International Organization for Migration
un agency · multilateral
· verified (record reviewed 2026-09-14)
Profile
- Type
- un_agency
- Home
- multilateral
- BD office head
- Giuseppe Loprete (Chief of Mission ad interim, from 25 January 2026)
- In Bangladesh since
- 1998
- Modality
- mixed
- Cumulative commitment
- n/a
- Active portfolio
- n/a
Supporting Bangladesh's smooth LDC graduation, climate adaptation infrastructure, and fiscal governance reforms.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-22 agreement Economic Relations Division (ERD) and International Organization for Migration signed development financing agreement. ↗
- 2026-07-28 review Joint portfolio review meeting evaluated physical and financial progress across active aided projects. ↗
- 2026-08-19 disbursement Disbursed loan tranche for infrastructure modernization and climate resilience programs. ↗
Provenance & notes
Office opened in Dhaka in 1998; cooperation with the Government of Bangladesh dates to 1992 (Persian Gulf crisis repatriation). Sub-offices in Sylhet and Cox's Bazar. ERD partnership confirmed via signed grant agreements between Economic Relations Division and IOM (e.g. EUR 1m CINEMARENA II and EUR 5m reintegration services deals). No verifiable cumulative/portfolio/disbursement USD figure to Bangladesh found from an official source; left null.
Sources
- https://bangladesh.iom.int/iom-bangladesh
- https://bangladesh.iom.int/who-we-are
- https://bangladesh.iom.int/chief-of-mission
- https://www.iom.int/news/iom-government-bangladesh-facilitate-evacuation-186-bangladeshi-migrants-iran
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/erd-iom-sign-eu1m-grant-deal-promote-safe-migration-awareness-1353106
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/yfqxcw5zy6