Welcome Message
IOM convened from 18 to 19 June 2013 the Diaspora Ministerial Conference. IOM’s milestone high-level meeting focused on diaspora, invited governments and experts to share their experiences in order to identify better ways to engage, enable and empower diaspora communities, and promote them as development actors.
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Governments at both ends of the migration cycle increasingly recognize the value of diasporas’ engagements with their countries of origin. Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development, offers policymakers and practitioners a user-friendly and practical guide on the state of the art in governmental diaspora initiatives. |
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"Migration for Development in Africa" (MIDA) is a capacity-building programme, which helps to mobilize competencies acquired by African nationals abroad for the benefit of Africa's development. |
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IOM’s 3E’s Strategy to Enable, Engage and Empower Diaspora |
Drawing on its long-standing experience, IOM has formulated a comprehensive strategic approach centred on the 3Es for action: to enable, engage and empower transnational communities as agents for development – with each area involving a range of interventions by governments and other stakeholders, supported by IOM through policy advice and programming. |
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Maximizing the positive relationship between migration and development has long been a focus of the work of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). |
