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The iDiaspora Journal: Reflections on Diaspora Engagement is a unique tool to reflect deeply on the impact and potential of global diaspora communities. Designed as a personal and introspective journey, this journal will guide readers in understanding how diasporas contribute to both their host and home societies, enhancing the global dynamism and promise of migration.

The need to expand private sector engagement for enhanced migration and sustainable development outcomes is very clear. International agreements, like the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, have already recognized that the private sector has a critical role to play in ensuring that migrants can contribute to sustainable development and that their fundamental rights are upheld.

Les pays sont responsables de fournir une protection sociale à leurs citoyens et, dans un contexte migratoire, ce sont les pays de destination qui sont les principaux responsables. Cependant, les limitations de l'accès des migrants à la protection sociale ont donné lieu à une pléthore de mesures informelles, tels que celles fournies par les communautés transnationales et les diasporas qui soutiennent leurs familles et leurs communautés à travers des réseaux personnels, permettant d’accéder aux soins de santé, à l'éducation, à la retraite et à la sécurité sociale.

The Diaspora Team at IOM Headquarters is pleased to present the fourth edition of the Global Diaspora Newsletter. We are particularly excited about the advancements towards the future Global Diaspora Policy Alliance. This issue has a regional focus on Southern America. Readers will find an article from IOM Buenos Aires regarding its diaspora engagement agenda and activities.

IOM the Netherlands has nearly twenty years of experience implementing various diaspora engagement programmes. These programmes promote development through diaspora engagement. Connecting Diaspora for Development is the most recent programme in which diaspora members acted as actors for development in their countries of origin. In addition to demonstrating the value of diaspora contributions, the programme also showcased the voice of individual diaspora experts. Each expert has a unique story and experience and underwent personal challenges and achievements.

Mapping the Rwandan Diaspora in the United States of America is the report on a mapping exercise that took place in the United States of America from November 2021 to March 2022. The study aimed to gain insights into the socioeconomic profile, professional skills and expertise of this population and assess their capacity, level of interest and motivation to participate and engage in development-related activities in Rwanda.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Recognising the high potential of women in the diaspora as leaders and agents of change, the “Programme Migration & Diaspora” (PMD), funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), commissioned this exploratory mapping of women with a migration history in Germany and their engagement for sustainable development in their countries of origin.

The International Organization for Migration is pleased to announce the publication of a note for the project, “Consolidating and Operationalizing a Framework for Diaspora's Engagement in Humanitarian Assistance - Phase II.” The collaborative document is the result of three years of multi-stakeholder coordination and inputs from dozens of diaspora organizations and other institutional humanitarian actors.

Recommendations for the implementation of communication activities to engage the Kyrgyz diaspora, compatriots and migrants living abroad in the development of the Kyrgyz Republic the period of 2022-2030 (with a focus on the development of new technologies, the development of the Kyrgyz language, and local communities).