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Hello and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast. We're taking a break from recording at the moment as we are in a particularly busy period delivering projects for several of our clients, but in case you were missing us, we wanted to make sure that we got this discussion to your airwaves ASAP. I really enjoyed this conversation with Julien Simon, who is Head of Mediterranean Region at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), who tells us all about the ICMPD's new #MigrationCapacityPartnerships. About Julien Simon Julien has had a highly distinguished two-decade career in migration, holding various positions at ICMPD since 2001, including Senior Programme Manager, Head of the Secretariat of the Mediterranean Transit Migration Dialogue, and Team Leader of the EUROMED Migration III. In 2016, Julien headed to Malta where he assumed the position of Regional Coordinator for the Mediterranean and set up ICMPD’s first regional office, entering his current position and Head of that Regional Office in 2021. That same year, Julien launched the concept of Migration Capacity Partnerships for the Mediterranean and oversaw the inauguration of the Training Institute for Migration Capacity Partnerships for the Mediterranean based in Valletta. In our conversation, Julien shares with us some of his incredible experiences and learnings from more than a decade of experience working on migration in the Mediterranean, which has for centuries been such a fascinating and eventful theatre of migration and mobility issues. What we talk about ICMPD's new Migration Capacity Partnerships: how ICMPD's new approach is set to revolutionise the way in which countries work together to strengthen migration governance. Migration challenges in the Mediterranean region. The European Union's New Agenda for the Mediterranean policy, adopted in February 2021 last year. Thank you so much for listening. All the things we reference can be found in the show notes at homelandsadvisory.com/podcast. And, last but not least, we thank you very much for listening and hope you enjoy the show. Links Connect with Julien on LI - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julien-simon-4317597/ Follow the hashtag #MigrationCapacityPartnerships for more info in the coming months. EUROMED - https://www.icmpd.org/our-work/projects/euromed-migration-v-emm5 EUROMED on LI - https://www.linkedin.com/company/euromedmigration/ EUROMED on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Euromedmigr EU New Agenda for the Mediterranean - https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_426 Training Institute on Migration Capacity Partnership for the Mediterranean - https://www.icmpd.org/our-work/projects/training-institute-on-migration-capacity-partnership-for-the-mediterranean Training Institute on LI - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mcpmedti/

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your co-host, Aurore. Today, I'm joined by Fridah Ntarangwi, Founder and Managing Director of Zidi Circle to talk about how Zidi Circle is aiming to bridge the African diaspora venture funding gap. About Fridah Originally from Kenya, Fridah founded the first-ever diaspora entrepreneurship incubator out of the Netherlands, Zidicircle supporting the diaspora and migrants with entrepreneurship training, mentorship, match-making and access to investment to succeed as entrepreneurs both in their countries of residence and home countries. Through her leadership, Zidicircle has collectively graduated hundreds diaspora entrepreneurs and impacted many households both in Europe and Africa. She has also managed several Diaspora Entrepreneurship Programmes including IOM’s Connecting Diaspora for Development (CD4D), SNV’s Green diaspora venture backers programme and Green-Diaspora SME Matching programme, the Diaspora-SME Forum and launched investment products like the Diaspora Venture Backers programme that trains aspiring diaspora investors on how to invest in startups and SMEs in host and home countries. Fridah was awarded by the EMEN project of the European Union (EU) for promoting inclusive entrepreneurship in the EU and was bestowed the Duisenberg title ‘Woman in Finance’. The Amsterdam’s Municipality’s initiative startup Amsterdam and the Silicon Canals recently listed Fridah as a top female entrepreneur in the Netherlands to watch in 2022. She is passionate about building an inclusive entrepreneurship and financing ecosystem for migrants, developing economies and women entrepreneurs. Fridah holds a bachelor of Commerce degree from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and a Master of science in Finance from the Duisenberg school of Finance in the Netherlands. What we talk about In this interview, we talk about how the African diaspora can step in to bridge the VC funding gap on the continent and in the diaspora. We talk about the need to create investment opportunities and a culture of investing within the African diaspora, beyond traditional channels and how Zidi Circle supports this process. I'm excited for you to get into this interview, so I'd like to thank you, as always, for tuning in and please do enjoy the show. Links Connect with Zidi Circle: Website / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook Connect with Fridah: Linkedin / Twitter Check out all our episodes and subscribe at homelandsadvisory.com/podcast!

