Regional project “Strengthening Migration Management and Cooperation on Readmission in Eastern Europe” (MIGRECO)

Project title Regional project “Strengthening Migration Management and Cooperation on Readmission in Eastern Europe” (MIGRECO)
Status On-going
Beneficiaries Border Police Department of the MIA of the RM
Donor European Union
Implementing
institution
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Duration
(start/end)
1 February 2013 – 31 January 2015
Budget (for the RM) 673,000 EUR
Partners Ministry of Internal Affairs; Bureau for Migration and Asylum of the MIA; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration; General Department for Consular Affairs of the MFAEI; Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications; S.E. “REGISTRU”; IOM to Ukraine and Belarus
Funding Migration and Asylum Thematic Programme of the European Commission
Short description

Objective: Strengthening migration management and foster cooperation in the area of readmission in Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus in line with EU standards. Project specific objectives for Moldova:

  1. facilitate and monitor migration reform and implementation of Readmission Agreements, through capacity building and knowledge management;
  2. improve migration management in line with EU standards through policy advice and raising awareness;
  3. support Government actions on counteracting trafficking in human beings and increasing border security;
  4. participate in promoting fundamental human rights and integration of migrants.