Projects
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Ever wondered what others are doing to enhance social, economic and human development in their communities? Do you have some experience with programs that are based upon the leadership and dedication migrants and their families, which contribute to making migration a choice, rather than a necessity? Share your experiences and find out what works for others by exploring practical projects and good practices related to migration and development that have been tried in diverse world contexts.
- Building institutional cooperation between diaspora and homeland governments in Africa
- This project aims to foster the development of networks, strategic alliances and sustained institutional cooperation between the diaspora and the newly formed policy makers such as the Ministries of Diaspora Affairs and other officials dealing with diaspora and development related issues within governments in their respective countries of origin. The duration of the project is from March 2008 to February 2010.
- JRS Liberia: The practical contributions of the forcibly displaced to development
- Document outlining the experience of the JRS in Liberia since 1992 and its involvement in dealing with the issues of forced migration, refugees and the benefits to development.
- Assisting labor migrants in Kyrgyzstan
- An overview of EFCA's work in Kyrgyzstan protecting the rights of the labour migrants while also trying to influence international policy on the issues facing migration and labour.
- Mobilizing migrant community and civil society voices for the First Global Forum on Migration and Development (2007): The MFA Experience
- A report from Migrant Forum Asia (MFA) which aims to present the various initiatives and strategies of the MFA network and its partners in engaging with the GFMD process.
- International Catholic Migration Commission activities on international migration and development
- Various projects described by the ICMC at the 6th Coordination Meeting on International Migration in November of 2007. The ICMC outlines the plan for this migration and development website, a parallel event at the Global Forum in Brussels, the creation of a civil society International Platform for Migration, Development and Human Rights, an Asia Conference on migration and development, and publications related to the migration and development topic.
- Migrants as partners in community development
- Unlads Kabayan's experience in immersing migrants in community development projects.
- Proposal for the development of a workplan for the African diaspora brain gain project
- Project on the negative impacts of the African diaspora phenomenon and proposals to support an African "brain gain" by attempting to promote the return of African scientists and engineers and to promote intellectual growth on the continent.
- Empowering women migrant workers: Tools for gender and rights-based programming
- An outline of the steps and procedures in monitoring and evaluating the women migrant workers project in order to ensure that women's rights and gender equality is being advocated for.
- Empowering women migrant workers: Examples of good practice
- Governments, NGOs, organizations of women migrant workers, international organizations including UN agencies have implemented a host of creative initiatives that could be up-scaled, adapted and implemented in other sites within a country and in other countries. This section discusses some of these initiatives.
- International development frameworks, policies, priorities and implications: A basic guide for NGOs
- Many conditions influencing NGOwork are set by the system of international aid and development. Consequently, if NGOs are to be effective in being what they want to be and doing what they want to do, they must be familiar with aid frameworks, policies and priorities. This document describes the how to maximize this effectiveness.
- Achieving dignity: Campaigner's Handbook for the Migrant Rights Convention
- A handbook for organizers, prepared by the International Migrants Rights Watch Committee (IMRWC) to promote ratification and entry into force of the 1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
- Poverty reduction: Migration
- Migration is too important to be left out of a country’s plans for development. A strategy for migration and development is critical for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Upon request, UNDP can help countries place issues of migration at the heart of national development strategies – prioritizing skills retention, capacity development and remittances.
