IOM Mission in Kosovo

Contact Information

IOM Kosovo Main Office

International Organization for Migration

Ismajl Qemali str.9

Arbëria II

10000 Pristina

Kosovo

Tel: +381 38 249 040

+381 38 249 041

+381 38 249 042

+381 38 249 060

Fax: +381 38 249 039

Email: iomprn@iom.int

web: www.iomkosovo.org

www.iom.int

IOM Kosovo Field Offices:

IOM PEJA

Mbretëresha Teutë str.95

30000 Pejë, Kosovo

tel: 039 434 380

IOM MITROVICA

Shemsi Mehmeti str.nn.

40000 Mitrovica, Kosovo

Tel: +377 44 195 147

IOM PRIZREN

178 Behajdin Hallaqi str.1

20000 Prizren, Kosovo

Tel: 029 226 658

IOM GJILAN

Medlin Albright str.32

60000 Gjilan, Kosovo

Tel: 0280 328 225

governmental organisation to resettle European displaced persons, refugees and migrants, IOM has grown to encompass a variety of migration management activities throughout the world. While not part of the United Nations (UN) system, IOM maintains close working relations with UN bodies and operational agencies. IOM has partnership with a wide range of international and non-governmental organisations.

IOM Kosovo has been among the three largest Missions worldwide since its inception in June 1999. IOM Kosovo joined the efforts of the international community to invest in a durable peace process and assist the population in rebuilding their lives and working for the future. IOM’s strategy, consistent with that of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), had to go beyond short-term reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts, which were an indispensable part of the initial response to the crisis. This required a broader and far-reaching vision and implied a responsibility to support longer-term development programmes as the return and reintegration process cannot be separated from decisive socio-economic factors such as social services, employment opportunities, civil society development and the rule of law.

IOM Kosovo, through Assisted Voluntary Returns (AVR), is dedicated to creating an environment conducive to successful and sustainable returns, implementing complementary reintegration support measures and a range of capacity building activities that have already benefited, directly and indirectly, more than a million people.

In its Technical Cooperation in Migration (TCM) component, the Mission closely cooperates with donor countries, local authorities, and international organizations to improve the conditions for the return and retention of ethnic minorities through targeted interventions in the field of transport, direct assistance, specific reintegration measures and income generation support as measures for community stabilisation.

In the field of Counter-Trafficking (CT), IOM maintains its support for the return and reintegration of victims of trafficking, while simultaneously forging and enhancing ties with relevant local governmental and non-governmental agencies and regional assistance networks through capacity building measures.

Concerning the necessary improvements to public health, IOM Kosovo -- through its Migration Health (MH) component -- continues to pursue several activities augmenting local technical capacity, as well as providing assessments of public health concerns and offering responses that contribute to the stabilisation of the population’s needs.

From the emergency of 1999 to date, IOM has not only followed the events on the ground, but also has proactively worked with donor governments and other partners to ensure that the needs of the people of Kosovo have been met and will continue to be. This is possible thanks to the donor community, the UNMIK administration, the UN agencies, the European Union and its Agency as well as the NGO community, but particularly to the people of Kosovo and its institutions’ trust in IOM.