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your co-host, Aurore. Today, I'm joined Kemo Camara, CEO and Founder of Omek to talk about the complexity of the African diaspora and how a psychographic segmentation of the latter led him to found Omek. About Kemo Originally from Guinea, Kemo is the founder of Omek, a community-centric platform whose mission is to amplify the talent, the voices, and energy of biculturals of African descent. Kemo is a social entrepreneur, community leader, economist, and public speaker. Kemo believes that the potential of the bicultural talent, especially those of African descent, is greatly untapped and underestimated, and if unlocked, will create empowered professionals who are meaningful contributions to the economy and culture. He has lived, studied and worked across Guinea, the United States, Germany and the Netherlands, where he is now based. He has a BA in Business Administration and a Master in Development Economics and International Studies. What we talk about In this interview, Kemo tells us all about how his psychographic segmentation of the African diaspora led him to found Omek. We talk about the role value-based segmentation as a potential unifier of the global African diaspora, the need to move beyond the diaspora-development nexus and the paradoxes of privilege within African diaspora engagement. We also talk about how Omek, an organization that supports bi-culturals of African descent, is on a mission to normalize collaboration and community building and how it does so. I'm excited for you to get into this interview, so I'd like to thank you, as always, for tuning in and please do enjoy the show. Links Connect with Omek: Website / Instagram Connect with Kemo: Website / LinkedIn Read more about Omek’s psychographic segmentation of the African diaspora here: Understanding the complexity of the African diaspora Check out all our episodes and subscribe at homelandsadvisory.com/podcast!

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory - your independent migration agency. Today, we've got a true rockstar of the migration and development field, Sonia Plaza, on the show to share her insights and lessons learned from a long and distinguished career working for the World Bank in the field of migration, remittances and diaspora engagement. About Sonia Sonia Plaza is a Senior Economist in the Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice of the World Bank. She is also the co-chair of the Diaspora Thematic working group of KNOMAD (Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development). Originally from Lima, Peru, Sonia advises many universities on the transfer of skills and tapping into their diasporas. Sonia attended the University of Lima and earned a degree in Economics, after which she joined Chase Manhattan Bank, and was then invited to join the Peruvian Ministry of Trade as a manager responsible for counter trade and debt swap agreements.  She has a dual degree from Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania in International Economics and Development. She was Professor of Economics (International Economics) at the Peruvian School of Foreign Service and at the University of Lima in Peru, and was adjunct faculty (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics) at The American University in Washington, DC. Migration and development: The evolving nexus Sonia has been involved in so much of the top-level research and evolution in thinking regarding migration and development that I was curious to share with you both her and the World Bank's priorities on migration, as well as her personal insights regarding how global discussions have evolved over the past decades.  I particularly loved how she is able to connect a broader global World Bank perspective and strategic thinking on migration and development, with the specifics of different projects at the country level. We close with Sonia's top three tips for simple things any government can do to boost the developmental impact of migration. As always, thank you so much for tuning in. You can find our entire catalogue and show notes for this podcast at homelandsadvisory.com/podcast. And without further ado, sit back and enjoy the show. Links Connect with Sonia / Follow @plazasonia Leveraging Economic Migration for Development: A Briefing for the World Bank Board Migration and Development: A Role for the World Bank Group Groundswell Part 2 : Acting on Internal Climate Migration KNOMAD: The Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development The World Bank You may also like: Episode 17 on M&D, Episode 19 on wage theft Check out all our episodes and subscribe at homelandsadvisory.com/podcast!

