Consultant for Regional Preparedness Simulation Exercise for North Africa at IOM
Worldwide
<ol style="padding-left:24px;"><li><p style="line-height:130%;tab-stops:list .25in;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;" lang="EN-GB"><strong>Duty Station of the Consultancy: </strong>Remote and working with<strong> the </strong>IOM Regional Office for MENA- Cairo, Egypt.</span></span></p></li><li><p style="line-height:130%;tab-stops:list .25in;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;" lang="EN-GB"><strong>Duration of Consultancy:</strong> 6 months</span></span></p></li><li><p style="line-height:130%;tab-stops:list .25in;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;" lang="EN-GB"><strong>Nature of the consultancy:</strong> Consultancy on the development and Execution of a Regional Preparedness Simulation Exercise for North Africa- Category B consultant</span></span></p></li><li><p style="line-height:130%;tab-stops:list .25in;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;" lang="EN-GB"><strong>Project Context and Scope: </strong></span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" lang="EN-GB">The MENA region is a major crossroads of global migration, serving simultaneously as a point of origin, transit, and destination for people on the move. The Central Mediterranean Route (CMR) remains one of the most perilous corridors, with Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt acting as key transit points for migrants attempting to reach Europe. Algeria and Morocco also continue to experience mixed migration flows, primarily along the Western Mediterranean and Atlantic routes. Across these routes, migrants face severe protection risks, including gender-based violence, arbitrary detention, forced returns, family separation, trafficking, and the threat of death or disappearance. According to IOM’s 2024 data, more than 3,400 migrants lost their lives or went missing along migration routes in the Middle East and North Africa. While this represents a 33% decrease compared to previous years, the region remains the deadliest migration corridor. These numbers are widely acknowledged to be a substantial undercount, as many fatalities go unreported, particularly in remote desert areas, conflict zones, and at sea, where shipwrecks often leave no trace. The Central Mediterranean Route (CMR) remains over 86 per cent of all incidents reported as of September 2025. This also marks the highest monthly total of incidents on the CMR since the start of 2024. Libya recorded the highest number of incidents this month (621), followed by Tunisia (520) and Morocco (155). The rising frequency of these tragedies underscores the urgent need for immediate action to save lives and protect people on the move.</span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;" lang="EN-GB">The complex and dynamic nature of migration in the region requires an urgent, more coordinated response to enhance protection efforts. This is particularly evident across North Africa, where migrants’ access to essential services is constrained by overlapping, systemic challenges, including political constraints, security dynamics, and regulatory barriers.</span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">The proposed intervention will respond to priorities of the Pact for the Mediterranean<sup>1</sup> and contribute to the operationalization of its upcoming Action Plan. In particular, the proposed intervention will support pillar III of the Pact, on Security, preparedness and migration management, and the implementation of a whole-of-route approach to migration management, and support capacities to prevent and respond to migration crises, through the development of early warning systems, risk monitoring tools, and multi-stakeholder contingency plans. </span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">It will also come in support of the Africa-led responses to humanitarian crises, disaster preparedness and response, as identified in the Joint Declaration issued on the occasion of the 7<sup>th</sup> African Union – European Union Summit of December 2025<sup>2</sup>. </span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">The proposed interventions will bring together stakeholders from relevant line ministries in <strong>Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia,</strong> civil society organizations, UN agencies, and national partners, to promote inclusive and coordinated preparedness planning. Building on the ongoing countries’ initiatives to strengthen preparedness and crisis management, IOM proposes to adopt an inclusive, multi-stakeholder approach aimed at strengthening national capabilities to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to migration crises. </span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"><strong>The proposed action will be integrated into the Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP) in North Africa project interventions that, based on ongoing efforts and lessons learned, and good practices, will aim to strengthen regional protection capacities, enhance cross-border cooperation, and the emulation of good practices on protection-sensitive migration management across North Africa. In particular, the overall objective of the RDPP Phase 7:</strong> Strengthening National and Regional Protection Systems, Local Integration and Service Provision Mechanisms for Migrants, including Victims of Trafficking and Children on the move across North African migratory Routes, Mauritania, Niger. </span></span></p></li><li><p style="line-height:130%;tab-stops:list .25in;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;" lang="EN-GB"><strong>Organizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing:</strong> </span></span></p></li></ol><ul style="list-style-type:disc;"><li><p style="line-height:130%;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:130%;" lang="EN-GB">Regional Development and Protection Programme for North Africa (RDPP-NA).</span></span></p></li></ul>
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