MADAD Portal (India)

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

Grievance resolution mechanism for Indian migrant workers. Users can register in the MADAD if they have any grievance related to consular services offered by Indian Missions/Posts abroad or are an Indian student studying/planning to study abroad. MADAD enables online logging and tracking of grievances, and submission of course/contact details of students.

visadb.io

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

Visadb.io makes immigration simple for global citizens and companies. The platform offer online access to verified immigration, tax and business Experts in 100+ countries. The Internet visa database monitor and index visa requirements of 12000 travel, work and immigration visas.

 

LINK-IT

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

A skills profiling tool that can support skills mapping initiatives. This project aimed at facilitating better integration of Syrian refugees resettled to the UK, Germany, Portugal, and Romania. The project involved pre-departure skill profiling, post-arrival integration support and information sharing with host communities to support mutual learning and exchange.

Digital Explorers

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Digital Explorers programme facilitates talent and knowledge exchange between Baltic, Nigerian, Kenyan, Armenian and Iraqi ICT sectors, striving to lead the digital revolution in their respective parts of the world. The programme is built on and supported by the collaboration between public, private and non-profit organizations.

Building Inclusive Digital Economies for Migrants

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

The governments of Switzerland and Sweden, in partnership with UNCDF, are supporting the ‘Building Inclusive Digital Economies for Migrants’ programme to bring digital financial services to un- or underserved migrants, to establish digital wage payment solutions, to innovate the remittances market by driving the development of digital transfer solutions and to develop remittance-linked finance products, such as .health insurance, school and education payment plans, savings, investments and loans; pension funds and social security schemes.

Social protection for migrant workers: A necessary response to the Covid-19 crisis

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

The COVID-19 pandemic represented a major public health challenge and had serious economic and social impacts on origin, transit and destination countries, as well as on migrant workers and their families and on businesses and their operations. This informative note presents policy options in order to ensure comprehensive social protection for migrant workers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

IOM Somalia Supports New ‘Telemedicine’ Enhancement for Migrants and Host Communities

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

In countries of origin, innovative ways of transnational engagement proved to be efficient to face the health crisis, In Somalia, for instance, health professionals from the diaspora have provided technical support to hospitals in their communities of origin. This new project unveiled by the IOM  in Somalia is part of a continuing effort to address this health care delivery shortage. It uses video cameras, screens, personal computers and digital mobile devices such as tablets to enhance diagnosis and treatment of patients.

Repatriating Filipino migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The Philippines with one of the largest populations of migrant workers in the world, repatriated over 200,000 distressed and stranded Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) and Overseas Filipinos (OFs) when the pandemic hit, and brought to life its approach of ‘high-tech, low-touch’. Existing tech platforms and databases were used as well as social media to share information with migrants in need of support across the world.

Repatriot App

Submitted by Mr. Camille Saadé on

RePatriot  distributes job and investment opportunities, and fosters networking through an app. 

RePatriot is a community set up as a platform for inspiration, advice and information that aims to facilitate access to opportunities for Romanians abroad.
 

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