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Martina Castiglioni
Diaspora 4 Climate Action (D4C) Newlsletter #1
This is the first quarterly Newsletter for the Diaspora 4 Climate Action (D4C) project. It summarises the achievements and progress made during the first three months of project implementation (January-March 2023) and includes hyperlinks to some of the media content produced.
The D4C Newsletter is primarily meant to inform and regularly update D4C stakeholders on the progress of the project.
GDC
A Logo for the Global Diaspora - Call for Design Submissions
The Global Diaspora Confederation needs your help to redesign our logo in a way that demonstrates
the positive values and challenges of the global diaspora. We would like to invite you to share one
or two logo designs with us, either done by hand, colored on paper, sketched on computer or
described in a few sentences (telling us which shapes to include and why), by 31st…
Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
Call for abstracts: Times and temporalities of migrant transnationalism
For a series of panels at the 2022 IMISCOE conference we invite papers that address migrant transnationalism with analytical perspectives on time and temporalities.
Submit an abstract of between 200 and 250 words by 1 December 2021. The conference takes place in Oslo, Norway, from 29 June to 1 July 2022. Participation can be either physical or virtual.
Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
Event CalendarPowerful Transnational Partnerships: Public Sector Synergies
Background
Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
Event CalendarSave the Date: Global Diaspora Virtual Exchange on Powerful Transnational Partnerships
Background
Martina Castiglioni
OpportunityDiaspora Climate Champions
Are you part of the Bangladeshi, Ghanaian, Jamaican, or Moldovan diaspora in the UK? Are you passionate about climate action?
We are looking for up to 20 people to become Diaspora Climate Champions and inspire change within their communities.
Oleg CASIAN
Blog EntryValorising diaspora competences for homeland development
The IOM in joint efforts with UNDP, UNICEF, and WHO implements the Moldova Migration Multi-Partner Trust Fund Programme (MMPTF), titled “Leveraging the Positive Impact of Migration on Moldova’s Development through Improved Policy Evidence and better-engaged diaspora”.
Oleg CASIAN
Blog EntryValorizing diaspora resources for Social Cohesion and Climate Change Action under the DAR 1+3 program
The Diaspora Relations Bureau and IOM Moldova are valorizing diaspora resources for Social Cohesion and Climate Change Action under the 2024 edition of the Program “Diaspora Succeeds at Home” (DAR 1+3) implementing local development projects. The DAR Program aims to valorise the human and financial potential of the diaspora for the socio-economic development of Moldova.
Daphne Henning
Event CalendarStrengthening mapping capacities and coordination of humanitarian assistance with diaspora organizations
The impact of diaspora contributions goes far beyond remittances because they give affected communities a lifeline before, during, and after disasters by sending medical missions, sharing skills, strengthening infrastructure, providing medicine for sick family members, and coming up with creative solutions to close gaps in the responses of traditional humanitarian actors.
Daphne Henning
Event CalendarCrisis Response Simulation
While diaspora actors have long contributed in various forms to humanitarian response efforts in their respective Countries of Origin (CoOs), most of this involvement has historically been ad hoc. These contributions include contextual knowledge, local connections, quick mobilization, financial support, and volunteers.
