IOM Belgium and Luxembourg has launched a new podcast series, "Diaspora Insights". Diaspora Insights is a platform by and for the Belgian diaspora where their work and key topics will be highlighted. For the first podcast episode, we are joined by the talented Salomé Omanga Ysebaert, an African researcher at the Afrikamuseum in Tervuren, Belgium and a member of the decolonization committee in…

In this interview, Toni Tuslove presents KEA, an organisation aiming to maintain contact with New Zealanders living abroad since 2001. KEA values the knowledge, networks and social capital of the kiwi diaspora who contribute to New Zealand. Learn more about KEA’s mission, programmes and transnational strategies of diaspora engagement.

This report brings together best practices of diasporas responding to the COVID-19 crisis in the African, American, Asian, and European regions. iDiaspora was able to collect this information during three organized Global Diaspora Virtual Exchanges. It created a collaborative space where diaspora groups from around the world could share their best practices responding to the pandemic. Through…

Since 2011, through the A.MI.CO. – Migration Associations for Co-Development initiative, IOM Italy carries out initiatives aimed at strengthening the role of migrants’ associations as a natural transnational subject and an actor of development cooperation. Thanks to the monetary prize received by the IOM Italy A.M.I.C.O. Award initiative, the migrant’s association “Para Todos” implemented its own…

Since 2011, through the A.MI.CO. – Migration Associations for Co-Development initiative, IOM Italy carries out initiatives aimed at strengthening the role of migrants’ associations as a natural transnational subject and an actor of development cooperation. This video presents the success of the A.MI.CO. Training Course and some of the projects awarded by the A.MI.CO. Award: a concrete example of…

The event opened by our Deputy Director General Laura Thompson, commemorated the two-year anniversary of the official launch of iDiaspora. The webinar presented the progress of the initiative, the following steps, and an upgraded version of the platform. We also welcomed three global diaspora leaders from the Global Diaspora Confederation, ADEPT, and Red Global MX Ireland to keep creating…

IOM - UN Migration in Rwanda together with Rwanda Polytechnic, Ministry of Education and Rwanda Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation implements a Diaspora Engagement project to support the TVET sector by engaging Rwandan diaspora residing in Belgium and Germany in IPRCs across the country.

On September 26, 2020, the Rwanda Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the International Organization for Migration, held an online webinar. The webinar’s purpose was to involve Rwandan diaspora interested in supporting the development of Rwanda. This included diaspora living in Belgium/Germany and skilled in the TVET (technical and vocational education and training)…

Innovative methods using big data, web traffic and public databases are being used to map diaspora and professional networks.

The Global Diaspora Confederation was formed in response to the need for greater coordination and collaboration in the face of the global crisis brought on by COVID-19. Bringing together diaspora associations and organizations from across the world with a variety of backgrounds and expertise, the GDC strives to assist its members in maximising their impact in supporting their host and home…