Global Forum on Migration and Development
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Date Shared: 
Monday, December 23, 2013 - 12:15
Title: 

Handbook on Engaging Diaspora in Development Activities in Host and Home Countries

Countries and areas: 
Global
Partner(s): 
National Governments of Netherlands and Switzerlands, IOM
Thematic Area: 
Diasporas, Strategies for minimizing costs/maximizing human development
Tags: 
Migration in the United Nations, Capacity Building, Diaspora Empowerment and Engagement, Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning
Summary: 

At the request of the Governments of Netherlands and Switzerland, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) developed this handbook as a tool for policymakers and practitioners to help them reach out to their diaspora and develop meaningful partnerships with them in their home and host countries. The handbook reflects the outcomes of a survey implemented jointly by the IOM and MPI among GFMD focal points, as well as the discussions within the GFMD on how to engage the diasporas and migrant communities.

If you have a GFMD account, you can download the Diaspora Contact Points Directory, as a first result of the project.

GFMD Source: 

GFMD 2009 - Roundtable 1.2 on "Engaging diasporas and migrants in development policies and programs–Their role? Their constraints?"

Link: 
  • http://www.gfmd.org/pfp/policy-tools/diaspora-handbook
  • For more information on research and activities undertaken by IOM and MPI see: http://www.iom.int &
  • ...
Link to documents: 
  • Diaspora Contact Points Directory
  • Survey Part I: Identifying government institutions that engage with members of the diaspora. [ FR | ES ]
  • Survey Part II: Identifying existing diaspora engagement programs/policies, good practices, key challenges and lessons learned. [ FR | ES ]

Source (retrieved on 04/12/2026 - 14:18): https://www.gfmd.org/pfp/ppd/20