About IOM
IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.Activities by IOM
LOCALISE Toolkit: Geospatial AI cuts displacement planning from weeks to days.
Global SwitzerlandAI-powered tools built into IOM's existing LOCALISE planning system to speed up displacement planning for crisis-affected communities. Automates use of IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) and gathers up-to-date imagery and maps of basic services (electricity, schools, hospitals, water) so teams can quickly identify suitable sites and plan assistance based on real conditions on the ground. Incorporates community voices and local expertise into the planning process; analysis that once took weeks can be done in days.
Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsInfrastructure/Systems DevelopmentWakaWell: AI guide to safe migration pathways across Africa
Africa SenegalThe AI solutions supports migrants who want to travel, seek opportunities, or move between African countries by providing reliable, up-to-date information about safe migration options, pathways, and services across the continent.
Activity Type AI Tools/SolutionsHarvard x IOM Research Collaboration
Global SpainThe project focuses on policy research regarding the applications of AI in migration policy
Activity Type Research/Reports/AssessmentsDonor Intelligence Platform
Global EgyptDonor Intelligence is IOM's AI-powered platform for understanding, researching, and engaging the organization's most strategic funding partners. Rather than spending hours manually searching donor websites, reading annual reports, and cross-referencing funding databases, IOM staff can generate a comprehensive donor intelligence report in minutes — covering a partner's political context, ODA priorities, thematic and geographic focus, funding history, and IOM engagement opportunities. At its core, the platform combines live internet research (via Bing-grounded AI agents), internal knowledge bases, and uploaded documents into a single, structured workflow. Users can generate full donor reports, run focused partner profile research, adapt existing profiles with the latest findings, and export polished PowerPoint briefings — all without leaving the platform. Every report is a living document. Staff can refine individual sections through conversational AI, ask follow-up questions directly in the report view, and track the full revision history. A searchable community report bank means that insights built by one team are immediately available to colleagues across the organization, eliminating duplicated research effort. The platform is built around IOM's operational reality: multi-instance Azure deployment, role-based access, and a document management layer that lets users ground AI answers in their own uploaded materials — concept notes, strategy papers, meeting records — so responses are specific to IOM's actual relationship with each donor, not just publicly available information. The result is a faster, more consistent, and more strategically informed approach to donor engagement — giving IOM's resource mobilization teams the preparation depth of a dedicated research unit, at the speed the organization needs.
Activity Type AI Tools/Solutions