Psychosocial support in SaMi (Safer Migration) Project Phase III (July 2022- July 2024)
The Safer Migration project (SaMi) is a bilateral initiative of the Governments of Nepal (GoN) and Switzerland. The project is implemented through a partnership between the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS), HELVETAS Swiss lnterco-operation Nepal as a technical assistance provider, the Foreign Employment Board (FEB) and selected local governments. CMC-Nepal is implementing psychosocial components to address social cost of migration in its’ phase I (2013-2014) in two districts, phase II (2015-2018) in nine districts and phase III (2019-2022) in 38 districts (152 local levels). SaMi phase III has been extended for two years from 16th July 2022 to 15th July 2024 with an objective to support local and provincial governments to gradually institutionalize migration services for long-term sustainability, including through increased cost sharing. In addition of regular psychosocial component of this project, CMC-Nepal extends coordination and provide support for the institutionalization of psychosocial component at local, province and federal level in this extended phase.