Managing Migration for the Benefit of All
IOM Supports Armenian Government Implementation of Biometric Identity and Travel Documents
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have joined efforts to assist the Government of the Republic of Armenia (RA) to modernise and improve the country’s identification and travel document systems. The initiative stems from a request from the RA Police and RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is in support of the March 2008 Presidential Order “On the Conception for Migration Systems of the Republic of Armenia and for Introduction of the System of Electronic Passports and Identification Cards with Biometric Parameters in the Republic of Armenia.” The Order calls for implementation of electronic passports and identification cards with biometric parameters beginning in 2011.
Armenia - Border Management Electronic Information System Expanded to Essential Border-Crossing Control Points in Armenia
Migration management and border management have been among the key priorities of the Republic of Armenia (RA) Government since gaining independence. At the invitation of the RA Government the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Armenia has been assisting the RA Government in reforms of border management. Through IOM’s projects the Border Management Information System (BMIS), which was first installed at the Yerevan Zvartnots International Airport in 1999, was expanded to essential border crossing control points in order to establish a unified system and increased operational capacity for the management of migration processes in Armenia.
Armenia - IOM Mission in Armenia published a booklet to mark 15 years of operations in Armenia
It has been already fifteen years that the Republic of Armenia (RA) became an IOM Member State. To mark this anniversary the IOM Project Development and Implementation Unit in Armenia has published a booklet “Fifteen Years in Armenia: Managing Migration for the Benefit of All” in the Armenian and English languages.
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