📋 Tender Overview
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies provides humanitarian assistance and protection to highly vulnerable migrants along the Balkan route. It also enables national Red Cross societies to advocate with the national governments about their responsibilities and the need for migration governance frameworks aligned with international standards. The programme thus contributes to the protection of the human rights of migrants along the Balkan route.
Topic Period Budget
Migration and Development
Emergency Relief and Protection
Governance
Forced displacement (refugees, IDP, human trafficking)
Protection, access & security
Public sector policy
01.11.2025 - 31.10.2029
CHF 4’000’000
The project in brief
Background The Balkan migration route is one of the main transit corridors to Europe for people on the move, and is considered among the most dangerous routes in the world. People moving along this corridor have left their countries for various reasons, such as political, economic, climate change-related reasons (mixed migration). Many of those newly arrived in Europe are at risk of abuse and exploitation, with women and children facing specific protection risks, including sexual and gender-based violence and human trafficking. In this context, the ability to access basic services such as water, food, shelter, health care and protection along the migration routes is essential.
Objectives Improve protection and humanitarian assistance for migrants while improving migration governance in targeted countries along the Balkan migration route by strengthening civil society capabilities and its dialogue with national authorities
Target groups The overall programme plans to support 157’500 migrants irrespective of their status arriving or transiting along the Balkan route including 21’000 people from host communities that access those improved basic services.
Medium-term outcomes 1. Migrants have improved access to humanitarian assistance, protection and access to long term services at key locations of the Balkan Route. Host communities also benefit from improved access to basic services. 2. National Societies enhance their operational and institutional capacity to respond to migrants’ needs. 3. National Societies of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia can collectively influence national, regional and global policy change.
Results Expected results: 1.1. Humanitarian assistance and protection are provided along Balkan migration routes. 1.2. Support provided to host communities along migration routes improve social cohesion. 1.3. Integration and inclusion services are provided to migrants residing in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia 2.1. National Societies’ responses are better adapted to meet the specific needs of migrants resulting in better quality programming 2.2. National Societies’ collective route-based capacities enhanced in de
