Connecting Diaspora
To match the assignments of our CD4D participants with the needs of the host organizations, interviews were held in Afghanistan and Somaliland in February and March. The interviews with staff membe
Baseline Assessment by the Maastricht Graduate School of GovernanceRead More
Since the start of the new phase of the Connecting Diaspora for Development project (CD4D2) in July 2019, we have been extremely busy liaising with our colleagues and stakeholders to ensure CD4D2 w
Priority Sectors for Knowledge Transfer per Focus CountryRead More
Even before the current COVID-19 situation, we relied a great deal on the assistance of our diaspora partner organizations to help us engage the diaspora communities in the Netherlands. Our partner
CD4D2 assignments are usually on a short-term basis, meaning that participants must adapt quickly to their new environment and hit the ground running. Diaspora naturally has a pre-existing awarenes
In June 2020, eleven diaspora members from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom started their assignments at four selected institutions in Somaliland. They will share their knowledge and expertis
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, where both travel and face-to-face interactions have been heavily restricted, it became clear that many of the planned activities within IOM´s programming
In March 2020, the ten finalists for both Ghana and Ethiopia have been selected by a jury, composed of IOM, PUM, Zidicircle and the Ethiopian Embassy (for Ethiopia). The choice of these finalists w
Selection Finalists and Postponement of the ED4D Go-And-See MissionsRead More
IOM is currently organizing, in collaboration with Zidi, a series of weekly webinars on access to finance and investor-readiness for the ED4D participants. The first session took place on the 28th
Webinars on Access to Finance and Investor-ReadinessRead More
