The proposed study aims to serve as a scoping exercise for mainstreaming migration into development and provide a preliminary country assessment to develop evidence-based data on the nexus between Migration and Development (M&D) in Sri Lanka and to provide recommendations for future mainstreaming migration into development strategies. This study will be a part of the ongoing regional project ‘Enhancing Capacities for Effective UN Engagement in Asia and the Pacific’, supported by the IOM funding arm – Migration Resource Allocation Committee (MIRAC).
The M&D country assessment will be designed in close consultation with IPS, IOM and key government stakeholders. Subsequently, IOM – in coordination with IPS – will share validated findings and recommendations of this assessment with all key non-governmental and governmental stakeholders with the objective of initiating a national inclusive dialogue on how to include M&D planning and to address the developmental challenges and opportunities stemming from migration.
