At the end of 2020, with the support of a team of regional experts, EUDiF completed a global mapping of diaspora engagement, producing over 100 country factsheets spanning 6 regions: Africa, Asia, Central Asia & Easter Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the Pacific. The research gathered information on different policy frameworks, approaches and priorities in diaspora engagement and identified many opportunities for further research, discussion and peer-to-peer learning. A recurring question from both this research and diaspora-related research and dialogue over the years is: What is the role of the homeland government in diaspora engagement? And, linked to this, how do institutional frameworks relate to effectiveness of government-diaspora engagement?
To answer this question, EUDIF is hosting a webinar, to provide an opportunity to hear and discuss insights from three diaspora-engagement-active governments on institutionalising and enabling diaspora engagement.
More on the mapping…
108 country factsheets are available to download via EUDiF’s interactive map, where you can also compare country profiles. The project aims for the living research to be used widely to inform the migration and development agenda on diaspora engagement policies and programmes. Whilst for the project itself, the findings serve as the foundations of dialogue activities, the Capacity Development Lab and the Diaspora Professionals 4 Development mechanism.
Country factsheets
Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, DRC, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan
Latin America & Caribbean: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidade and Tobago, and Venezuela
Middle East: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine
Pacific: Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, Timor Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu
EUDiF will update the fact sheets during the course of the project and feedback on the factsheets is very welcome (email: eu-diaspora@icmpd.org). Translations of various fact sheets are available via the Library.
The EUDiF is an ICMPD-implemented Global Initiatives project, funded by the European Commission (DG INTPA). It runs from June 2019 to December 2022. Visit the EUDiF website to learn more about how EUDiF works to support an informed, inclusive and impactful diaspora-development ecosystem.