Enhancing protection and empowerment of migrants and communities affected by climate change and disasters in the Pacific region

This regional project seeks to protect and empower communities adversely affected by climate change and disasters in the Pacific region, focusing specifically on climate change and disaster-related migration, displacement, and planned relocation. The proposed programme will be delivered through a partnership between the UN Agencies of IOM, ILO, OHCHR, and ESCAP. Platform on Disaster Displacement and Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat will be non-UN implementing partners. Objective 1: Pacific communities and governments demonstrate strengthened capacity and coordination through a human security-based response to climate change and disaster-related migration, displacement, and planned relocation; Objective 2: Migrants and communities in the Pacific Island Countries benefit from safe labor migration as a sustainable development and climate change adaptation strategy; Objective 3: Contribute to the evidence-base on good practices in responding to climate change and disaster-related migration, displacement, and planned relocation with particular focus on the role of the human security framework.

Project symbol

RAS/18/04/HSF

Admin unit

CO-Suva

Start date

01/02/2019

End date

31/12/2022

Total allocation

342246

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

342246

Development Partners

United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security

Country/Countries

Tuvalu
Kiribati
Fiji

Outcomes

Outcome 7: Adequate and effective protection at work for all