Madagascar

A regional qualification framework, the SADCQF aims to enhance regional integration in the fields of education and training by promoting regional standards and recognition of qualifications. The SADCQF is a regional mechanism for comparability and recognition of full qualifications, credit transfer, creation of regional standards and facilitation of quality assurance (QA). It consists of a set of agreed principles, practices, procedures and standardised terminology intended to meet the five purposes of the SADCQF:

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Union Commission (AUC have signed an agreement for $3.9 million in grant financing to strengthen investment, human capital and philanthropic engagement from the diaspora in eight African countries.  

The TADY project started in June 2023 funded by the French Development Agency (AFD). 

It aims to structure public policies for the Malagasy diaspora, by strengthening the institutional framework and developing local cultural and economic capital. In particular, it creates conditions conducive to diaspora mobilisation for the socioeconomic development of Madagascar. This project is based on three main objectives:

On 12 April 2019, the LOHARANO programme for youth volunteers from the Malagasy Diaspora was launched during a press conference organized in Antananarivo by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Communication and Culture, and IOM. This programme – the first of its kind – seeks to create and develop a space for exchange and interaction between the Malagasy Diaspora and institutional stakeholders in Madagascar, as well as to entice a constructive engagement between the Diaspora and the general Malagasy population. 

In 2020, the Southern African Development Community adopted the Guidelines on the Portability of Social Security Benefits, through a tripartite process to help SADC countries adopt policies and regulations so that workers in SADC countries can accumulate and access social security benefits across different countries in the region.

FAO Early Warning Early Action System (EWEA) translates warnings into anticipatory actions to reduce the impact of specific disaster events. It focuses on consolidating available forecasting information and putting plans in place to make sure FAO acts when a warning is at hand. At the country level, the EWEA team works closely with country offices to develop EWEA systems tailored to the local context.

Madagascar has created a Directorate in charge of Diaspora within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The first initiative of this directorate was to carry out a profiling of diaspora members in France, which hosts the majority of migrants from Madagascar. The government of Madagascar also organized the first forum on Diaspora, to uncover the activities of the Malagasy diaspora, and to them in contact with civil society organization with which they can work and create synergies. 

This country assessment discusses the environment-migration nexus in Madagascar. It analyzes the political, legal and operational frameworks of migration, environment, and climate change, mapping national vulnerability and providing in-depth case studies of two field sites. The final section of the report outlines a series of recommendations for future action based upon the evidence and results collected.

The African Postal Financial Services initiative is a joint regional programme launched by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the European Commission in collaboration with the World Bank, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) – a specialized United Nations agency for the postal sector, the World Savings Banks Institute/European Savings Banks Group (WSBI/ESBG) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF).

The Ministry of Health is working closely with foreigners in the following areas:
- Occupational medicine: Ambatovy QMM: staffing materials and medical equipment, services (medical and surgical consultation, screening), Community Health, health education (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Waste Management)-
- Humanitarian mission :
Chinese medical mission with the MoU between the Chinese Government and the Government Malagasy: Intervention areas: Mahitsy, Vatomandry, Ambovombe, Sambava.