Safer Migration (SaMi) Programme
Relevance and scope of SaMi Programme (2024-2028)
The Safer Migration (SaMi) Programme continues to be relevant in Nepal’s labour migration context. The SaMi Programme (2024-2028) is designed to support the consolidation of the 12-year-long partnership between the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC) and the Government of Nepal (GoN) in safer migration, institutionalization of safer migration-related services in Nepal, and strengthening the capacities of three levels of government to effectively take over the complete management, financing, and quality assurance of program components. Based on lessons learned from the previous phases of SaMi program, SDC will technically accompany the relevant government counterparts and improve the capacity of respective institutions at all levels to enable them to fully take over service delivery. In particular, the program will strengthen the role of the provincial governments (PGs) to take up a more proactive role in the implementation of the key program components and to ensure quality assurance of the services delivered at the local level. In line with this, the program also offers opportunities for the PGs and local governments (LGs) to strengthen their existing monitoring, evaluation, and learning framework.
Objectives:
- The overall objective of this phase is to enable relevant Nepalese institutions across three levels of government to improve the situation of migrant workers and their families throughout the migration cycle. The impact envisaged by the program is that migrants and their families are better protected by the concerned institutions and benefit from decent work conditions abroad.
Key Activities:
- Access to quality information and counselling.
- Access to justice services.
- Support for psychosocial services.
- Financial literacy.
- Skills development.
Expected Results:
Major Achievements:
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| From 16th July, 2024 to till Date | Information and counseling services have been provided to 3,906 people. Among them 2,163 men and 1,743 women. |
| Of the cases received at the Migrant Resource Center (MRC), 3 cases have been resolved. | |
| Individual psychosocial services have been provided to 17 people. There are 3 men and 14 women. |
Project information
- Geographic coverage 13 Local Levels of Kavrepalanchok District
- Project duration 12 months (16th July, 2024-15th July, 2025)
- Project Location Dhulikhel Municipality of Kavrepalanchok District
- Budget 3,951,000.00
- Funding partner's Dhulikhel Municipaltiy
- Implementation Partner (a) District Administration Office (DAO). (b) Employment Service Centres (ESCs). (c) Returnee Migrants’ Networks (RMNs). (d) Health Units at LGs.
- Target groups (a) Migrant workers (prospective, in service, and returnees) and their families. (b) Migrant workers (prospective, in service, and returnees) and their families. (c) PGs, LGs, health training centres, psychosocial counsellors, migrant returnees, and families with psychosocial problems. (d) LGs, FL facilitators, returnee migrant workers, and families of migrant workers. (e) NAVT, and training seekers for both domestic and international labour markets.
