The IOM Diaspora Mapping Toolkit builds on the rich experience of more than 150 diaspora mappings conducted in various contexts, this toolkit presents a systematic, comprehensive yet highly flexible and agile approach to mapping the diaspora in different contexts. By following clear guidelines for collecting and analyzing data about diaspora communities, policymakers will be able to develop more…

Meet Mandy Preville-Findlay, a leader and cofounder of Beyond Iyanola. Beyond Iyanola is an organization of Saint Lucians in the UK created in 2018 with the purpose of advocating and preserving art and culture from the St Lucia diaspora.

Meet David Kpondehou, a young entrepreneur from West Africa in the Benin Republic currently in Japan. He aims to empower the individual through skills-building, education, values-driven action to build self-reliance and entrepreneurship..

IOM Belgium’s Diaspora Engagement team shares the fifth episode of its Diaspora Insights Podcast series. Their guest this time is Jimmy Nzally, a member of the Gambian diaspora, Ph.D. student, activist, and founder of the VUB Africa Student Community (ASCOM). In this episode, they talk about VUB ASCOM and the role it plays in African students’ lives in Belgium, and about the important role of…

The Impact of Connecting Diaspora for Development (CD4D) Based on the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) evaluation on the CD4D project, IOM NL has created this animation video. CD4D facilitates temporary assignments by diaspora members in selected countries of origin. Through sharing knowledge and expertise at host institutions, diaspora experts positively contribute to development…

  Désiré is one of the numerous Rwandan diaspora members participating in an engagement programme to exchange knowledge and skills with the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector.

  Meet Clément, one of the numerous Rwandan diaspora professionals participating in an engagement program in Rwanda to transfer knowledge and skills with the TVET and health sector. For three weeks, Clément exchanged his expertise within the electromechanics and industrial industry with partnering organizations in Rwanda. He considers this type of engagement a seed to plant a new future of…

Interview with Steffi! Meet Steffi, a physiotherapist with a mission: to get in touch with her roots by working in a Rwandan hospital for 6 months. Prior to this engagement, we had a talk with her about her expectations for IOM’s diaspora project.