Activity Strand 4: Support to the Libyan Civil Society Organisations working on migration in
reinforcing their work and roles

 

CSO Briefing Paper

ICMPD continued its strong engagement in the CSO Coordination Group, a forum of more than twenty
international actors working in Libya with Libyan CSOs that aims at enhancing information sharing and
cooperation among international actors on their work with Libyan organisation. The Group thus
provides a space for international implementers to share good practices and lessons learned from
their own experiences and offers the opportunity to avoid duplication of work and the overburdening
of stakeholders. ICMPD closely collaborated with the Group in drafting a CSO briefing paper titled
“Insights and recommendations for meaningful engagement of Civil Society Organisations in Libya”,
which was finalised at the beginning of the reporting period. Throughout the drafting process, ICMPD
actively participated to the Coordination Group to discuss the ideas for the structure of the paper as
well as to coordinate and provide inputs during the editing process. The paper, which aims to provide
a general understanding on what it means to work with Libyan CSOs as an international actor, as well
as the main recommendations to follow when engaging with Libyan organisations, was submitted to
the donors on 4 October 2022.

Preparation as regards the activities to be implemented together with Libyan CSOs

ICMPD is waiting for the MFA to give the approval to share the list of CSOs with which ICMPD is
planning to work to the relevant Libyan authorities. ICMPD is keeping the CSOs constantly informed
about the situation and its plans for the first activities to be implemented with them. Furthermore,
the preparations for the implementation of such activities are proceeding smoothly, and ICMPD stands
ready to proceed with all necessary logistical arrangements for their implementation.

In addition, on 12 December 2022, ICMPD met with two CSO representatives, LELEEES

 

 

III receive an update on their activities and to discuss potential

future capacity enhancement activities.

6. Upcoming Plans
The following project activities are planned and/or will be continued during the first quarter of 2023°:

Activity Strand 1 - Facilitation for Libyan delegations’ active participation in international and regional
migration dialogues:

«  Finalisation of the Migration Governance Training Curriculum;

® Potential accompaniment to the Khartoum Process Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Berlin,
Germany from 15 — 16 March 2023 (pending confirmation of attendance by the Libyan
stakeholders);

Activity Strand 2 - Support to the Libyan authorities in their efforts with respect to consular crisis
preparedness and management and engaging Libyans living abroad

6 Given the overall context and the political changes in Libya, some activities might need to be adapted/redesigned in
accordance with the potentially changing context.

«  Consular Crisis Preparedness and Management:

o Generic ToT session in Malta for 10 trainers from the MFA and the Mol from 30
January — 8 February 2023. The aim of the training is to equip the trainers with the
general skills needed to design and deliver trainings (e.g. pedagogy of adult learning,
presentation skills, proposals for group exercises, etc.);

o Development of the Trainers Manual on Consular Crisis Preparedness and
Management is being finalised. Will be available in English and Arabic;

o Launch Day: presentation ofthe Trainer’s Manual on Consular Crisis Preparedness and
Management;

o Good practices sharing workshop on the Consular Crisis Preparedness and
Management Strategy, with the view to facilitate a P2P exchange with other countries
on their good practices and policies in place for the support to their nationals abroad
in times of crises;

o ToT session for the 10 trainers on the technical Consular Crisis Preparedness and
Management modules (outreach and communication; situation analysis; contingency
planning and mobilisation);

o ToT practice session with the 10 trainers and diplomats.

« Engagement ofLibyans Living Abroad:

o Kick-off workshop for the development of a Networking and Outreach Strategy for
the Engagement of Libyans Living Abroad;

o Supportto Libya with the development of a Networking and Outreach Strategy forthe
Engagement of Libyans Living Abroad (after the kick-off workshop):

o Astudy visit to a country for a peer-to-peer exchange on the engagement of Libyans
living abroad and a 1* drafting working session with the team of experts to start the
drafting of the Networking and Outreach Strategy.

Activity Strand 3 - Support to and strengthening of the efforts of the Libyan authorities in the field of
migration legislation 2 this activity strand is on hold pending feedback from the MoJ. ICMPD stands
ready to implement the activities as proposed to the MoJ via Note Verbale on 1 November 2022 (see
Annex I for the detailed proposal). At the time of reporting, a meeting is planned to be held with the
Ministry of Justice to discuss the way forward.

Activity Strand 4 - Support to Libyan CSOs working on migration in reinforcing their work and role. >
this activity strand is on hold pending feedback from the relevant Libyan authorities. ICMPD continues
its efforts to be able to start the work with the CSOs and appreciates the support of the donors in the
efforts to achieve the required feedback and approval of the Libyan counterparts. ICMPD is prepared
and stands ready to implement the activities in support ofthe CSOs the soonest.

Most activities are planned to be organised in person in Tripoli, Libya, but depending on the political
and security context and/or the availability of experts, the format might need to be changed to a
virtual or hybrid set-up or to a different venue.

6. Challenges and Solutions

One of the challenges faced during the reporting period was the rotation of staff within the MFA,
including ICMPD’s Focal Point in the International Organisations Department of the MFA and Rabat
Focal LEE 23 November 2022), the
Director of the International Organisations Department, and the Director of the Diplomatic Institute.
The change in staff among other impacted the continuity ofthe project and contributed to acontinued
delay in the internal approval processes as well as coordination within the MFA and between the MFA
and the other relevant Ministries. In addition, it required ICMPD to take the necessary time to re-
establish contacts and meet the new counterparts to brief them about the status of the project.
Despite the changes, the ICMPD project team established good relations with the newly appointed
staff and managed to continue the discussions as regards the project without any significant delays.
In general, the continued structural challenges as regards inter-ministerial communication between
the Libyan MFA and the other relevant Ministries (all official communication with the project
stakeholders needs to be submitted via official channels through the MFA) contributed to continued
slow coordination.

