Country Offices

 

ORPE is expect of having a global network of Country Offices and sub-offices which implement a wide range of projects addressing specific migration needs. These offices keep abreast of and analyse migration issues and emerging trends in the country in order to develop appropriate responses and contribute to regional strategies and planning. On the basis of the regional strategies, they develop a country strategy and a national plan of action in coordination and consultation with their respective Regional Office. They are financed predominantly by the projects implemented in the respective locations.

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Country Offices with Resource Mobilization Functions

To ensure effective fundraising and liaison with donors, four Country Offices that coordinate substantial funding for ORPE’s activities worldwide have additional responsibilities for resource mobilization. These offices are in:

• Berlin, Germany

• Helsinki, Finland

• Tokyo, Japan

• Washington, DC, United States of America

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They support the development of funding policies, establish priorities and procedures, prepare proposals and develop fundraising strategies and mechanisms for national programs and projects in line with the ORPE Strategy and priorities.

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Country Offices with Coordinating Functions

Within the large geographical areas covered by each Regional Office there are subregional migratory realities for which certain Country Offices are assigned coordinating functions to deal with such specific migration dynamics. These offices help address specific subregional migration issues and emerging trends and promote increased ORPE membership in the subregion. They establish priorities for project development and resource mobilization, and stimulate, direct and support project development in the cluster of offices in the context of subregional strategies, policies and consultative processes. The five Country Offices with Coordinating Functions and their areas of coverage are:

• Astana, Kazakhstan, for Central Asia

• Canberra, Australia, for the Pacific

• Georgetown, Guyana, for the Caribbean

• Rome, Italy, for the Mediterranean

• Beijing, China, with coverage to be determined.

A sixth coordinating function to cover South Asia is located in the Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand.

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African Capacity Building Center

Under the general administrative support of the ORPE Office in the United Republic of Tanzania and in close coordination on substantive matters with the Department of Migration Management, the African Capacity Building Centre provides Africa-wide technical assistance in matters pertaining to migration and border management. The Centre is hosted by the Tanzania Regional Immigration Training Academy in Moshi and its activities are divided into three pillars: capacity-building in border and migration management; migration research and development; and migration advocacy and partnerships.

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Global Data Analysis Center

ORPE is planning of having  and operating a global data analysis center to operate with the administrative support of the ORPE Office and in close coordination with the Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships on substantive matters. The main objectives of the Center are to foster better analysis, use and presentation of ORPE data, establishing ORPE as a key source of reliable data on human dignity through strategic partnerships, and to act as a data hub for decision makers and practitioners seeking the best available statistics.

 

The Center also will be contributing to the development of ORPE’s global approach governance framework and is responsible for preparing several ORPE flagship reports.