Through the provision of basic needs assistance, IOM will continue to support migrants, refugees and host communities including through:   

1. Providing cash and voucher assistance (CVA) medical care, food and household items, pre-paid cards, and food vouchers to supermarkets with the aim of promoting decision-making autonomy and empowerment;
2. Providing hot meals in shelters and communal kitchens, food kits, school lunch kits and food preparation ingredients;
3. Ensuring access to nutrition through capacity strengthening of and advocacy with state and community actors on nutrition protocols and lifesaving interventions, as well as awareness raising, counselling and provision of nutrition kits to migrant populations.

IOM will promote and support community stabilization and community- driven development with a focus on community and academic outreach, as well as awareness and sensitivity campaigns to reduce tensions and promote integration of migrants and refugees within communities. Interventions include: 

1. Promoting and implementing social cohesion initiatives utilizing culture, art, sports, music, food, fairs and enterprise programing as well as the establishment of community spaces for cultural exchange and communal inclusion;
2. Conducting antixenophobia campaigns, anti-bullying initiatives and intercultural dialogues that facilitate inclusion and acceptance;
3. Rehabilitating and improving of educational institutions, including infrastructure improvements, provision of equipment and capacity strengthening;
4. Enabling self-reliance and integration through language curriculums and school supplies;
5. Promoting cultural encounters and exchanges between migrants and the host community through socio-sports learning sessions.

IOM facilitates camp coordination and camp management through:  

1. Strengthening capacity on the Sphere Handbook and the Minimum Standards for Camp Management,  collective shelter and temporary accommodation management, as well as disaster risk reduction, housing, land and property, health, protection, integration, WASH,  and prevention, aimed at partners, civil society actors and government officials managing shelters and centres; 
2. Continuing elaboration of technical and operational guidelines, recommendations and tools to key actors to achieve durable solutions and seek exit strategies.

IOM will continue to facilitate the Displacement Tracking Matrix and other responsible forms of data collection to inform assessment of needs, advocacy and strategic planning, including: 

1. Implementing DTM surveys tools to capture, process and disseminate information through its outputs (reports, maps and dashboards, etc.) on the movements and evolving needs of the Venezuelan population, including profiling of persons intending to return to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela;
2. Developing analytical products on regional needs including Joint Needs Assessment (JNA), Refugee and Migrant Needs Analysis (RMNA) and other sectoral data collection and analysis that facilitate activity monitoring, informed strategic planning and decision-making, coordination with local authorities, informed public policy and programing development, and operations responses based on up-to-date and accurate data;
3. Developing studies, analysis, instruments, diagnoses and protocols on education, health and nutrition, shelter and living conditions, skills and labour mobility, socioeconomic integration, regularization mechanisms, impacts of climate change and environmental degradation issues affecting migrants and refugees.

IOM will facilitate disaster risk management and strengthen disaster prevention and socio-environmental education on geophysical, environmental and climate hazards as well as geographic diversity and climatic patterns at a local, national and regional level through the lens of the Migrants in Countries in Crisis Initiative (MICIC), including: 

1. Raising awareness among migrant populations on the IOM Intercultural Prepared Family Manual, community risk maps and glossaries, family response plans and disaster response simulation exercises;
2. Strengthening capacity of and technical support to government officials, civil society organizations, partners and community leaders on the integration of migrant populations into disaster risk management frameworks, early warning systems, strategies, guidelines, regulatory documents and formulation of policies and plans.
3. Supporting R4V partners in the development of contingency plans and tools to respond to changes in migration flows.

