IOM Releases Practical Learning Note on Promising Counter-Trafficking Practices
Mouna, a victim of trafficking, in her beauty salon. Following the IOM reintegration program, she runs a shop and supports her children. © Sibylle Desjardins / International Organization for Migration
In collaboration with the Regional Development and Protection Programme for North Africa (RDPP NA), the European Union’s Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs and the Italian Ministry of the Interior-Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration, IOM Regional Office in MENA developed the learning note Promising Practices in Counter-trafficking Programming in North Africa, Mauritania and the Niger.
The note explores regional promising practices and lessons learned on counter-trafficking along key migration routes in North Africa and in the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, the Niger, and Tunisia. It builds on IOM’s counter-trafficking theory of change by exploring practices across:
- Safe and preliminary victim identification;
- Safe referral and formal identification;
- Assistance and protection;
- Long-term and sustainable solutions.
The learning note aims to target various counter-trafficking actors in North Africa – including government agencies, international organizations, NGOs, and private organizations – along key migration routes. It will contribute to better position actors to adopt or scale such practices in their own countries, while identifying areas for strengthened regional-level cooperation on the trafficking in persons response.
The note is currently available in English and is publicly accessible. Arabic and French versions will be available in June 2025.