CON 2026/33 - Senior Consultant for EU Integration and Diaspora Expertise Coordination

International Organization for Migration · Tirana

Introduction

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations and the leading UN agency in the field of migration. Working closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners, IOM promotes humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It saves lives and protects people on the move, drives solutions to displacement, and facilitates pathways for regular migration, while providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

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Project Context and Scope

Albania’s European Union accession process has entered an increasingly demanding phase, requiring stronger coordination across institutions, sustained analytical capacity and effective follow-up of commitments across negotiating clusters and chapters. At the same time, labour migration and regular labour pathways are increasingly relevant to Albania’s broader migration governance and EU approximation priorities. The consultant will therefore support the General Secretariat for European Integration in its centre-of-government coordination role, while also facilitating the effective use of Albanian diaspora expertise to contribute to analytical work, policy inputs, implementation follow-up and institutional learning. The project contributes to ongoing efforts to strengthen Albania’s migration governance framework, including by reinforcing policy, institutional and regulatory capacities related to regular labour pathways, labour mobility and the effective engagement of Albanian diaspora expertise in priority reform processes. Within this framework, the consultancy will provide both embedded technical support to the General Secretariat for European Integration at the Prime Minister’s Office and coordination support for Albanian Diaspora Experts engaged in the EU approximation process, ensuring that their inputs are demand-driven, coherent, high quality and aligned with institutional needs.

Organizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing

The consultancy will contribute to the successful realization of the project "Enhancing Policy and Regulatory Frameworks to Strengthen Regular Labour Pathways for Migrant Workers in Albania” (LM0620) through the support of the IOM Development Fund. WBL 1:3:2:001

IOM is seeking a senior consultant to provide embedded technical, analytical and coordination support to the General Secretariat for European Integration at the Prime Minister’s Office, while also guiding and coordinating Albanian Diaspora Experts engaged under the project “Enhancing Policy and Regulatory Frameworks to Strengthen Regular Labour Pathways for Migrant Workers in Albania”. The consultancy will support Albania’s EU accession-related coordination and implementation processes, with particular attention to migration governance, labour mobility and regular labour pathways. The assignment will be demand-driven and aligned with the evolving priorities of the General Secretariat for European Integration and relevant beneficiary institutions.

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