IOM will contribute towards access to direct health support and strengthening of health systems by: 

1. Ensuring access to essential healthcare services, supplies, and medicines for migrant populations, including primary care, communicable and non-communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, and vector-borne illnesses such as Dengue, Zika, and Mpox.
2. Enhancing healthcare service delivery for migrants and refugees by rehabilitating healthcare facilities, strengthening supply chains for medicines and equipment, and deploying healthcare personnel and systems to improve access and quality of care.
3. Training healthcare workers, community leaders, and other stakeholders from national and private partners on migrant health care needs, rights and approaches;
4. Advocating for the inclusion of Venezuelan migrant and refugee needs in national frameworks, including technical support to eliminate barriers to access and prioritize Venezuelan migrants’ unique health needs, particularly in response to health emergencies;
5. Supporting access to information, through campaigns, workshops, and advocacy materials on healthcare rights, disease prevention and healthy lifestyles;
6. Undertaking nutrition initiatives, including malnutrition screenings, education workshops, and provision of supplements and vitamins, with a particular focus on children and youth, and pregnant and lactating women;
7. Supporting inter-agency coordination and response at the regional and national levels, including supporting studies and data collection, the development of guidelines and protocols, and coordination.

IOM will support humanitarian border management and search and rescue within the scope of the RMRP through:

1. Strengthening capacity of border management stakeholders on irregular migrant flows, information management and anti-human trafficking mechanisms;
2. Equipping border management facilities with technology, equipment and furniture to ensure proper immigration control;
3. Developing and coordinating cross-border protocols to ensure the protection of populations in transit, with a focus on highly vulnerable populations.

To provide integrated policy support that facilitates regularization through a rights-based lens, IOM will focus on:

1. Producing manuals and guides and contracting consultancies on regularization, migration legislation, and the integration of human mobility in local plans;
2. Advocating for the development of policies, programmes and mechanisms that facilitate migrant integration, regularization and protection through dialogue tables and multilateral actions;
3. Supporting public policies and national and local programmes aimed at promoting migrants’ rights 
4. Developing and strengthening of Migration Governance Indices on issues affecting various sectors and countries in LAC;
5. Promoting the participation of government officials in coordination spaces at the regional level such as the Quito Process, which harmonizes and coordinates regional recommendations and measures, aimed at guaranteeing safe, orderly and regular migration, with respect and protection of human rights in accordance with national and international regulations as well as the Global Compact for Migration.

To facilitate access to livelihoods, economic recovery and integration into national workforces for migrants and refugees, IOM will work on:  

1. Promoting the socio-labour integration of migrants among private sector stakeholders, financial institutions, civil society entities, and relevant government authorities’ through training programmes, outreach activities and sensitization on economic reactivation, corporate social responsibility, labour rights, job placement, financial inclusion, recruitment to the formal labour market, emerging technologies, and market gaps; 
2. Supporting the expansion of the Enterprise Development Fund (EDF) and private sector development among private sector stakeholders, thus facilitating livelihoods at the community level and supporting local economic recovery;
3. Facilitating entrepreneurship engagement, including regularization of businesses, business development, management and marketing training, mentorship, provision of seed capital and in-kind grants, and participation in commercial fairs and markets, competitions, conferences and marketing opportunities;
4. Promoting migrant access to information on financial literacy, labour market, workers' rights, job opportunities, employment platforms, economic integration and training on vocational, professional and soft/hard skills;
5. Enabling access to employment opportunities through the validation and endorsement of professional degrees and academic certification.

IOM will ensure that vulnerable migrants and refugees, in particular children and adolescents, persons with mental health conditions, survivors of GBV, victims of human trafficking and smuggling and those in-transit, among others, have access to tailored mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) that addresses emotional and other psychological needs, enhances coping mechanisms and promotes mental well-being and resilience through: 

1. Providing direct support through individual, community-based and group MHPSS care, psychological first aid, referrals, counselling, specialized services (psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, etc.), after-school activities, and child friendly places, with particular focus on women and girls, the elderly, survivors of trafficking/GBV, and people with diverse SOGIESC;
2. Providing mental health kits comprised of booklets on mental health and self-care, and stress-releasing tools to facilitate ongoing MHPSS support to promote psychosocial well-being;  
3. Conducting community and family-level sociocultural workshops and activities such as cultural, sports, artistic, cinema, musical, recreational, and after school activities with migrant children, families and the host community;
4. Undertaking information campaigns and psychosocial workshops on MHPSS, mental health, available services and resource  and coping mechanisms such as recreational, sports and socio-cultural topics;
5. Conducting MHPSS impact assessments for Venezuelan migrants;
6. Providing regional and national support to strengthen community-based mental health and psychosocial support mechanisms; 
7. Training community health agents, humanitarian aid workers, CSOs and other stakeholders in psychological first aid, psychosocially-informed including trauma-informed care, migration health, response to human trafficking and gender based violence survivors with a gender-sensitive and rights-based approach;
8. Creating and expanding governmental, local and NGO support networks focused on identification, orientation, counselling, referral and case management of migrants and refugees in need of MHPSS services including for persons with severe mental health problems.

