To provide humanitarian assistance to people on the move (including IDPs, migrants and returnees) in targeted locations across the country, IOM will:

• Complement the distribution of core relief items with the provision of conditional cash assistance and multi-purpose cash assistance for individuals in vulnerable situations. Eligibility criteria have been developed and are in line with the Cash Working Group’s standards. 

Access to safe and temporary shelter has systematically been cited as the priority need for migrants in transit and individuals affected by natural hazards. IOM’s actions will aim to preserve the immediate safety and well-being of individuals, with a specific focus on women and children. Different modalities will be used depending on the context, which will be done in line with the working group standard approaches:

• Provide temporary accommodation for up to a maximum of one month through IOM’s collaboration with Airbnb.org. Specific vulnerability criteria have been established to identify beneficiaries. 
• Strengthen the collaboration with the Casa del Migrante (a network of shelters for people on the move established in key transit point of the country) in key locations (Esquipulas, Tecun Uman, Guatemala City, Peten) in order to increase their temporary shelter capacities. Support will be provided through the rehabilitation of temporary collective shelters.
• When required, establish additional local partnerships for the provision of temporary shelters (including with local hotels/pensions, and collective shelters managed by government entities), focused especially on safe options for women and children, including through capacity-strengthening of relevant stakeholders. 
• In case of limited temporary shelter options, assess the possibility of providing cash assistance to persons in need of shelter.

These actions will also be complemented with the purchase and distribution of core relief items to affected populations in vulnerable situations, which includes: 

• Distributing core relief items such as clothes and hygiene items, as well as basic food items and water. The composition of each kit will be tailored to the specific needs and feedback received from beneficiaries. 
• Coordinating the purchase and distribution of key relief items with local partners in order to reach more individuals

In cases of significant increases in migration flows in key transit locations or in case of natural hazards that would cause the internal displacement of individuals in need of emergency shelter and other basic services, camp coordination and camp management (CCCM) interventions will be conducted in collaboration with government entities (including SOSEP and CONRED): 

• Deploy trained human resources to support the coordination and management of temporary collective centres. 
• Implement repairs/upgrading works in temporary collective centres, ensuring adherence to minimum standards (including adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities, etc.). 
• As a last resort option, work in collaboration with the different municipalities, as well as with CONRED and SOSEP, to assess the feasibility and necessity of establishing temporary sites. Comprehensive multisectoral site feasibility and capacity assessments will be carried out to ensure adherence to standards and to reduce protection risks, as well as suitable and planned exit strategies.
• Support capacity-strengthening efforts on displacement settlement planning, and as the co-lead of the CCCM working group, capacity-strengthening on CCCM may be provided to relevant actors, such as local organizations, local authorities, international NGOSs, etc.

In order to promote inclusive socioeconomic development in local communities of origin and return, the focus will be on working with local governing structures and other pertinent partners in pre-selected municipalities to develop inclusive local-level development action plans. The plans will respond to jointly identified priorities and contribute towards more sustainable local development. IOM will:

• Develop partnerships with and strengthen the capacity of local partners (CSOs, grassroot groups, private sector and local leaders) to advance local solutions and address the identified drivers of irregular migration and displacement. 
• Address host community and migrants’ collective socioeconomic needs through the development and implementation of area-based and community-led initiatives (which can include infrastructure repair and improvement, psychosocial support services, etc.)
• Through the community-based planning (CBP) methodology, create or reinforce platforms for marginalized population groups to participate in local decision-making processes, engage in skills building activities and lead community projects (including a capacity-strengthening component to enhance the local leadership capacities (of youth, women and indigenous communities).
   

Using the IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), data will be collected through a significant and well-established network of key informants and DTM enumerators, in line with IOM’s Data Protection Principles. Several components of IOM’s DTM will continue to be implemented in Guatemala, depending on the information needs of partners, including:

• Collect data on cross border and transit flows (flow monitoring) at key locations, including information on the numbers, profiles, intentions, and observed/reported vulnerabilities of people on the move. 
• In collaboration with academia, research institutes and think tanks, conduct context-specific surveys, studies and assessments (particularly on the situation of migrant children, women, single headed households, sustainable reintegration factors, etc.) to provide a more detailed and comprehensive understanding of specific mobility dynamics, risks and capacities. 
• In line with the IOM’s focus on climate mobility, design and implement climate vulnerability assessments under DTM using best practices from IOM Country Offices in Iraq, Somalia and Libya. 
• Expand the evidence base through research and assessments on climate and environmental migration trends.
• Produce regular products and dashboards, share with relevant partners.
   