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley. Today, we're delighted to welcome Jenny Wright from the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Tunisia country office on the show to talk about the integration of international migrants in Tunisia. About Jenny Jenny Wright has been either working or volunteering with migration and migrants since 2001. She has used her project management, research and communications skills to dedicate over a decade of her life to consulting for non-profits and international organisations worldwide. She is currently working for the IOM in Tunisia (update: just moved to IOM Sudan). Having globe trotted around half the world - and soon to be living in her 10th country - Jenny is used to thinking on her feet, eating questionable food and living out of a suitcase. Directing her knack for writing to social media, she gained over 40K LinkedIn followers in a year and is in the process of launching her own blog (A Migrant’s Guide) to share hers and other migrants’ experiences of being on the move and living abroad. What we talk about Migrant integration in Tunisia Tunisia's current migration situation Migrant integration policy and programme responses and options Jenny's new blog! Oh and if you're one of the few people who are not already following Jenny on LinkedIn, then join the 50k other followers by clicking the link to her profile that you will see in the show notes, as she shares a lot of useful migration-related resources, including job opportunities. And stay tuned for her new blog, A Migrant's Guide. If you're enjoying this podcast (or even if you're not!), we'd appreciate it if you could leave a review via your podcast platform. Please note, Jenny is on the show in a personal capacity. Any views expressed are her own and not necessarily those of the IOM. Links Hidden hardship of an unnoticed workforce: The economic lives of refugees and migrants in Tunisia: https://mixedmigration.org/resource/hidden-hardship-of-an-unnoticed-workforce/ Assessing the needs of migrant communities & host communities in Tunisia: https://tunisia.iom.int/sites/g/files/tmzbdl1056/files/documents/OIM%20Tunisie%20-%20Needs%20Assessment%20Synth%C3%A8se%20Tunisie%20-%20mise%20%C3%A0%20jour%202018%20VF.pdf How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies: https://read.oecd.org/10.1787/9789264288737-en?format=pdf Is migration good for the economy?: https://www.oecd.org/migration/OECD%20Migration%20Policy%20Debates%20Numero%202.pdf Journalist's Guide to Media Coverage of Migration: https://tunisia.iom.int/fr/resources/guide-du-journaliste-sur-la-couverture-mediatique-de-la-migration Jenny's new blog: migrantsguide.org (upcoming) Follow Jenny on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenkatetc/ All our episodes: https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory. Today, I'm joined by my friend Asier Ansorena, Senior Change Leader at Ashoka, to talk about diaspora networks and social entrepreneurship. About Asier Originally from Spain, Asier completed his studies in Economics and Political Science at the University of Michigan. He then worked at AIESEC on youth empowerment and entrepreneurship projects in Jordan and several Latin American countries.  In 2009, he moved to Brazil to lead the microcredit team of Instituto Banco Palmas, the first community bank in Brazil. A few years later in 2013, he began to shift his focus to developing Palmaslab, a lab of research and innovation from the urban periphery that empowers communities through the development of youth-produced software and research, which gained recognition from the Inter-American Development Bank as one of the "Three Most Innovative Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean" in its Social Innovation challenge, amongst other accolades - including from the Ashoka Foundation, the organisation he now represents. What we talk about In this interview, Asier tells us all about his work with Ashoka to build diaspora networks. We talk about why Ashoka, an organisation that supports social entrepreneurs, is building diaspora networks, how it's building them, and what Asier himself has learned in the process. I'm excited for you to get into this interview, so I'd like to thank you, as always, for tuning in and please do enjoy the show. Links Ashoka's Changemaker Index: https://www.ashoka.org/el/ashoka-changemaker-index Related diaspora engagement episodes: Episode 2 ("doing diaspora"), Episode 38 (Global Diaspora Summit), Episode 23 (The "Who", "What", and "How" of diaspora engagement) Ashoka's website: https://www.ashoka.org/ Connect with Asier: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asier-ansorena/ Building a community of African diaspora leaders Africa 2.0 España & Ashoka: https://diasporafordevelopment.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Action-Info-Sheet-Africa-2.0-and-Ashoka-v.2.pdf