Movement assistance will be provided, including: 

1. Providing direct transportation assistance within countries to shelters, health service, protection assistance, education services, employment, and documentation and regularization offices for vulnerable migrants;
2. Facilitating family and social reunification, and assistance to stranded migrants, through the provision of humanitarian bus and air transportation from border areas to destination cities within countries, between cities and from isolated areas within country including logistic support and tickets, legal identity documentation, medical fit to travel procedures, pre-departure orientation;
3. Developing and disseminating information on safe travel practices, risks, rights and services.

IOM will facilitate access to protection services with a focus on highly vulnerable migrants and refugees including survivors of GBV, victims of human trafficking (VoTs), unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), people with disabilities, people with diverse SOGIESC, older persons, and those with chronic and/or critical illnesses, among others, through:  

1. Undertaking data collection, studies and assessments on protection dynamics, including child protection and human trafficking, to inform programing, assistance provision and policy development; 
2. Strengthening capacity of community and humanitarian actors on prevention and mitigation of violence, exploitation, abuse and/or neglect, protection routes, and case management;
3. Strengthening capacity of public sector stakeholders and care facilities in responding to GBV disclosures, VoTs and child protection cases through the provision of financial support, equipment and technical training on the development of referral mechanisms, assessments, minimum standards, management of protection case, identification, referral, response, care protocols, institutional coordination, and rights-based approach;
4. Providing direct and comprehensive specialized assistance to GBV survivors, VoT, children and other individuals in need of protection support, including orientation, case management, counselling, referrals (including to shelter, MHPSS, livelihoods and integration assistance), legal aid, psychosocial support, and family reunification for UASCs;
5. Raising awareness among migrants, returnees and host community on GBV, VoT and child violence risks, prevention, reporting and services, migrant rights, (re) integration, protection mechanisms, and referral pathways;
6. Providing guidance to caregivers on issues of access to children's rights, including: birth registration, access to education, access to healthcare, etc.
7. Developing, updating and disseminating good practices, standardized procedures, guidelines, and tools aimed at addressing GBV, human trafficking, child and protection risk prevention and improving access to justice for migrant populations;
8. Providing regional counter human trafficking and general protection trainings and technical support to country offices, the Quito Process and the R4V platform;
9. Establishing, improving and managing Support Spaces which provide information, guidance and referrals to protection services, humanitarian assistance and/or care and child friendly spaces, particularly at transit points.

IOM will promote the inclusion of Venezuelan migrants into society and support regular migration channels by:

1. Taking a whole government approach to training and capacity strengthening of stakeholders, including government officials, CSOs, R4V partners, public and private universities, and school teachers on the regularization of, and support to, Venezuelan migrants; 
2. Strengthening access to regularization initiatives, rights and justice through legal advice, orientation and legal identity documentation for migrants, as well as comprehensive support, training and technical assistance for government and border management officials;
3. Implementing campaigns that highlight the risks of irregular migration and the use of migratory corridors as well as information promoting national regularization processes;
4. Facilitating regularization through the development of migration policies, tools and mechanisms that support integration of migrants into local plans and programing 
5. Providing capacity strengthening and technical support to government officials to enable safe, orderly and regular migration and regularization; 
6. Building on the existing pathways of labour inclusion in the formal labour market, IOM will strengthen the capacity of private sector, financial institutions, civil society entities and relevant government authorities’ to include labour migrants in the formal job market, through job placement, trainings, sensitization initiatives and ethical recruitment practices. 
7. Advocating for the prioritization of Venezuelan migrant needs among national governments and local stakeholders to ensure a rights-based and integration-centred approach.
8. Conducting information campaigns on local regularization frameworks, legal services, legal identity documentation assistance and regularization resources. 

