1. Intra-ACP Migration Facility
CARICOM
Trinidad and Tobago

2. Institutional Framework
 Focal Point: Ministry of National Security
 ACP Migration Facility in Trinidad and Tobago is based
on interface with national lead institution on migration
matters, the Ministry of National Security.
 The Ministry of National Security has spearheaded the
development of a National Consultative Committee and
facilitated its institutional and civil society working
groups.
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3. Implementing partners of the Facility
 Main institutional partners
 Ministry of National Security (IAU, various agencies)
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bilateral/ CSME Unit/ Diaspora
FPs)
 Ministry of Labour and SME Development (IAU, Research)
 Ministry of Planning (S-EPP/TCU-Pop&Manpower)
 Main NSA partners
 Living Waters Community (Refugees/Asylum Seekers)
 CURB/VOM (Human Trafficking/Reintegration)
 UWI Institute of International Relations
 UWI Institute of Gender and Development Studies
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4. Project Implementation
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Title Year
Baseline Report/ Stakeholder mapping June-September 2011
Reworking of NCC Terms of Reference July-September 2011
Mixed Working Group Strategic Planning Workshop Sept-October 2011
Definition and validation of national work-plan November 2011
Initial capacity-building requests Oct 2011- January 2012
Development of Action Plan Pillars (MMU-Diaspora Policy-
Training Curriculum)
December 2011-June 2012
Support to CSO short-term financing proposals and TOR December 2011- October
2012
PMU-Observatory collaboration & joint workplan : data
management, training workshops
May-September 2012
Separate Working Groups (TOR validation/Short-term
funding applications/Activity survey)
June 2012- October 2012
Labour Migration Policy additional pillar August 2012- November
2013
Training Workshops and STE in support of action plan January-May 2013

5. National migration policy
 Key strategy and policy documents
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Title Year
Medium-Term Policy Framework (MTPF) 2011
Social Sector Investment Programme 2011
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Act 2012
Immigration Policy (in development)
Population Policy (in development)
MTPF 2014-2017 (in development)
Labour Migration/Diaspora Policy (conceptual stages)

6. Main results achieved
 Institutional Capacity Building
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Result Activity
Mandate/Consultative Process Development of ad hoc working
groups and support to mixed
consultative committee
Identification of missing data/training
needs/Establishment of priorities
Baseline/Action Plan Workshop
Collaboration with UWI/ACP
Observatory on data and training; UN
Post-2015 Consultation; Inclusion in
TOR; Inclusion of THA/Tobago
Specific capacity strengthening Training Workshops (M&D/PCM for
MPSD)
Support to MFA policy drafting
Short-term consultancies
Links with ACP Observatory Contribution to Obs. National
Workshop; Information-sharing

7. Main results achieved
 Civil Society Capacity Building
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Result Activity
Identification/Organisation Baseline; Development of ad hoc
working group (CSWG)
Representation/Advocacy CSO presence on NCC
maintained/creation of CSWG
Support to CSWG initiative for
Migration and Human Right Week
Specific capacity strengthening Training Workshops (M&D workshop
as recruitment, sensitisation of groups
in labour, gender, health)
Technical support to proposals
Distribution of reliable information on
migration
Review of CMDA proposal; Migration
Information Points

8. Knowledge developed
 Baseline data/Level of information and needs
 Strategic / policy framework and gaps
 Institutional capacities and needs
 Civil society capacities and needs
 Migrants’ experiences and needs
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9. Capacities reinforced
 National / regional consultation
 National / regional dialogue
 Needs identification
 Formulation of policy / strategy

10. Lessons learned
 Training and Sensitization as first steps
 Human Rights and the Role of Non-State Actors
 Representatives vs Reporting Officers
 Use of media and public consultation: social marketing
 Greater visibility through partnering with key institutions
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11. Priority activities 2013 - 2014
 Proposed or planned activities
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Activity Desired Result Status
Migration Management Unit Feasibility Study ;
Identification of data
and training needs
Mid-term methodological
presentation to NCC;
Completion late August 2013
Diaspora Policy Policy Development Delayed: June-August 2013
Labour Migration Policy
(integration of Observatory
studies)
Framework and
Policy Document
Launch July 2013
Information Points Reliable information
to migrants/media
Launch September 2013
Training Programmes Support to pillars Ongoing
Centre for Migration and
Diaspora Affairs (CSO)
Updated Proposal Ongoing/Identification of
funding avenues

12. Specific intra-ACP migration challenges
 Sharing of information across pilot countries and regions
 - CARICOM Forum on Population, Migration &
Development (CFMD)
 - Pacific-Caribbean exchange on M&D (UWI/USP)
 Priorities and perspective
 - M&D link to population policy, economic diversification
 - Information-sharing among ministries (NCC)
 - Public awareness; Labour movement mobilisation
 - Uptake of ACP Observatory studies on M&D
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