IGAD opens annual review of regional migration fund in Djibouti
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nation
The sixth annual meeting of the Regional Migration Fund steering committee opened on 10 November in Djibouti, bringing together IGAD member states and partners. Participants are assessing the Fund’s achievements and the direction of its next phase, with German financial support through BMZ and KfW, according to La Nation.
The work of the sixth annual meeting of the Regional Migration Fund (RMF) steering committee focuses in particular on operational constraints, as well as the financial and audit reports of the mechanism, according to La Nation. The meeting is being held on 10 and 11 November in Djibouti.
Ambassador Guelleh Idriss Omar, director of International Organisations at Djibouti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called for investments made in Ali-Sabieh and Ali-Addeh to be sustained and for their ownership to be strengthened at national and local levels, according to La Nation. He also highlighted the IGAD partnership with Germany, through the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the German public bank KfW, to support implementation of the Fund.
