Cécile Riallant, Head of the Migration and Sustainable Development Unit, presents some of the key lessons that IOM has learnt about diaspora engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This film, made with IOM's partner organization NIDOE, features professionals with a diaspora background residing in the Netherlands encouraging others to participate in CD4D2. Through the transfer of knowledge and expertise, CD4D2 engages diaspora to support the development of their countries of...

Kingsley Aikins is CEO of Diaspora Matters, a Dublin, Ireland based consultancy company that advises countries, regions, cities, corporations and institutions how to develop strategies for harnessing the power and influence of their Diasporas. He has developed a unique methodology which revolves...

This explainer video by University of Maastricht, Netherlands, Professor Melissa Siegel gives a brief introduction to the concept of diaspora looking at the origins of the term, how definitions differ and have changed and evolved over time as well as how governments often try to engage their...

In December 2018, the UN General Assembly adopted two Global Compacts: The Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). These two compacts, while non-binding and aspirational in nature, offer the first widely-accepted new normative frameworks...

This chapter of the book "Routledge Handbook of Asian Diaspora and Development" explores the dynamics of diasporas, development, and displacements in Asia with specific reference to India. It begins with an overview of the concept of diaspora and examines the ways in which overseas communities...

This guide explains UNDP’s role in, and commitment to, supporting states to leverage diaspora investments in local development, building on the example of Moldova, which between 2015 and 2018 implemented the Migration and Local Development Project (MiDL), funded by the Government of Switzerland...

Diaspora engagement has generated increasing political interest in recent years. It has been explicitly included in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Objective 19: “Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all...

Contributions and Counting: Guidance on Measuring the Economic Impact of your Diaspora beyond Remittances provides guidance for governments and national authorities looking to understand and measure the economic contributions made by their diaspora to their country of origin – that is, contributions...

This report brings together best practices of diasporas responding to the COVID-19 crisis in the African, American, Asian, and European regions.  

iDiaspora was able to collect this information during three organized Global Diaspora Virtual Exchanges. It created a collaborative space where diaspora...

How does integration in the country of settlement matter for diaspora members’ development engagements in the Global South? And how has this intersection been addressed in policy and practice? These questions are explored through examples from Norway, where political efforts to include diasporas in...

The SIMPI project supports the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and its member states in developing and implementing migration and displacement policies in the Horn of Africa. The regional project focuses on three areas of action: migration and displacement policies, cross-border...

​This PRIO Paper examines how the integration experiences of migrants and their descendants in settlement countries affect development processes in countries of origin. Eight specific conduits for diaspora contributions to development are reviewed, including remittance-sending, voting and activism...

Shabaka is a platform for migrants and diasporas to connect, collaborate and Innovate. Their mission is to facilitate diasporas’ role in strengthening humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery.

The Migration & Diaspora Podcast is a series of talks, chats and discussions with experts about migration and diasporas.

The African Foundation for Development (AFFORD), established in 1994, mobilises the financial, intellectual, and political assets of the African diaspora and channels them to drive economic growth and social development in Africa. It also enhances the capacity of actual and potential investors and...

African Diaspora Network is a registered non-profit organization. They are the first organization to bring together a global network of Africans and friends of Africa connecting entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and leaders of nonprofit organizations, corporations, and official development...

ADEPT is the Africa-Europe Diaspora Development Platform, a pan-European network established in 2017 with the mission to amplify the influence and impact of African diaspora individuals and development organisations in Africa and Europe. ADEPT has a network of over 200 African diaspora organisations...

The GRFDT is an international platform to facilitate, cooperate, collaborate and engage with scholars, diasporic communities, development organizations, businesses and governments worldwide. Though launched and based in India, GRFDT’s vision, objective and activities are global in nature. GRFDT is a...

The Regional Migration Fund (RMF) was set up within the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in 2019 with the objective to improve living conditions, create economic opportunities and strengthen social cohesion of refugees, migrants and host communities in the Horn of Africa region. The...