MIGRATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

Migration for Development in Africa (MIDA) is a capacity-building programme implemented by the IOM/ UN Migration agency to strengthen institutional capacities of African governments to manage and realize their development goals through the transfer of knowledge, relevant skills and financial resources of African diaspora members. The MIDA initiative started in Somalia in 2008 with the first diaspora experts deployed in 2009. The overall objective of the MIDA Somalia programme is to strengthen the capacity of state institutions in key sectors (Health Education, Natural Resources, Immigration etc), in order to contribute towards achieving the goals stipulated in the National Development Plan of Somalia aligned to the Global Compact on Migration and the 2030 Development Agenda.