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Projects

Triple Win Programme

The International Placement Services (ZAV) from the Bundesagentur für Arbeit and GIZ have established a project for the placement of qualified nurses with German companies.

Supporting the IFAD Rural Resilience Project in Moldova: Development of Capacity-Building of the Savings and Credit Associations (SCAs)

The project contributes to strengthen the competition in the remittance market by enabling a new player, the Savings and Credit Associations (SCAs), who are the main local grassroots rural finance provider in Moldova, to provide international remittance services.

Postal Services and Remittances – Concrete partnerships for financial inclusion and rural outreach

A key issue in the area of remittances is enabling financial services for remittance payouts in rural areas. Postal services which have strong postal networks in particular in rural areas can be a key opportunity for this.

DIASDEV, a joint project initiated by the French Development Agency and the Caisse des Dépôts from France, Italy, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia

DIASDEV, a joint project initiated by the French Development Agency and the Caisse des Dépôts from France, Italy, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, will be carried out in partnership with public-sector financial institutions in in 2021.

Adding “Valyou”: Advancing financial inclusion through remittances from Malaysia

IFAD partnered with the Malaysian Mobile Money Provider, Valyou, to open digital remittances channels to Pakistan and Bangladesh.

National Projects related to reducing remittance costs

Specific projects on reducing remittance costs have been implemented in Burundi, Tunisia, Sudan, Zimbabwe (2016-2019) including advocacy with government and other stakeholders on the need to reduce remittance transfer costs.

Samriddhi - Rural Enterprises and Remittances Project

The objective of the project is to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable peace through employment-focused, equitable and inclusive economic development.

Platform for Remittances, Investment and Migrants’ Entrepreneurship in Africa - PRIME Africa

This EU-funded € 15 million programme aims to address the impact of remittances to development through innovations, partnerships and scalable products that promote cheap and fast remittance transfers.

National Projects related to enhancing migrants financial literacy and financial inclusion

During COVID-19 digital literacy is important to bring migrants into the mainstream financial system.

Promoting refugee and migrant entrepreneurship in East Africa, the Andean region, and the Middle East

The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the capacities of governments to support the long-term social and economic inclusion of refugees and migrants and enhance their positive economic and development impact on host countries.

Programme Migration & Diaspora (PMD)

The Programme Migration & Diaspora (PMD) supports partner countries in shaping migration policies and the provision of information on regular migration to key destination countries, including Germany.

Inclusive Digital Solutions to support migrants and remittances

In 2020, amidst the COVID-19 crisis, UNCDF sought partners to respond to the increased challenges faced by migrants and their families to send and receive remittances.

Helping remittances reach rural areas in Moldova

IFAD’s Near East, North Africa and Europe (NEN) Division and its Financing Facility for Remittances, in partnership with Moldova’s National Commission for Financial Markets, have begun a project designed to strengthen the country’s Savings and Credit Associations (SCAs) so that they can manage

European Union Diaspora Facility (EUDiF)

EUDiF is the first EU-funded project that works towards fostering an informed, inclusive and impactful diaspora-development ecosystem on a global scale.

UNCDF Migration and Remittance Programme

With generous support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, UNCDF migration and remittance programme is focused on three key areas: Improve Access, Increase Usage, and Strengthen Resilience.

MigApp: Tool for enabling migrants to compare information on remittance costs

Migapp is a mobile phone application which enables migrants to compare the cost of remittance transfers through various remittance companies, thereby reducing the cost of remittance transfers for migrants as well as enhancing financial literacy. It is utilized primarily by migrants.

Migration - OSCE

The OSCE is committed to addressing the migration phenomenon cross-dimensionally and by capitalizing on the added value it can bring to regional and global solutions.

Improving Migration Management in the Silk Routes Countries

Achievements set by initiatives implemented under the Budapest Process translated into an EU funded project that aims at maximising the development potential of migration and mobility within the Silk Routes region and towards major labour receiving countries.

Moldova: Leveraging the Positive Impact of Migration on Moldova’s Development Through Improved Policy Evidence and Better Engaged Diaspora.

Migration waves, which started in the 1990s, have led to an outflow of Moldovan nationals, with a quarter of the population residing abroad (approximately 720,000 persons according to the National Bureau of Statistics).

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