Consultant - Religious and Traditional Leaders Engagement

Introduction

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

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Project Context and Scope

IOM Nigeria with support from the Government of Netherlands IOM Nigeria, under Cooperation for Migration Partnerships on Sustainable Solutions (COMPASS) 2.0 and the Support to Migration Governance programme funded by the European Union, supports whole-of-government/whole-of-society approaches to strengthen migration governance, protection and sustainable reintegration. These projects seek to strengthen the existing efforts of religious and traditional leaders at the local level by involving them on the design and implementation of behaver change initiatives including referral of victims to appropriate service delivery actors. Building on IOM’s established engagement with religious and traditional leaders in Lagos, Edo and Delta, and on a drafted Road Map for faith/traditional engagement, this consultancy will consolidate and strengthen prior gains and scales structured engagement to Kano, embedding governance, behavior change, and referral outcomes into existing state coordination mechanisms.

Organizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing

Migration Management Department through Protection unit under the overall supervision of the Program Manager, Protection Officer. The consultancy will be coordinated and supervised by Project Assistant - AWR.