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host Loksan Harley. In today's episode, I'm delighted to be joined by Colleen Thouez, one of the foremost experts in the field of city-level migration governance.  About Colleen Colleen Thouez is currently a senior fellow at the New School’s Zolberg Institute, where she directs the Global Cities portfolio. She is also a senior visiting fellow at SciencesPo Paris where she advises French cities, and the Africa-Europe Mayors Dialogue on Growth and Solidarity. As the inaugural director of the Welcoming and Inclusive Cities Division at the Open Society Foundations (OSF), she conceived the Mayors Migration Council (MMC) and its Global Cities Fund (2019), the Africa-Europe Mayors Dialogue (2020), and the University Alliance for Refugees and At-Risk Migrants (2018). In 2021, she was appointed by the National Association of (University) System Heads, to assist in securing housing and sponsorship for recently arrived Afghan families on university campuses across the US. Dr. Thouez previously served for 17 years at the United Nations in leadership positions in adult education and international migration. She continues to advise national governments, municipal governments, regional bodies, and United Nations agencies, amongst others. What we talk about Colleen starts by introducing us to city-level migration issues and governance challenges, drawing from her truly global experiences working with municipalities from Barranquilla to Bristol. We then talk through some of her recent research and work on how cities have an increasingly powerful role in shaping migration governance on the global stage - in part thanks to some of the incredible examples of how many cities have supported their migrant residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. We close with some of Colleen's top principles for effective city-level migration governance. I'd like to thank Colleen for coming on the show and thank you for tuning in. Without further ado, please enjoy the show. Links New power configurations: city mobilization and policy change: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/glob.12357 Cities as emergent international actors in the field of migration: https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/gg/26/4/article-p650_8.xml Follow @ColleenThouez: https://twitter.com/ColleenThouez Connect with Colleen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleenthouez/ SDG 11 on inclusive cities: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal11 All our episodes: https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast

Today, we have with us Larisa Lara from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) - one of the true unsung heroes of the diaspora engagement field - to tell us all about the landmark summit on diaspora engagement that took place just three weeks ago in April 2022. About Larisa Lara Larisa is the Transnational Communities and Digital Communications Officer at IOM headquarters. Larisa works to advance IOM’s policy and programming work in the area of digitalization as it relates to labour mobility and human development, with a specific focus on the IDiaspora.org (which I highly recommend checking out). Larisa also acts as a global diaspora engagement focal point. Larisa completed her joint PhD in Migration Studies and in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Paris and the University of Liège. She also holds masters degrees in Migration Studies from the University of Oxford and in Conflict, Security, and Development from King’s College London. She has published multiple academic articles and policy papers specializing in transnationalism and diaspora engagement. What we talk about Today's interview is all about the the Global Diaspora Summit 2022. The Summit was organized by IOM and the Government of Ireland in Dublin and represented a milestone in the high-level recognition of Objective 19 of the Global Compact for Migration, focusing on the developmental contributions of migrants and diasporas beyond remittances. Larisa tells us all about how the discussions went down, what learnings she gained from the extremely hard work that she, her colleague Roberto and the rest of her team put in to organize such a Summit, as well as the Summit's outcomes and next steps. Links Global Diaspora Summit report: https://www.idiaspora.org/en/learn/resources/public-information-materials/global-diaspora-summit-report?fbclid=IwAR1PYayvyPFONSiuYZyCZWXmglA28Kvt49eYWTqLQ_xAjb-p5Ewu_iLYci4  Connect with Larisa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larisalarag/ Follow Larisa: https://twitter.com/LarisaLaraG Global Diaspora Summit - press release: https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/7d010-dublin-castle-global-diaspora-summit-concludes-with-adoption-of-the-dublin-declaration/ MDPcast episode 23 with Larisa's colleague Roberto: https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast/episode/36791685/episode-23-the-who-what-and-how-of-diaspora-engagement-roberto-cancels-insights-from-a-global-diaspora-career MDPcast episode 33 on the Chinese diaspora in the UK: https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast/episode/1d9b66db/episode-33-serving-the-the-chinese-and-global-diasporas-the-story-of-the-ukfcp-and-the-global-diaspora-confederation IOM's iDiaspora platform Online certificate programme: Migration governance and diaspora engagement All our episodes: https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast

