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MIDAS border information and capacity programme

In operation Status as of October 2021 · Funding type: Grant

IOM reported MIDAS installations at eleven Somali entry points in November 2014, within its migration-management support 1. The statement identified Norway and Japan as donors and acknowledged a need for institutional finance and administration. In 2021, IOM described further training addressing data exchange, configuration and operation at four named entry points 2. These reports establish deployment and continuing support, not a single nationwide commercial contract or verified current coverage. The 2014 project duration and donor description are not automatically applied to the separate 2021 activity, whose funding is not specified in the cited passage.

Key terms

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Buyer
Federal and regional immigration authorities 1,2
Vendor
International Organization for Migration (programme implementer)
Vendor based in
International organization, not a private vendor 1
Signed
Not published
Duration
Three years for the Norwegian-funded project discussed in 2014, not the lifetime of all MIDAS deployments 1
Value
Not published
Funding
donor grants, Norway and Japan named for the capacity-building projects in 2014 1
Procurement route
Donor-supported programme, commercial subcontract procedures not published 1
System ownership
Not published
Data terms
MIDAS registers passport details and biometric data. Specific access, transfer and retention provisions are not published 1

Timeline

  1. September-October 2021: IOM reported advanced training for 12 officers from Hargeisa, Wajaale, Berbera and Lowyaado. The stated purpose included addressing data-exchange difficulties between entry points and immigration headquarters. This is an implementing organization report, not an independent audit 2.
  2. October 2021: Recorded status is In operation.

Sources

  1. IOM: Somalia builds migration management capacity (27 November 2014, implementing organization statement)
  2. IOM Somalia: Situation report, September and October 2021 (implementing organization report)

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