Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the Citizens Perception Laboratory on Migration, which analyses social media interaction, research, and other sources of information with the help of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data to provide insights into how migration is perceived in Latin America and the Caribbean. This initiative offers information, resources and tools to accompany governments in their response to xenophobia.
ëVoices of Venezuelaí: aims at building a bridge of understanding between cultures, combatting xenophobia, and showcasing the contribution of Venezuelan migrants to their host communities. It developed a series called ëSome Venezuelans Thereí, which provides explanatory videos in animated format to help migrantsí understand relevant processes such as visas/residence permits application, and access to medical care and education.
The Council represents over 200 Australian organisations and, over the last three decades, has conducted advocacy work on a range of policy issues, with a strong focus on campaigning against the conditions of Australiaís offshore migrant processing system in Nauru and Manus Island.
The survey reports ëVisual Analytics toward Evidence-based Global Migration Policy Making and Governanceí explores xenophobia, barriers to social inclusion, gaps in service, promising practices, as well as challenges identified by organisations that serve migrants and refugees
ëGlobal Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalismí (GRFDT): GRFDT publishes a Research Monograph series, since January 2015, that seeks to promote a balanced migration narrative and counter misinformation about migrants and refugees. A media outreach platform, ëthe Migration Newsí, covers issues related to Migration and Diaspora. Also, the GRFDT ñ in preparation of the Digital Museum of Diaspora ? trained more than 120 interns in its various migration-related activities such as migration media, digital museum, and research.
ëHacking Narrativesí is a campaign that promotes a transforming approach on narratives on migrants and refugees, through a microdocumentary film and a related podcast.
Hola AmÈrica is a program of 2811 and Ashoka that seeks to promote social innovations focused on migration, in order to offer better solutions to the problems that afflict different migrant and refugee communities in Latin America.
ëDel otro ladoí (On the other side) is a project ñ co-created with migrant and refugees ? that focuses on creating an interactive narrative, based on true stories, to inform the audience about Venezuelan displacement and raise awareness about the problems faced by Venezuelan refugees. A 3D computer-graphic was developed to allow the audience to choose among the different experiences that Venezuelan refugees and migrants in Ecuador had experienced.
People Make the City' is a storytelling project that translates residents' experiences into public content such as street art, podcasts, exhibitions, images and texts. The aim of the project is to build a more nuanced narrative of migrants and highlight the positive impact of refugees on their local neighbourhoods.
In the framework of the EUROMED Migration V project, trainings to sensitise journalists and media professionals about the benefits of promoting a balanced narrative on migration are organised. Public Communicatorsí Workshops are developed to highlight the central role of public communicators in informing the public debate on migration, and in shaping people's perceptions of migration.