Hello and welcome back to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley. Really excited to present you with the first of a new season of podcasts about everything migration and diaspora. And what better way to kick off the new season than by bringing to your airwaves one of the foremost migration communicators and someone who I'd even place in the category of "migration influencer", with us on the show to talk about migration and communications. Yes, you may have guessed it, I'm talking about Marco Ricorda. Marco is an International communication expert and analyst with 15 years experience in international affairs, social media strategy, politics and large events. He is currently Communication Officer for the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in the Mediterranean. Marco was previously a Member of Cabinet for the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, Head of Social Media of the European Parliament's liberal group - the ALDE Group - as well as of its leader, Guy Verhofstadt; Social Media Manager at the European Commission, and Press Officer at Bruegel, the Brussels-based think tank for international economic policy. Since 2017, Marco has been listed as one of the #EUInfluencers on Twitter. Marco has some pretty interesting personal interests as a competitive fitness athlete, but I'll invite you to check out his website marcorecorder.com for more on that. In our far-ranging conversation, we get Marco's take on a number of migration communications challenges, from how narratives on migration are formed, how they're influenced, and how international organisations working in the field of migration can communicate better with their stakeholders. We also get Marco's take on how the media has been reporting on the ongoing forced displacement situation in Ukraine. Before we start, I'd just like to note that Marco is speaking in a personal capacity and not on the behalf of his current employer, and all views expressed are his own. Thank you for tuning in and we hope you enjoy the show. Links: Marco's website: https://marcorecorder.com/about/ Connect with Marco: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-ricorda/ Follow Marco on Twitter: @marcoricorda Shalom Schwartz' 10 basic human value types: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Shalom-Schwartz-10-basic-human-value-types-and-their-motivational-emphases_tbl1_228244313 What policy communication works for migration? Using values to depolarise: https://www.icmpd.org/file/download/48401/file/What0policy0communication0works0for0migration0Using0values0to0depolarise0EN.pdf The Salah Effect: https://stanfordmag.org/contents/the-salah-effect All our episodes: https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast - a show about all things migration, with me your host, Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory. Today, we're going local. We're talking all about city-level migration governance with Lamine Abbad from the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and Fátima Fernández of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). Lamine Lamine manages the Mediterranean City-to-City Migration project (MC2CM), which he'll tell us more about in a few moments. Previously, he was a project officer at UCLG in charge of mainstreaming migration in local governments’ agendas and localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He also worked for several years within the Arco Latino transnational cooperation network.  He holds Master's degrees in Mathematics Applied to Social Sciences, Inter Mediterranean Mediation, and Science of Organisations and Institutions, specialising in decentralised cooperation. Fátima  Fátima is a Project and Policy Officer in charge of human mobility at UCLG, where she is the focal point for the MC2CM project and coordinates local and regional participation in global migration governance processes. Fátima holds a PhD in Regional Development and Economic Integration with a focus on the Political Economy of Euro-Mediterranean relations. What we talk about I'm delighted to present to you our discussion about migration at the local level in the Mediterranean context. We start by talking about the relevance and importance of local migration governance and about how so many aspects of policy-making and administration at the city level impact migrants. We then discuss vertical policy coherence and how to achieve coherence between national and local migration policies. We close with some of Lamine and Fatima's insights into some of the exciting city-level migration policies and initiatives from across the Mediterranean. We'd like to thank you so much for tuning in and we hope you enjoy the show. Useful links ICMPD - https://www.icmpd.org/ MC2CM - https://www.icmpd.org/our-work/projects/mediterranean-city-to-city-migration-mc2cm UCLG - https://www.uclg.org/ MC2CM (@urban_migration) - https://twitter.com/Urban_Migration @UCLG_org - https://twitter.com/uclg_org See also Episode 18 on the Rabat Process dialogue - https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast/episode/2fbc15bd/episode-18-what-do-inter-state-migration-dialogues-do-and-how-do-you-run-one-insights-from-the-rabat-process The Migration & Diaspora Podcast - https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast

Hello and you're listening to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast - a podcast about all things migration. Today, I'm thrilled to welcome human trafficking expert, Lori Mann, to the show to talk about trafficking in persons legal cases in which the victims of trafficking themselves are on trial as defendants. But first, about Lori. Lori is an independent consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the fields of international human rights and the rule of law, with a strong focus on women's rights and gender equality, including violence against women and human trafficking. Lori founded an international women's rights NGO dedicated to strategic litigation, Women's Link Worldwide, and has since worked primarily as a consultant for United Nations agencies and the Council of Europe in diverse countries around the world. She has a JD from Columbia Law School and a BA from the University of California at Berkeley. Today, Lori talks us through the findings of some research that she conducted for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which looks at cases involving victim-defendants of trafficking for sexual exploitation. We have a truly fascinating conversation about some of the harrowing experiences that victims of trafficking undergo while being trafficked and then during court proceedings later on. We talk about the nature of these cases and how the victim-defendants can be coerced by their traffickers to commit various crimes, as well as the associated gaps in both developed and developing legal systems. It's a really interesting talk. I enjoyed recording it and we very much hope you enjoy tuning in. Without further ado, here's our interview. Useful links: The study itself -  https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/2020/final_Female_victims_of_trafficking_for_sexual_exploitation_as_defendants.pdf Connect with Lori on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-mann-21698a1a/ UNODC's SHERLOC database - https://sherloc.unodc.org/cld/en/st/home.html Womens Link - https://www.womenslinkworldwide.org/en UN Global TiP report - https://www.unodc.org/unodc/data-and-analysis/glotip.html United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols Thereto (including the Protocol on trafficking) - https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/organized-crime/intro/UNTOC.html Other episodes related to human trafficking: 3, 11, 13, 19 The Migration & Diaspora Podcast - https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, hosted by me, Loksan Harley, from Homelands Advisory, your independent migration and diaspora agency. Today, I'm delighted to be joined by Aurélia Donnard to talk about mixed migration in West Africa. Aurélia became Mixed Migration Manager for West Africa at the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) in Dakar in August last year. She first joined the MMC West Africa Team as the 4Mi Project Manager in January 2020. Aurélia has worked for the past decade on community-led development and human rights projects for the Senegal-based NGO Tostan and Amnesty International's HQ in the UK. She has also worked for the French Embassy in Senegal and for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (now that sounds like quite an extraordinary job). I'd been trying to get Aurélia on the show for a while now because the MMC does so much great data collection on mixed migration flows in various regions of the world, especially across the African continent where I've worked a lot. Aurélia tells us all about how MMC does all of this marvellous research, including through the Mixed Migration Monitoring Mechanism Initiative (4Mi), a network of monitors along key migration routes. 4Mi collects data at a surprising level of granularity on a range of mobility issues. Aurélia talks us through some of the challenges in managing that work and some of the fascinating insights she's gained into the sub-region's emerging West African mixed migration trends. Oh and you'll also hear the birds of Dakar squawking away during the interview but don't worry, we do change locations about 15 minutes in so please do bear with us. In any case, without further ado, please do enjoy the show. Useful links Connect with Aurélia - linkedin.com/in/aurélia-donnard-3267bb12 MMC - https://mixedmigration.org/ MMC West Africa - https://mixedmigration.org/regions/west-africa/ 4Mi - https://mixedmigration.org/4mi/4mi-interactive/ Migration in the Sahel: Putting Human Rights and Cooperation on the Map - https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/migration-sahel-putting-human-rights-and-cooperation-map-29297 Related Episode 24 on the Missing Migrants Project - https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast/episode/20457abd/episode-24-the-missing-migrants-project-tracking-missing-and-deceased-migrants Related Episode 5 on Children on-the-move in West and Central Africa - https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast/episode/20c80d46/episode-5-children-on-the-move-in-west-and-central-africa-context-vulnerabilities-and-protection-needs

Hello and you're listening to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, powered by Homelands Advisory. Today, we've got Peter Kwok with us, who is the Chair of both the newly-formed Global Diaspora Confederation and the UK Federation of Chinese Professionals. Peter is originally from Hong Kong but has spent much of his career and life in the UK. In addition to his chairpersonships, he is also involved in 10 other diaspora associations and has held board positions at a further six community organisations in the UK and China. He has advised public, private and third sectors, including the Scottish Government, local councils, universities, and SMEs on diaspora strategies. Peter received the Alumni Award for Excellence in Achievement from Cranfield University in 2019 and the Freedom of the City of Glasgow award in 2020. He was nominated Finalist