IOM, Accra Metropolitan Assembly Launch Local Migration Governance Indicators Report

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) have launched the “Local Migration Governance Indicators: 2019 Accra City Profile” report. It highlights well-developed fields in the capital city, such as the roll-out of mass health insurance registrations in deprived communities including migrant settlements, and emergency assistance offered to the population including migrants.

The report also identifies areas for improvement, such as the collection and publication of migration data and the implementation of awareness raising strategies to fight xenophobia and exclusion.

So far, three cities in the world participated in the pilot phase: Accra, Ghana; Montréal, Canada; and São Paolo, Brazil.  Following this pilot, IOM encourages more cities to participate in this exercise. The organization will continue to support local authorities to discuss common challenges and share good practices to improve migration governance at national and local level.

The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry for Local Government and Rural Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), among others.

To help in defining what a well-managed migration policy is at the national level, the IOM developed in 2015 the Migration Governance Framework (MiGOF) together with a set of 90 indicators that help countries to assess the comprehensiveness of their migration governance structures. These Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) allow governments and local authorities to identify good practices as well as areas with potential for further development. Read more.