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Ciaran Hickey
25 March 2021
Promotional VideosContributing to the Development of Nigeria
Are you interested in contributing to the development of Nigeria?
This film, made with our partner organization NIDOE, features professionals with a diaspora background residing in the Netherlands encouraging others to participate in CD4D2.
Through the transfer of knowledge and expertise, CD4D2 engages diaspora to support the development of their countries of origin. To learn more about the…

Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
09 March 2021
Promotional VideosDiasporas and Development - 1 Minute about Migration
How do diaspora communities contribute to development?
This video is part of a series of videos called "1 minute about migration" where we explain some of the key concepts to understand migration. Don't hesitate to comment below if you have any concern or proposal related to a specific subject on migration.

Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
22 January 2021
Promotional VideosDiaspora Insights - Salome's Story
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…

Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
22 December 2020
Promotional VideosMeet Toni Truslove – Chief Executive of KEA New Zealand
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.

Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
05 December 2020
Promotional VideosGlobal Diasporas reacting to the COVID-19 crisis: Best Practices from the Field
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…

Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
02 December 2020
Promotional VideosA.MI.CO. Ecuador
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…

Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
02 December 2020
Promotional VideosThe A.MI.CO. project
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…

Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
02 December 2020
Promotional VideosiDiaspora: Accelerating diaspora's global engagement in the post-pandemic era
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…

Larisa LARA-GUERRERO
12 November 2020
Promotional VideosRwandan Diaspora Engagement project to support the TVET sector
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.