in social protection systems, with a crosscutting focus on women, youth, marginalized groups (indigenous, persons with specific needs, LGBTQI+ people), GBV survivors and those at risk of GBV or evictions.

  • The first response priority aims to link regularization processes with others that promote integration, for example by advocating for access to work in the formal sector and to work-related documentation requirements, such as work permits, and de-facto access to work by sensitizing relevant actors (e.g., ministries of labor, employment agencies and the private sector) on labour rights and the mechanisms for the recruitment of refugees and migrants.
  • The second response priority aims to facilitate economic recovery and access to livelihood opportunities for Venezuelan refugees and migrants by identifying and sharing best practices on easing administrative processes for degree and qualifications recognition, alternatives to the apostille and solutions to address high processing costs.
  • The third response priority will promote social cohesion, through campaigns and/or sensitization initiatives that strengthen civic coexistence and cultural exchanges and contribute to eradicating sexualized stereotypes of Venezuelan women and girls.

Documents

Reporte/Informe
Document image
GTRM Ecuador - Huaquillas: Reporte enero - julio 2023

El deterioro de las condiciones socioeconómicas, la inseguridad y los diferentes estado de excepción declarados en el país durante el primer semestre del 2023 ha demandado del GTRM ajustes en la implementación de proyectos y la coordinación Inter agencial, para seguir brindando protección, asistencia y soluciones a la población refugiada y migrante y sus comunidades de acogida.

Downloads:
2
Published:
27 September 2023
Tags:
Informes de situación
Reporte/Informe
Document image
GIFMM Colombia: Estrategias para la mitigación de barreras para programas de empleabilidad - 2023

El objetivo de este documento es evidenciar las estrategias para el 2023 frente a la mitigación de barreras para programas de empleabilidad de la población refugiada y migrante proveniente de Venezuela en Colombia. La información se obtiene de un instrumento de recolección que fue elaborado por la mesa de empleabilidad y diligenciado por las organizaciones que hacen parte de esta mesa.

Downloads:
5
Published:
26 September 2023
Tags:
Plan de respuesta Empleabilidad
Reporte/Informe
Document image
Barreras para la integración laboral de los migrantes en el Perú: Identificación y análisis de opciones de política

El presente documento analiza estas barreras para la integración laboral, así como opciones de política para abordarlas a partir de un análisis multicriterio que evalúa cada una de las opciones identificadas según su viabilidad política e institucional, nivel de impacto, costo/beneficio, impacto en la brecha de género y plazo de implementación y efectos. El documento se limita a analizar las barreras que afectan de manera diferenciada a los migrantes y no se ocupa de aquellas que perjudican a la población en general en el Perú tales como la extendida informalidad del mercado laboral del país. Así, el objetivo principal de las políticas consideradas es lograr que la población migrante se enfrente a las barreras para lograr un trabajo decente en igualdad de condiciones que sus pares nacionales.

Downloads:
13
Published:
21 September 2023
Tags:
Informes de situación refugiados y migrantes
View all documents

Integration Calendar

Type of view
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
 
 
 
 
 
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
PER: Coordinadores GTRM
 
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
PER: Integración
 
24
25
26
27
28
29
30

Sector Contacts

Vinicius Cruz

ILO

cruzv@ilo.org

 

Sarah Stemmler

IOM

sstemmler@iom.int