IOM Belgium’s Diaspora Engagements team is proud to launch its tenth episode of its Diaspora Insights Podcast series! In this episode, we welcome Kriticos Mwansa: artist, activist and founder of The Bookclub. In this episode Kriticos discusses his inspiring work, different forms of protesting and the importance of healing.

Governments at both ends of the migration cycle increasingly recognize the value of diasporas’ spontaneous engagements with their countries of origin and are seeking ways to cooperate with them. "The Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development: A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners in Home and Host Countries" offers policymakers and practitioners a user-friendly and practical guide on…

Manuel is the Founder of Diáspora2030mx, a platform for open conversations and engagement with practitioners of sustainable development from the Mexican diaspora. This platform was launched in February 2021 with the participation of the National Coordinator for the 2030 Agenda in the Office of the Presidency of Mexico. In September 2022, the project got funding from the British Government to…

Theresa R. Fianko is the Founder and Managing Editor of the global social impact broadcasting platform - Diaspora Digital News. An Integrated Media/Marketing Communications professional, she has lived and worked in the diaspora for over a decade and is committed to the cause of balanced, informative, sustainable and ethical journalism. Theresa is a co-author of “Empowering Global Diasporas in…

IOM Belgium’s Diaspora Engagements team is proud to launch its ninth episode of the Diaspora Insights Podcast series! In this episode we welcome Mariam Harutyunyan, an inspiring entrepreneur, inclusion advocate, and much more. She talks about her brand KinArmat, through which she wants to empower women and foster dialogue. And as an executive director at A Seat At The Table, she highlights the…

 Ana Gutiérrez es una peruana migrante actualmente viviendo en Israel y desarrollando sus estudios de doctorado. Ana es fundadora de Granadilla Podcast: peruanas rompiéndola en el extranjero. Un espacio para crear redes de contacto y apoyo entre las peruanas en la diáspora, y visibilizar los éxitos de peruanas en el extranjero. A través de Granadilla Podcast, Ana busca inspirar e informar a…

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..