This Fund exists to cover assistance costs to help distressed Filipino migrants with repatriation, shipment of remains, hospitalization, temporary accomodation, food and basic supplies and other similar expenses.
The purpose of this project is to contribute to the Government of Ghana's effort to mobilise the country's diaspora toward its socio economic development through dialogue and subsequent developmental engagements in Ghana.
The project targets Ghanaian diaspora associations in the 6 countries with the highest concentration of Ghanaian emigrants. Specific interventions include:
1) a profiling of Ghanaian diaspora groups in target countries;
2) the holding of dialogue fora between the GoG and the diaspora;
The MIDA Ghana Health project contributes to the development of human resources in the health sector in Ghana. Ghanaian and other African migrants in EU countries can transfer knowledge, skills and experience through temporary assignments to Ghana. Also, health workers from Ghana have the opportunity to engage in specialized training at health care institutions in the Netherlands, Germany or the United Kingdom.
The project is implemented by IOM in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health of Ghana and Ghanaian diaspora groups in Europe.
The Ministry of Expatriates Welfare & Overseas Employment was established in 2001 by the Government of Bangladesh with the main objective to ensure the welfare of expatriate workers and enhance overseas employment. As a new institution, the Bureau of Manpower, Employment & Training (BMET) is currently the Ministry's only active unit. The objective BMET is to create new overseas employment opportunities through the global market. BMET ensures the welfare for the overseas employees and helps them directly to search works in the various countries of the world.
Barbados offers certain scholarships that require students to return to the country and work in their field for a period of time.
The "Welcome Home Plan" of Ecuador offers training in entrepreneurship and financial issues to returning migrants. The Welcome Home Plan (also known as Plan Bienvenidas a Casa) was launched by Ecuadorian Government under President Rafael Correa’s 2006 campaign to aid in the return of immigrants in a way that is “voluntary, dignified and sustainable.”
Ecuador’s former National Secretariat for Migrants (Secretaria Nacional para el Migrante - SENAMI) has been elevated to the level of Deputy Ministry for Human Mobility (Viceministerio de Movilidad Humana).
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 State Office for Croats abroad is a central state administration body established to promote cooperation and strengthen relations between the Republic of Croatia and Croatians living outside the country.
The State Office is mandated under the Act on the Relations between the Republic of Croatia and the Croatians outside the Republic of Croatia to:
The Government of Mexico has created the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior) to provide support to emigrants and promote leadership abroad; it helps improve the integration of Mexican communities in destination countries and maintains systematic and direct communication between Mexico and its Diaspora.