for Charity Chair of the Year in the UK for his contributions to global diasporas. We've got a dual episode for you today. We start by discussing something that's very personal to me, which is the Chinese diaspora in the UK, of which I'm a proud member, and the UK Federation of Chinese Professionals' work to support our community. We talk about how the Federation functions and Peter's own learnings from his vast experience supporting the Chinese and Southeast Asian diasporas across the UK. We then move onto Peter's more recent work cooperating with diaspora organisations across the world, which has led to his latest project to pioneer the new Global Diaspora Confederation. Peter is a very driven, insightful and passionate diaspora advocate and so without further ado, sit back (or continue running, cooking, or whatever you do while listening to this podcast), and enjoy the interview! Useful links Connect with Peter - https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterkwok/ UKFCP - https://www.ukfcp.com/ Global Diaspora Confederation - https://www.linkedin.com/company/theglobaldiaspora/ iDiaspora - https://idiaspora.org/ Press release from the Global Diaspora Coalition (precursor to the Global Diaspora Confederation): Message of Solidarity with Victims of COVID-19 Related Xenophobia, Discrimination - https://www.iom.int/news/global-diaspora-coalition-message-solidarity-victims-covid-19-related-xenophobia-discrimination

Good morning and you're listening to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory. I'm delighted to present to you today a lovely interview with a team member and diaspora participant of the Connecting Diaspora 4 Development (CD4D) programme, which is implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the Netherlands. CD4D engages members of the Afghan, Iraqi, Nigerian and Somali diasporas to support the development of their countries of origin through the transfer of knowledge and expertise. We're very lucky to be joined by Nina Staal, the CD4D Programme Coordinator, and Zuhur Mohamed, who was a participant to the CD4D programme in her country of heritage, Somaliland, and now one of CD4D's ambassador. A bit about both our guests. Nina leads the IOM's Dutch office's migration and development team, including their work with local diasporas in the Netherlands. Prior to joining IOM in 2012, Nina also worked for VluchtelingenWerk Nederland and the Dutch Embassy in Eritrea. Zuhur considers it her mission to ensure equal opportunities for everybody, regardless of their origin. She and her mother came from Somaliland to the Netherlands when she was three years old. After internships in London and New York, she worked as a financial adviser at the Dutch bank ING. Three years later, Zuhur felt the need to give back to her country of origin and, after some searching, found IOM’s CD4D programme. She started with automating financial systems at the Somaliland Ministry of Justice and soon applied her skills in other departments. During her last assignment she even co-wrote the national development plan. Really enjoyed getting to know how CD4D is run and what's in it for both its participants and the countries of origin that receive them. I especially enjoyed learning about Zuhur's wonderful journey of discovery of Somaliland through CD4D. Of course, we also touch on some more challenging issues, such as how CD4D identifies willing diaspora participants and receiving institutions, and why there is not a private sector solution to the issue that a programme like CD4D seeks to address. As always, I'd like to thank you very much for listening. Remember, you can listen to this podcast on Spotify, iTunes, Google Podcasts and most other worthy podcasting platforms, and our website homelandsadvisory.com/podcast has links to them all. Without further ado, please do enjoy the show. Useful links CD4D promotional video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CekiOIyopMY&feature=emb_title CD4D project website - https://www.connectingdiaspora.org/ CD4D assignment vacancies - https://www.connectingdiaspora.org/vacancies/ CD4D Ambassadors - https://www.connectingdiaspora.org/ambassadors/ Dossier on Diaspora Inclusion - https://www.thebrokeronline.eu/category/project/diaspora-inclusion/ IOM iDiaspora platform - https://idiaspora.org/en Connect with Nina on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-staal/ Connect with Zuhur on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zuhur-jamila-mohamed-442899aa/

A very good morning to you and you're listening to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, one of the fastest-growing podcasts on migration and diaspora issues in the world... probably. I'm delighted to welcome to the show, Almaz Negash, the Founder and Executive Director of the African Diaspora Network (ADN), an exciting network, based in Silicon Valley, that I've just joined as a member of the ADN Executive Leadership Council. Almaz has been named one of the 100 outstanding Silicon Valley Women of Influence for her work in social innovation. In 2010, she founded the ADN, whose mission is to inform and engage Africans in the diaspora and facilitate direct collaboration with social entrepreneurs, innovators and business leaders to invest and improve the lives of everyone on the continent and the communities where they live. Under her leadership and vision, ADN is now the home of the annual