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The Support Unit acts upon the directives of the Chair, and assists the Almaty Process achieve its objectives to:
• Promote information exchange on migration and refugee protection
• Develop mechanisms to monitor and address irregular migration
• Foster a common understanding of the causes and consequences of displacement and migration
• Promote coherent, comprehensive and differentiated policies for persons on the move
• Develop project-based actions to enhance State capacity to manage migration and provide refugee protection
The Support Unit functions are performed by UNHCR and IOM through their current structures in Kazakhstan, pending further decision on its composition.
The Terms of Reference of the Support Unit are:
• Functions as the institutional memory of the Almaty Process, maintains the archives and manages the Almaty Process web portal, both in Russian and English.
• Supports the Chairmanship in all organizational matters, including conferences/meetings/seminars, pertaining to its role;
• Assists the Chair in the collection, translation and distribution of materials prior to conferences/meetings/seminars and prepares compilations of related materials for publication as a follow-up to the meetings;
• Supports the Chair in ensuring effective information-sharing between participating States in order to promote synergies on the full-range of migration and refugee protection issues of concern to the Almaty Process countries;
• As required by the Chair, analyse information and conduct research on asylum and migration issues;
• Supports the Chair in monitoring media, developing regular joint information sheets and joint briefings and gathering information pertinent to the Almaty Process;
• Assist the Chair in drafting project proposals to mobilize resources for implementation of activities contained in the action plan;
• Supports the Chair in fostering links with related national and international programmes and Regional Consultative Processes on Migration.
The UNHCR Regional Representative / Regional Coordinator for Central Asia
Address: 67 Tole bi, 05000 Almaty, Kazakhstan
Tel: +7 727 258 4598
Fax: +7 727 258 3982
E-mail : kazal@unhcr.org
Website: http://www.unhcr.kz
IOM Coordination Office for Central Asia, Astana, KZ
Address: 6 Saryarka Av., 010000 Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan
Tel: +7 7 172 790345/46/47/48
Fax: +7 7172 790349
E-mail: iomastana@iom.int
Website : www.iom.kz, www.iom.int
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