IOM’s Resilience Fund for Migrants Worldwide Strengthens with EURO 1 Million Contribution from Netherlands.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) welcomes the Government of the Netherlands confirmation of a EURO 1 million contribution to IOM’s Resilience Fund, reaffirming its longstanding partnership and commitment to global migration governance.

“We are deeply grateful to the Netherlands for its steadfast partnership”, said IOM Director General Amy Pope. “Partnership means showing up when it matters most. The Netherlands’ flexible contributions allow us to respond to urgent needs, protect people on the move, and help communities rebuild their futures. This is what solidarity looks like in action”.

This contribution will help maintain IOM’s capacity to respond swiftly to humanitarian crises and support long-term resilience efforts for migrants and displaced populations worldwide. It also reinforces IOM’s institutional capacity to support Member States in managing migration through targeted technical assistance, policy engagement, and operational support that promotes safe and dignified mobility.

In addition to this contribution, the Netherlands has provided EURO 3 million in flexible funding to IOM in 2025, reinforcing its commitment to the protection of people on the move and effective migration governance. The Netherlands also continues to support key IOM initiatives, including the COMPASS programme on protection and safe migration and the Afghanistan response, which provides life-saving assistance and reintegration support to vulnerable returnees.

COMPASS: The Cooperation on Migration and Partnerships to Achieve Sustainable Solutions (COMPASS) is a strategic cooperation of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Launched in 2021, COMPASS is a multi-year, multi-region programme that contributes to strengthened migration governance, fosters multistakeholder cooperation and supports services that facilitate safe, orderly, and regular migration while protecting the rights of migrants. The programme operates in 14 countries, namely Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tunisia while aiming to tackle the following common goals:

• Defragmentation – Until recently, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) financed separate migration cooperation projects with IOM in various countries. This fragmented approach has now been fully consolidated into a single structure, COMPASS.

• Increased Flexibility – Through the Flexible Fund and an annual review of needs and priorities, COMPASS aims to be flexible and adaptable, striving to become more responsive, inclusive, and aligned with the diverse global, regional, and national development agendas and strategies.

• Better Quality of Interventions – By improving coordination and aligning activities within and between relevant initiatives in target countries, along with a strong emphasis on monitoring, evaluation, and learning, COMPASS ensures continuous improvements based on lessons learned.

• A More Strategic Cooperation – COMPASS represents a tripartite partnership between IOM, the Netherlands, and partner countries, in strengthening migration governance systems and protecting and upholding the rights of migrants.

Launched alongside IOM’s 2024 Annual Report, the Resilience Fund is a global campaign to mobilize USD 100 million in flexible funding. It aims to ensure IOM’s ability to deliver timely humanitarian assistance, support durable solutions for displacement, and strengthen resilience in fragile contexts.

Resilience Fund: With a target of US Dollar 100 million, a strategic appeal to safeguard IOM’s core capacities amid rising global instability. IOM’s core structure is the backbone of its worldwide field operations powering crisis response, technical expertise, compliance, and leadership in the world’s most fragile and high-risk environments. Safeguarding these essential capacities ensures IOM remains responsive to the people we serve and our Member States, retaining a strong operational footprint.

“The Netherlands greatly values its longstanding partnership with IOM”, said Pascalle Grotenhuis, DG International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. “In times of increasing global instability, providing flexible funding is more important than ever. This additional unearmarked contribution reflects our confidence in IOM’s ability to promote rights-based migration management and to uphold the dignity and protection of people on the move”.

The Netherlands has long been a key partner of IOM, supporting a wide range of programmes, embracing Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR), counter-trafficking, and migration policy development. This latest contribution reflects the strength of the partnership and a shared commitment to protecting migrants and supporting communities in need.

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