"IOM presents the Handbook for Information Hubs on Migration, which is based on the model promoted by the Regional Programme on Migration in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, an IOM programme implemented for more than 10 years with the aim of promoting humane and sustainable migration governance in the countries of the region. Funded by the United States Department of State, one of the four main aims of the programme is to improve access to information for migrants through the provision of support through information hubs. This handbook is intended to provide an easily accessible guide for opening, maintaining, and strengthening these information centres. It is aimed at local government staff, institutions and organizations wishing to serve as information hubs, in collaboration with IOM. It is hoped that this document will serve to provide community and institutional stakeholders with tools for the promotion of regular, orderly and safe migration in the interest of human rights, through the model Information Hubs on Migration." (Introduction, page 2)