This Diaspora Database supports the Migration for Development in Africa (MIDA) project which is a comprehensive guiding framework to accommodate the desire of migrants and diaspora members to contribute to the development of their countries of origin, and to facilitate the circulation of their competencies, expertise and experience in Africa.
The Government of Ghana, with the support of IOM, the Netherlands and the UK, has a circular migration program to encourage Ghanaian professionals to return on an temporary basis to teach and provide medical assistance in various regions.
MIDA seeks to respond to the ‘brain drain’ phenomenon in African countries through the creation and strengthening of sustainable links between diasporas and countries of origin. The objective is to encourage the transfer of competencies and resources of the African Diaspora benefiting countries of origin and strengthening the capacities of local public and private institutions.
The Government of Nepal has endorsed the UNDAF for the period 2013-2017 which has specific outputs pertaining to migration and development and has identified migrants and families as one of their client groups.
At the request of the Governments of Netherlands and Switzerland, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) developed this handbook as a tool for policymakers and practitioners to help them reach out to their diaspora and develop meaningful partnerships with them in their home and host countries. The handbook reflects the outcomes of a survey implemented jointly by the IOM and MPI among GFMD focal points, as well as the discussions within the GFMD on how to engage the diasporas and migrant communities.
The Rwandan Diaspora Guide provides information to Rwandan Diaspora on national procedures and opportunities. Information is included on diaspora mobilisation and advocacy, knowledge transfer, money transfer, business or investment opportunities and available facilities for Rwandan Diaspora.
This programme concerns labour migration which has played a key part in reducing poverty levels in Central Asia, particularly in the two poorest countries, where the UK Department for International Development (DFID) has bilateral programmes – Kyrgyzstan (KRG) and Tajikistan (TJK) – where most communities, especially in rural areas have large number of labour migrants abroad, mainly to the Russian Federation (RF) and Kazakhstan (KZK).
This trust fund was set up with the double aim of strengthening the work of the ECOWAS in the field of migration and development, and also financing civil society and other institutional projects at national and local levels in the areas of policy development and implementation, strengthening of coordination structures, promoting free circulation of people and preventing irregular migration.
Given the practical action oriented focus, the agreed checklist will be launched by the governments of Jamaica, Ghana and others at GFMD 2012 in Mauritius as a migration and development practice. The launching governments will initiate a "call for action" for governments to identify which provisions in the checklist are already being implemented in their countries and send in these good practices to UN Women. With the help of partner agencies, responses will be collected and an analytical inventory of protection initiatives by GFMD governments developed.
The Dias De Cabo Verde project (Diaspora for Development of Cape Verde), was initiated by the Cape Verdean Institute of Communities, with IOM as the main implementing partner. It aimed at mobilizing the human, social and professional resources of Cape Verdeans living abroad towards the capacity-building of key development sectors in Cape Verde, such as health, education, infrastructure and tourism.