Implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) over a period of 36 months (2023–2026), with financial support from the EU amounting to €4,500,000.

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to better migration governance[1] in Mauritania based on qualitative and quantitative data, by supporting the Mauritanian government in implementing the National Migration Management Strategy (SNGM) and its Action Plan.

Specific objectives are to:

• Support the Ministry of Interior and Decentralization (MIDEC) in its role of coordinating and providing institutional leadership in migration management and the reform process.
• Improve the analysis of population mobility as well as the understanding of migration profiles and trends in Mauritania.
• Strengthen the skills and capacities of authorities responsible for border management and cooperative border governance.
• Enhance the protection of migrants in accordance with migrants’ rights principles.
• Engage the Mauritanian diaspora in the socio-economic development of the country.

Target groups: National and local authorities working on border and migration management.

Final beneficiaries: Migrant communities, the Mauritanian diaspora, and local communities.

[1] The IOM defines governance as the traditions and institutions through which a country exercises its authority in matters of migration, mobility, and nationality, including the government’s capacity to effectively formulate and implement sound policies in these areas. (OIM, Cadre de gouvernance des migrations, 2014)