IOM seeks to strengthen resilience and reduce disaster losses by investing in awareness, prevention and adaptation to new and existing risks, in alignment with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. Key activities will include:

• Set up early warning systems in disaster-prone areas where IOM is present
• Implement mitigation measures in the fields of health, nutrition, CCCM, and WASH to reduce risks in disaster-prone communities. 
• In flood-prone areas, work in collective centres and host communities to reduce the impact of flooding through structural and non-structural flood mitigation. 
• In drought and flood-prone areas, focus on community-based disaster risk management interventions related to WASH to ensure sustained access to safe water and sanitation through environmental protection measures and trainings. 
• Establish Disaster Risk Management Committees (DRMCs) that will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to develop Community Action Plans, which will eventually be implemented through community-based projects to prepare for and respond more effectively as the first-line responders to recurrent floods, droughts, and other key identified hazards in their neighbourhoods/ villages. 
• Support the government and partners at the national and decentralized levels to integrate impacts of climate change / environmental degradation / disasters on migration and internal displacement into relevant existing plans and policies. 
• Construct small-scale disaster risk management infrastructure (such as gabion walls or irrigation systems) in targeted areas.
   

Ensuring the availability and accessibility to the basic package of health services and emergency health care remains essential for migrants in vulnerable situations, IDPs, and returnees, who are often not aware of their rights, nor of the health services that are available to them. The following interventions will be prioritized: 

• Deploy mobile medical teams (including nurses and MHPSS staff) in collaboration with local actors (health centres, National Red Cross, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), etc.) to key transit locations in order to provide a comprehensive range of primary health services, and referrals to specialized health care facilities, including sexual and reproductive health and maternal care, if needed. 
• Based on contextualized technical assessments using IOM’s Population Mobility Mapping (PMM) methodology, expand health interventions specifically in border areas including increased disease surveillance capacity in line with the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005).
• Work in collaboration with the local health structures in key transit locations to reinforce their capacity to provide health services to migrants. This may include the procurement and distribution of critical medical equipment, and medical supplies, training of health staff (to ensure equitable access of migrants to healthcare services), and improvement, expansion and rehabilitation of health structures.
• Facilitate awareness raising sessions on health risks during the migration route and available health services provided by the national health system as well civil society organizations and NGOs.
   

Migrants, returnees, IDPs and host community members in vulnerable situations will be supported with tailored psychosocial and economic (re)integration support, including through: 

• Enhance access to education opportunities (through scholarship programmes for example). 
• In partnership with the private sector and local partners, building on and develop sustainable livelihood/economic opportunities including entrepreneurship assistance, small-business support, financial inclusion, digital readiness, women’s economic empowerment, vocational training and job placement services.

To provide context-specific mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services for migrants, IDPs, returnees, labour migrants and other population groups in vulnerable situations, in coordination with local actors in the different targeted locations and building on existing initiatives, IOM will: 

• Deploy trained and supervised psychosocial mobile teams for the provision of MHPSS to migrants in transit. 
• Reinforce the self-care routines of migrants, returnees, IDPs and other population groups to develop positive coping mechanisms. 
• Provide training on psychological first aid (PFA) in collaboration with local actors. 
• Strengthen the capacities of government stakeholders and local partners (including the IGM, the Ministry of Labor, the Secretariat against Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking) to provide MHPSS support to victims of trafficking, labour migrants, returnees, those benefiting from assisted voluntary return (AVR) services and others
• Provide focused services such as counselling and support groups, and referral to specialized mental health care.
   

Different modalities of in-country movement assistance are planned to be provided, depending on the needs of affected populations. IOM will:

• Provide in-country movement assistance to vulnerable caseloads identified at transit or other locations that require support to access specialized health or other social protection services. 
  • Movement assistance will be provided either through IOM’s mobile units, which are conducted in coordination with the National Red Cross, or through IOM’s local transportation service providers.

When  on the move, people, in particular women travelling alone, female heads of households, children, and people with specific needs, experience increased vulnerabilities and protection risks. IOM intends to contribute to improving the overall protection response for migrants in transit, IDPs, and returnees through the following actions:

