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Date Shared:
Monday, 23 December 2013
Since 1983 the Philippines has provided a Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar (PDOS) to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) providing relevant and tailor-made information to help them cope with their new work environment and the culture of their country...
Countries and areas:
Philippines
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Targets that contribute to employment or employment creation
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
Date Shared:
Monday, 23 December 2013
Created in 2006 to promote modern agriculture and reduce food insecurity, unemployment, illegal emigration and rural exodus, the Agency REVA has been in function since February 2008. Decree 1336 of 29 November 2006 inception, gives two main tasks:...
Countries and areas:
Morocco, Senegal, Spain
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Targets that contribute to employment or employment creation
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 2: Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin
Objective 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries
Date Shared:
Monday, 23 December 2013
The unlimited potential program for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) is a public private partnership between the government of the Philippines and Microsoft (as part of the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Program-Community Technology Skills Program (...
Countries and areas:
Philippines
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Goal 4: Quality education - 4.b on international scholarships
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 18: Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences
Date Shared:
Monday, 23 December 2013
Due to the 2008-2009 economic crisis, a large number of migrant children in Japan were forced out of school as their parents lost their jobs and could no longer afford to pay private school tuition. The project will provide funding to operate...
Countries and areas:
Japan
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
Targets on vulnerability and protection
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 15: Provide access to basic services for migrants
Date Shared:
Friday, 20 December 2013
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 –...
Countries and areas:
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, United Kingdom
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth - 8.8 on labor rights for migrant workers
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries
Date Shared:
Friday, 20 December 2013
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...
Countries and areas:
Spain, Africa
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 5: Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration
Date Shared:
Friday, 20 December 2013
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...
Countries and areas:
Ghana, Jamaica, Philippines, Turkey
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 6: Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work
Objective 9: Strengthen the transnational response to smuggling of migrants
Objective 10: Prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in persons in the context of international migration
Date Shared:
Thursday, 19 December 2013
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...
Countries and areas:
Cabo Verde, Portugal
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Targets that could benefit from the potential of migration and migrants
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries
Date Shared:
Friday, 13 December 2013
Established by the council in February 2009, the JMAC brings together relevant role players to draft and oversee the City of Johannesburg’s strategy for the integration of migrants into all aspects of society in Joburg. It is chaired by Executive...
Countries and areas:
South Africa
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Targets that could benefit from the potential of migration and migrants
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 16: Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion
The UK is home to some of the largest diaspora communities worldwide and to help leverage this untapped potential, IOM UK launches the Diaspora for Climate Action (D4C) project.The project will enable diaspora members to build connections with key...
Countries and areas:
United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Ghana, Albania
2030 Agenda migration-relevant and related target Labels:
Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
GCM Thematic Cluster Areas:
Objective 19: Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries