The “Project Development Manual for Migrants’ Association” systematizes the experience that IOM Italy has gained over the years in the organization of the A.MI.CO. – Migration Associations for Co-Development - training courses, developing a specific model explicitly tailored on the needs and specificities of the associations in question.

Retour en images sur le colloque international des femmes africaines et afro-descendantes dont la 1ère édition se déroulait ce mardi 26 mars à Wallonie Bruxelles Internationale.

La Women Diaspora 4dev Academy est une initiative mise en œuvre par le bureau belge de l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) avec le soutien financier de la Coopération belge au développement. L’objectif global du projet est de contribuer au renforcement des associations -principalement composées de femmes- de la diaspora africaine afin de soutenir leur engagement dans le développement de leurs pays d’origine.

IOM Sierra Leone cordinated Diaspora professors to provide lecture to Sierra Leone university. Many Diaspora professors/ lecturers are not able to come back home country due to working condition in destinated country. So, IOM organized E-learning platform and link Diaspora lecturer to home country. 

IOM Sierra Leone organized Diaspora medical mission to rural districts of Sierra Leone, Kailahun and Koinadugu. This time, IOM dispatched several medical experts, surgical doctors, obstetrician, dentist, dermatology doctor and experienced nurse. This mission contributed more than 450 outpatients, 129 surgical patients and 125 dental patients. 

IOM Sierra Leone opened Diaspora Investment Forum, with Japanese Trade Organization (JETRO) and several Diaspora organizations. IOM invited 12 Diaspora investors, also JETRO invited 11 FDI to Sierra Leone and consider how to encourage Diaspora for country investment. 

The summary of the Guide for local public authorities and migrants on the creation and consolidation of Moldovan Natives' Associations  was developed within the UNDP's Migration and Local Development Project, with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

The “Mapping of Ethiopian Diasporas Residing in the United States of America” project was conducted between February 1, 2018 and September 30, 2018. The Government of Ethiopia has now recognized more than ever the need for a structured mechanism on profiling and engaging members of the diaspora. It is estimated that more than two and a half million Ethiopian diaspora members are residing in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia and within Africa.

This policy guide focuses on the role of entrepreneurship in enhancing the positive effects of migration on economic growth and development. It is a practical tool aimed at strengthening the humanitarian-development nexus urged by the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016 and the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants adopted at the 71st United Nations General Assembly in September 2016.  

In the latest edition of Expertise, MIEUX Expert Dr. Martin Russell, co-founder of the forthcoming DiasporaLab, gives his views on the evolution and current trends in diaspora engagement, one of the areas that governments, especially across Africa, are developing as part of comprehensive migration and development strategies.