The delay in the issuance of new visas for several of the ICMPD staff presented another significant
challenge to the ICMPD project team. The project team started the process for the request of new
visas several months before the expiry date in January 2023, but at the time of reporting the relevant
staff had not yet received their new visas. This hampered the ability for the ICMPD project team to
properly plan the implementation of activities in Libya (e.g. scheduling dates for activities, confirming
experts and participants, organising logistics etc.) until new visas are granted.

The delay in the approval of the activity strands continued to cause an obstacle to the
implementation of project activities (particularly with respect to the activities on migration legislation
and CSOs). Despite the delays, which are seemingly due to a number of factors (incl. continued general
hesitancy among Libyan stakeholders to engage on sensitive issues such as migration legislation and
engagement with CSOs as well as structural coordination challenges within and between the relevant
Ministries), ICMPD continues to maintain very positive relations with the Libyan stakeholders, who
continue to express their interest in the project activities and emphasize their importance. ICMPD is
thus confident that the activities that have been implemented so far have had a positive impact and
as soon as future activities will kick-off they will make a positive contribution to the Libyan
stakeholders.

Submission of the request of the extension of the project

In view of the impossibility to advance on a number of activities as a result of the challenges
encountered, ICMPD submitted an official request for the extension until 31* July 2023 (without
additional financial contribution) of the LIBMITAF project on 27“ January 2023 (see table 5 for the
updated project work plan). In light of the positive developments of the last months, ICMPD is
confident that the extension period will allow for the implementation of a number of activities,
particular with respect to Activity Strand 1 “Facilitation for Libyan Delegations' active participation in
international and regional migration dialogues” and Activity Strand 2 “Support to the Libyan
authorities in their efforts engaging Libyans living abroad”. As regards the remaining two activity
strands, ICMPD is continuing all its efforts to achieving the agreement of the Libyan authorities to

advance on the implementation of these activities. ICMPD has made a particular effort to ensure that
the project can be continued until 31* July 2023 within the original project budget.

Table 5 Work Plan (1° April 2021 — 31° July 2023)

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Meetings with stakeholders to ensure
coordination and dissemination of
outputs

Accompaniment to dialogue
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Workshops to enhance crisis
preparedness for consular services for
the a —— authorities

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National Conference of Libyans living
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Strengthening the Legislative Framework on Migration

 

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8 Depending on agenda of the concerned dialogues for 2023

Trainings on the Legislative x x X X x x X x X X
Framework on Migration
Training for trainers on the Legislative x x X X x x X x X X
Framework on Migration
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Framework on Migration

Support to the Libyan Civil Society Organisations working on migration in reinforcing their work and role
Workshops for Libyan CSOs to

strengthen their networks and their x X x X x x x X x X
role as a migration stakeholder

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Consular Crisis Preparedness and Management: ToT x X
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Policy Support Action - Consular Crisis Preparedness and

Br x
Management: Development of Trainer’s Manual

Consular Crisis Preparedness and Management: ToT X

session on technical modules for trainers

Consular Crisis Preparedness and Management: ToT x
practice session with trainers and participants

Good practices sharing working session on Consular Crisis X

Preparedness and Management Strategy

Policy Support Action - Support to the development of a

Consular Crisis Preparedness and Management Strategy

Kick-off workshop for the development of Networking and
Outreach strategy

Policy Support Action - Support to Libya with the
development of a Networking and Outreach Strategy for
the engagement of Libyans living abroad

Study visit for a peer-to-peer exchange on the engagement
of Libyans living abroad

Working session on the Networking and Outreach Strategy
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for the engagement of Libyans living abroad

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laws related to migration for trainers

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regards migration

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engagement of Libyans living abroad

 

10 Pending approval of the Libyan government
11 Pending approval of the Libyan government

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Annex I

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NOTE VERBALE

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The International Centre for Migration Policy De-

velopment (ICMPD), with Headquarters in Vi-
enna, and a field office in Tripoli, presents its
compliments te the Ministry of ForeigmAffairs and
International Cooperation of the State of Libya
(Department of International Organisations), and
has the honour to inform the Ministry as follows.

ICMPD is pleased to acknowledge the reception
of Note Verbale no. 3383 received from the De-
partment of International Organisations (Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)
on 20/10/2022 and including the strategic training
plan of the Ministry of Justice.

Within this context, ICMPD would like to express
the highest appreciation for communication ofthe
Ministry of Justice’s strategie plans and would
greatly appreciate the assistance of the Depart-
ment of International Organisations (Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation) in
delivering the document attached to this Note
Verbale (Attachment 1) to the Ministry of Justice.
The document includes ICMPD'’s official reply to
the Ministry of Justice as well as the list of topics
that can be covered by the activities implemented
under the EU and Swiss Confederation co-
funded project "Libya's Migration Technical As-
sistance Facility - LIBMITAF" (2021-2023).

ICMPD is pleased to propose the organisation of
a half-day consultation meeting in Tripoli, Libya,
on 10 November 2022 with the aim to further dis-
cuss the Strategic Plan of the Ministry and the
proposed activities in support of the Strategic
Plan.

The International Centre for Migration Policy De-
velopment avails itself of this opportunity to re-
new to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Inter-
national Cooperation (Department of Interna-
tional Organisations) ofthe State of Libyaithie: as
surances ot its highest consideration.

 

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