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Name
Florian Forster
Title
Head, Immigration and Border Management (IBM), International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Bio
Since August 2014, Mr. Florian G. Forster serves as the Head of IOM’s Immigration and Border Management Division (IBM) at IOM Headquarters (HQ) in Geneva/Switzerland. He is responsible for developing and overseeing IOM's global approach to activities in the field of immigration, identity and border management.
Mr. Forster oversees a team of senior IBM specialists and staff in HQ and provides technical oversight to the senior IBM specialists posted in IOM’s Regional Offices and the African Capacity Building Center on Migration and Border Management (ACBC) in Moshi/Tanzania.
IOM implements around 250 Immigration and Border Management projects across the globe at any given time with total project expenditures of 124 million USD in 2018.
Several hundred colleagues are directly involved in implementing IOM’s IBM activities in technical areas such as: Border Management (incl. Integrated Border Management), Border Management Information Systems (BMIS), Humanitarian Border Management (HBM) in Crisis Situations, Border Security, Community Policing, Legal Identity/Identity Management and Travel Documents including e-passports, the Responsible Use of Biometrics, Advance Passenger Information/Passenger Name Records (API/PNR), Border Management and Development/Trade, Regional Free Movement Regimes, Immigration Detention and Alternatives to Detention, Regularization of Irregular Entry and Stay, Readmission, Counter Migrant Smuggling (CMS), Visa Policy, Visa Application Services, Immigration Verification Programs, Family Reunification Support, etc..
Before his current posting, Mr. Forster worked as IOM’s Chief of Mission in Hanoi/Vietnam (2009/2014), Head of IOM’s Special Liaison Mission in Paris/France (2005/2009), Head of Office of IOM Berne/Switzerland (2000/2005), and Program Officer and Acting Chief of Mission of IOM in Phnom Penh/Cambodia (1995/1998).
Prior to his work with IOM, Mr. Forster served as Legal Officer and Head of Legal Unit for the City of Munich/Germany on refugee, migration and youth matters, and as Civil Servant for the Bavarian Ministry of Justice (1999 & 1991/1995).
Mr. Forster oversees a team of senior IBM specialists and staff in HQ and provides technical oversight to the senior IBM specialists posted in IOM’s Regional Offices and the African Capacity Building Center on Migration and Border Management (ACBC) in Moshi/Tanzania.
IOM implements around 250 Immigration and Border Management projects across the globe at any given time with total project expenditures of 124 million USD in 2018.
Several hundred colleagues are directly involved in implementing IOM’s IBM activities in technical areas such as: Border Management (incl. Integrated Border Management), Border Management Information Systems (BMIS), Humanitarian Border Management (HBM) in Crisis Situations, Border Security, Community Policing, Legal Identity/Identity Management and Travel Documents including e-passports, the Responsible Use of Biometrics, Advance Passenger Information/Passenger Name Records (API/PNR), Border Management and Development/Trade, Regional Free Movement Regimes, Immigration Detention and Alternatives to Detention, Regularization of Irregular Entry and Stay, Readmission, Counter Migrant Smuggling (CMS), Visa Policy, Visa Application Services, Immigration Verification Programs, Family Reunification Support, etc..
Before his current posting, Mr. Forster worked as IOM’s Chief of Mission in Hanoi/Vietnam (2009/2014), Head of IOM’s Special Liaison Mission in Paris/France (2005/2009), Head of Office of IOM Berne/Switzerland (2000/2005), and Program Officer and Acting Chief of Mission of IOM in Phnom Penh/Cambodia (1995/1998).
Prior to his work with IOM, Mr. Forster served as Legal Officer and Head of Legal Unit for the City of Munich/Germany on refugee, migration and youth matters, and as Civil Servant for the Bavarian Ministry of Justice (1999 & 1991/1995).
