IOM offers migration services and assistance to governments and individuals, which facilitates the migration process and enhances migrants’ chances of succeeding in his or her new environment.
One of these services is Migrant Training, in which teaching life skills and attitudes both prepares and empowers the migrant for his or her new life abroad. This training is generally delivered before the migrant’s departure, and is designed based on their specific needs.
Objectives of these training programmes are: (a) to provide participants with up-to-date factual information about the country of destination; (b) to assist participants in developing the skills needed to succeed in their new environment or workplace; and (c) to explore attitudes necessary for successful adaptation and integration. Migrant training empowers participants to adapt more rapidly and successfully to the day-to-day demands of their new environment and to express their competencies not just at an economic level but also at a social and cultural level.
IOM’s vision is that integration is a two way process in which both the newcomer/migrant as the receiving community play a vital role. Therefore, post arrival activities in the host country constitute an important element in many projects carried out by IOM.
In the Netherlands, two different training projects are currently being implemented, targeting two different migrant populations:
FamCO-NL
Family members related to accepted asylum seekers, but only those departing from Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); read more about this project
NLCO I and II
Refugees accepted by the Dutch government for resettlement in the Netherlands; read more about both projects: NLCO I and NLCO II