To mitigate risks of homelessness and situations of extreme vulnerability, facilitate access to safe housing and promote the economic and social integration of migrants and affected populations, IOM will provide support including: 

1. Distributing essential non-food items (NFI), through in-kind and cash and voucher assistance (CVA) modalities, with specifications based on age, gender, geographic location and other vulnerabilities, such as items to prepare, preserve, eat and drink food, weather-appropriate clothing and sleeping materials, protection items such as flashlights, mosquito nets, first aid kits, and energy efficiency solar powered items;
2. Providing temporary and short-term accommodation in collective shelters, individual accommodations and hotels;
3. Providing rental support through in-kind or CVA modalities;
4. Improving conditions in temporary and collective shelters, and reception centres through repairs, renovations, upgrades, donations and specialized technical advice, to ensure infrastructure meets minimum standards and that safer, more habitable and functional living spaces address specific needs such as accessibility and sanitation as well as foster a supportive environment for quality of life and well-being;
5. Raising awareness among migrants on rental security and inclusive tenancy, the right to adequate housing and eviction prevention, and healthy housing (habitability), disaster risk reduction, and housing, land and property;
6. Producing reports, policy briefs, information mappings, rental market assessments, and infographics on shelter related topics;
7. Strengthening capacity on the R4V Eviction Prevention Toolkit, safety audit, housing, land and property, and other shelter topics as well as contextualization, localization and expansion of guidelines such as Nature Based Solutions for Collective Shelter.

Through ongoing coordination with R4V partners, regional stakeholders and donors, IOM will focus on: 

1. Supporting resource mobilization through technical trainings, donor meetings, field visits, and briefings, visits to project locations, conferences (Solidarity Conference), receptions, and other networking activities including the humanitarian breakfast series; 
2. Coordinating regional and national R4V functions including regional and national coordination mechanisms and activities, mentoring partners, development of guidance, protocol and strategic materials and resources, visibility initiatives, information management (IM), and capacity strengthening; 
3. Providing information management support including technical capacity strengthening, Activity Info updates, Joint Needs Assessments, development of guidelines, including all those related to the RMNA and RMRP, aimed at strengthening information management in the region;
4. Monitoring and reporting including situation monitoring, indicator achievements, project evaluations, 5W reporting, needs assessments, IM platforms, post-distribution monitoring, reporting on the response, human stories, situation and movements reports, studies and journals, and donor and other reporting activities;
5. Managing and maintaning the regional emergency NFI and WASH item contingency stock and pipeline;
6. Strengthening capacities of stakeholders to respond to food emergencies, manage communal kitchens, and strengthen infrastructure/ equipment in dining facilities and communal spaces;
7. Conducting training and workshops on theory of change and project development, knowledge and best practices exchange.

IOM will facilitate access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services, items and information for migrants and host communities, particularly at the various points of confluence and communal spaces, through:  

1. Enabling access to efficient hydration, water, hygiene, newborn and cleaning items through vouchers and distribution of kits tailored to age, gender and vulnerabilities;
2. Conducting campaigns and workshops for hygiene promotion and behavioural change strategies among migrants, community leaders, government counterparts and other stakeholders including on water care and storage, disease preventive measures and adequate handwashing techniques, water access, correct use and promotion of hygiene and menstrual hygiene management; 
3. Establishing, rehabilitating and/or improving WASH infrastructure and facilities in community and public spaces, shelters, and education institutions, including water points, handwashing stations, showers, laundry facilities, toilets, diaper changing stations and safe areas for menstrual hygiene management; 
4. Providing water through trucks, installment of water tanks in facilities, and distribution of water in containers;
5. Providing technical assistance and capacity strengthening to government and community stakeholders on IOM WASH Manuals and WASH guidelines to ensure migrant populations and affected host communities are included in WASH-related public programmes, policies, and budgets.