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12 December 2022 – IOM's African Capacity Building Centre (IOM ACBC) in coordination with IOM Country Office in the Republic of Guinea, conducted a day-long online training on the Standard Operating Procedures for Frontline Border Officials at Ports of Entry in response to the COVID-19 Outbreak. The training aimed at providing guidelines and recommendations, including the need for proper equipment, to assist frontline border officials to be adequately equipped to perform their daily duties in the context of the pandemic while decreasing the risk of transmission of any disease of public health concern. This activity is part of an ACBC-led project entitled "Enhancing African Member States Personnel's Capacities to Respond to and Mitigate the spread of Covid-19 (ECRM-COVID-19)" funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. IOM organized the training at eight Civil Protection Response and Rescue Regional Operational Centers, leveraging the existing national network. These eight centers were inaugurated during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 to provide timely support for the COVID-19 response and recovery and facilitate regular online coordination meetings. 80 participants from eight different regions of the country participated in the training with the expected outcome of consolidating the foundations for closer cooperation between the country's Civil Protection, Customs, and Health Services. In his opening remarks, Jan Willem König, Advisor to the Minister of Justice and Security, Repatriation and Departure Services (R&DS), stated that "the participation of the Republic of Guinea in this program is part of the objective of continuing and strengthening a long-established and fruitful cooperation between Guinea and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on issues relating to migration management." By integrating health into the responsibilities of all border agencies, the training that covered the General Knowledge about COVID-19 and its impact on international migration; the Adequate use of PPE and disinfection equipment; the Management of ill travelers; Occupational Health, Well-being, Psychological First Aid; and COVID-19 and migrants' rights and vulnerabilities, aimed to promote an integrated approach to health crisis management at points of entry to guarantee that no one is left behind in the fight against the pandemic.
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For more information, please contact: Melissa TUI - IOM ACBC Project Officer (Curriculum Development) mtui@iom.int Appolinaire LAMAH - IOM Guinea National Project Officer alamah@iom.int |