Operations, Emergencies and Post-crisis

IOM will continue its partnership with the Government of Namibia in the area of disaster risk management and resilience-building. Activities will focus on: (a) increasing resilience and protection of forced migrants and communities through disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation; (b) capacity-building of national authorities and key disaster risk management actors at the national, regional and local levels (including at-risk communities); and (c) building urban resilience in informal settlements through disaster risk reduction measures targeting existing hazards at shelter and settlement levels. Approximately 42 per cent of the country’s total population of 2.1 million live in urban areas as a result of steadily increasing rural–urban migration. Community-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation will be the primary focus of IOM in Namibia in 2015.

Target populations

• Governments and regional bodies
• Migrants and vulnerable populations
• Local NGOs and CSOs