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Global Diaspora Virtual Exchange on Response to COVID-19
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INVESTING BEYOND REMITTANCE FOR DIASPORA
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INVESTING BEYOND REMITTANCE FOR DIASPORA
Thursday, 25 April 2019, 16h30 CET, online
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Migrants and diaspora communities are recognized for their invaluable role in society due to their rich cultural contributions, diverse voices, and their economic contributions to the countries they live in and come from, including philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and innovations. iDiaspora provides a platform to share your voice, to gain knowledge, and to engage with the global community committed to the importance of diaspora.
IOM Survey: COVID impacts on Migrants / Sondeo de la OIM sobre los impactos de COVID sobre los migrantes
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Restyling Connecting Diaspora Website from IOM the Netherlands
We have completely restyled our website www.connectingdiaspora.org, aimed at diaspora involvement to countries of origin. Many diaspora living and working in the Netherlands remain strongly connected to their old country.
Joint Statement in Solidarity with those Facing Xenophobia due to COVID-19
Amid the spread of COVID-19, the world is facing heightened tensions and concerns over the safety and health of individuals, families, and communities. During such trying times, dealing with an information overload, as well as misinformation, has had a large impact on societies, creating division, not only physically, but also based on race and ethnicity.
First Global Diaspora Virtual Exchange on Response to COVID-19 on 22 April 2020
On 22 April 2020 the first of its kind Global Diaspora Virtual Exchange on Response to COVID-19 took place bringing together diaspora groups and individuals from around the globe. The event page can be found here: https://idiaspora.org/event-calendar/global-diaspora-virtual-exchange-response-covid-19.
Migrants and diaspora communities are recognized for their invaluable role in society due to their rich cultural contributions, diverse voices, and their economic contributions to the countries they live in and come from, including philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and innovations. iDiaspora provides a platform to share your voice, to gain knowledge, and to engage with the global community committed to the importance of diaspora.
Connect
Connect
Becoming a member of iDiaspora will bring your closer with diaspora and expatriate communities globally for sharing your work with others, but also finding inspiration and new opportunities. You will have access to regularly updated news, relevant resources, learning and funding opportunities.
Learn
Learn
From research to training materials, groups around the world are creating resources for transnational communities. iDiaspora aims to bring together resources from variety of partners in one place in order to help individuals and organisations in diaspora get the information they need to effectively engage as developmental actors in countries of residence and...
Contribute
Contribute
There are many ways to give back but its not always easy to find an outlet for our efforts. iDiaspora aims to link those that want to make a difference with concrete opportunities to forge a better future.
Diaspora engagement has to potential to become a practice of choice for the public and private sector. We need to narrow the gaps in connectivity, knowledge and opportunity between these sectors to realize this potential. I sense iDiaspora is an important step-change in this journey and is a platform I look forward to seeing flourish.
~ Martin Russel, co-founder of the forthcoming DiasporaLab
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