• Conduct protection analysis (context analysis through assessments, surveys, focus group discussions) to determine the key protection risks faced by different groups and the capacities they have to address them in order to inform the response and strategies.
• Provide migrants in transit with reliable information through community mobilizers and the establishment of “information kiosks” in key locations. The information provided will include available humanitarian assistance and protection services in transit points, referrals to local actors and governmental institutions, risks of irregular migration (e.g. trafficking) and regular migration pathways (including for asylum). 
• Strengthen the provision of specialized protection services through the identification of vulnerabilities and needs and the referrals of migrants vulnerable to violence, exploitation and abuse. 
• Provide response to GBV survivors through specialized GBV case management services, as well as preposition supplies for specialized GBV services including emergency medical care and psychosocial support in collaboration with partners.
• Establish women and girls’ safe spaces by rehabilitating and managing spaces where migrant women and adolescent girls are free from harm and harassment, can gain knowledge and skills, access GBV response services or other available services, and opportunities for mutual support.
• Implement specialized protection services targeting children, including case management and child-friendly spaces where psychosocial and educational activities are conducted by specialized staff.
• Support key stakeholders involved in counter trafficking, such as the Secretary against Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking (SVET in Spanish) in the implementation of an awareness-raising campaign to prevent smuggling and trafficking, as well as train local authorities
• Strengthen referral and response mechanisms in case of disclosures of trafficking, as well as incidents of violence, exploitation, abuse and ensure the provision of direct assistance to the survivors. 
• Enhance partners’ protection knowledge and skills, including on protection mainstreaming, protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), psychological first aid, GBV, child protection, and counter trafficking.
• Provide tailored social, psychosocial and economic support for the sustainable reintegration of migrants returning to Guatemala, including referral to specialized services, based on returnees’ specific needs and aspirations.
   

The impacts of natural hazards or large-scale cross-border population movements combined with the limited availability of WASH infrastructure in some key locations are diminishing people’s access to essential services. Emphasis will be put on ensuring that people have access to free potable water in sufficient quantities as well as maintained and sustainable sanitation and hygiene infrastructure. The specific type of WASH interventions will depend on the context of each location, will integrate gender and protection considerations, and can include the following: 

• Establish partnerships with service providers managing access to sanitary facilities (e.g. toilets and showers) and implement a voucher system to provide free access to these facilities for migrants (especially the most vulnerable groups). 
• Following contextualized assessments and where feasible, construct/rehabilitate WASH infrastructure and facilities in key locations in coordination with pertinent stakeholders. 
• Conduct culturally appropriate safe hygiene messaging and on ways to mitigate risks of water-borne disease outbreaks. 
• Distribute hygiene kits in key locations, in collaboration with local partners.
   

In addition to addressing the immediate humanitarian and protection needs of people on the move in vulnerable situations, IOM recognizes the need to establish adequate response mechanisms and strengthen an integrated approach to border management to ultimately facilitate, assist, and protect people on the move crossing borders and ensure that safe and regular pathways are guaranteed by rights-based policies and procedures. The following interventions will be prioritized: 

• Conduct assessments of national humanitarian border management (HBM) capacities to identify priority areas of intervention, including the drafting of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for emergency situations and the establishment of referral mechanisms to assist migrants. 
• Building on the humanitarian border management principles, ensure effective coordination among relevant border authorities, including public health authorities. This will include the development of SOPs, the procurement and installation of equipment to support effective operations at border posts and other relevant facilities, comprehensive training and related capacity-strengthening initiatives to ensure government entities and relevant actors have the necessary skills and resources to be able to respond to sudden increases in cross-border migration flows.  
   

IOM aims to work in collaboration with the Government of Guatemala and other key stakeholders in order to establish, enhance, and expand access to safe and regular labor, humanitarian, complementary and protection pathways (including humanitarian parole, assisted voluntary return, etc.) for populations in vulnerable situations, including those on the move, returnees, IDPs, individuals with protection concerns and those at risk of migrating irregularly. IOM will:

• Disseminate reliable and accurate information on available regular migration pathways.
• Facilitate access to demand-driven vocational and language training in collaboration with vocational training centres and the Ministry of Labour 
• Strengthen the capacities of relevant governmental stakeholders and private recruiters to apply ethical recruitment principles in order to minimize the risks related to labour exploitation and human trafficking 
• Establish or strengthen bilateral labour partnerships with destination countries within and outside the region, including through strengthened and targeted engagement with private sector actors 
• Collaborate with relevant government entities and other actors in Guatemala and destination countries for the development and implementation of comprehensive support mechanisms through which labour migrants can have access to legal advice, tailored information, and referral to specialized services
• Provide comprehensive support to applicants throughout the whole migration cycle (including logistical, administrative (visa application support), health checks, transportation, MHPSS, cultural orientation, etc.).
• Support the Government in developing a pilot regularization programme, which will enable migrants in irregular situations that meet certain criteria, to stay regularly and support their socioeconomic integration into society.
• In line with the Government’s ”Return Home” Plan (Plan de Retorno Al Hogar), support the Government in facilitating access to sustainable economic opportunities for Guatemala returnees in communities of return (which includes the provision of tailored information, the provision of context-specific and demands driven vocational trainings, support in job orientation and job placements, strengthened partnerships and advocacy with local employers).