RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN LIBYA THROUGH COVID-19 PREVENTION, ASSISTANCE AND ACCESS TO VACCINATION

To limit the vulnerability of migrants to disease spread and support national COVID-19 prevention, response and vaccination efforts, IOM Libya implemented – in close collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health - this 12-month Austrian funded project, aimed at:

1. Supporting migrants who are in extremely vulnerable situations – i.e. those who are detained in detention centres with bad living conditions
2. Contributing to strengthening Libyan authorities’ ability to prevent and respond to COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks amongst the most vulnerable populations, including migrants, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), detainees and other mobile and vulnerable groups.   Post project, the IOM end-cycle (final) summative evaluation was conducted through an external evaluator intended for programme management and donors.
3. The evaluation sought to assess and measure the extent to which the project implemented in Libya, has achieved its intended short-, medium- and long-term objectives as well as the extent to which the interventions and delivery strategies were adequate to address the problems at hand with the aim to determine what worked and what did not work under what circumstances. The evaluation therefore also documented lessons learnt and good practices.  

The evaluation used a mix of data sources collected through multiple methods. This included primary data which was collected directly from key informants comprising of project stakeholders (officials of partners and supported facilities e.g personnel of POEs, DCs, DPs etc), IOM project personnel and project beneficiaries (MoH, DCIM personnel who received support), about their firsthand experience with the intervention. This data was collected through interviews of 14 key informants (11 males, 3 females), and some observation conducted during the months of October and November 2022. It also included data consisting of documentary evidence (primary and secondary) that had direct relevance for the evaluation such as published reports, relevant project documents, monitoring reports, previous reviews, country strategic plans, and research reports etc. Desk reviewed information was used to triangulate and buttress primary data.