African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS), Builders of Africa’s Future, Impact & Investment Forums, and Builders of America’s Future. The latter is a new programme developed to provide access to capital for black-led startups. Almaz has also contributed to the UN Economic Commission for Africa's High-Level Panel on Migration and has served as an Executive in Residence for the School of Global Innovation & Leadership within the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business at San Jose State University. And this is in addition to her long career in the US spanning the trade, innovation and educational arenas, following her move from Eritrea via the Netherlands. I'm excited to share with you both Almaz's own fascinating migration and diaspora story, as well as some of ADN's brilliant work and Almaz's many insights gained from founding and growing the network. I was particularly keen to talk to her about the merits of such pan-African diaspora networks, their work with African-Americans, and how ADN has managed to broker some very interesting partnerships with the types of organisations that we haven't talked about on this podcasts, such as Facebook and MasterCard. As ever, I'd like to thank you for tuning in and I hope you enjoy the show. Useful links Connect with Almaz - https://www.linkedin.com/in/almaznegash/ https://twitter.com/almaznegash?lang=en African Diaspora Network - https://www.africandiasporanetwork.org/ https://twitter.com/AfricanDNetwork African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS) - https://www.africandiasporanetwork.org/what-is-adis/ Accelerating Black Leadership and Entrepreneurship (ABLE) - https://africandiasporanetwork.org/able/

Good morning and you're listening to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, a show about anything and everything migration and diaspora. Today, I am most excited to share with you this interview with Oleg Chirita, Head of Global Initiatives at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), about his experiences as an engaged member of the Moldovan diaspora, as well as he and ICMPD's work to support governments worldwide to engage their diasporas. Oleg joined ICMPD in 2009, working extensively with ICMPD's programme of technical assistance to governments (the MIEUX programme). Over the years, Oleg rose through the ranks and is now Head of the Global Initiatives Programme, under which the MIEUX+ programme sits. Oleg is Moldovan and Romanian, and studied International and European Law at universities in Moldova, Sweden, Poland and Belgium. We're really lucky to have Oleg with us to share his insights from his many years of migration and diaspora work. I personally enjoyed how Oleg relates his own diaspora experience with the global diaspora work of ICMPD. So we start with Oleg's background and experience with his own diaspora, before moving on to talk about what diaspora homeland governments - that's governments in countries of origin - are doing - and can do - to engage their overseas populations. We close with some thought-provoking observations (from Oleg, that is 😉) about policy and practice transmission and to what extent we can identify a selection of so-called "good diaspora engagement practices" for replication across countries. As always, thank you for tuning in. If you want to support this channel, please do feel free to share this episode on the socials (tag us @TheMDPcast) and leave us a review on iTunes. In any case, I hope you enjoy the show. Useful links Connect with Oleg - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleg-chiri%C8%9Ba-4875511/ Follow Oleg - https://twitter.com/Oleg_Chirita ICMPD - https://www.icmpd.org/ ICMPD European and Global Initiatives - https://www.icmpd.org/our-work/capacity-building/european-and-global-initiatives/ Oleg's blog post on diaspora engagement - https://www.icmpd.org/news-centre/news-detail/expert-voice-diaspora-engagement-an-unfinished-business/ Oleg's interview with Free Europe on engaging the Moldovan diaspora - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMX6aaahDz4&t=65s EU Global Diaspora Facility - https://diasporafordevelopment.eu/ The MIEUX programme - https://www.mieux-initiative.eu/en/ DAR 1+3 programme - https://www.md.undp.org/content/moldova/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2020/diaspora-dezvoltarea-localitatilor-de-origine-devine-o-practica-nationala-prin-programul-DAR.html

Good morning and you're listening to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory. Today, we've got my friend, Shabari Nair from the International Labour Organization's (ILO) New Delhi office, on the show to talk us through South Asia's migration mega trends. Shabari is the Labour Migration Specialist for South Asia at the ILO's Decent Work Technical Support Team in New Delhi. He provides technical advisory services to seven countries in the South Asian sub-region. Before that, he led ILO’s work on global migration policy, including during the Global Compact for Migration negotiations and for the newly-established UN Network on Migration. Prior to joining the ILO, Shabari worked with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Organisation for Migration, and various international NGOs. As you'll hear in a moment, he also has a fascinating migration and diaspora story of his own, having grown up in Qatar and studied in both Australia (Griffiths University) and Switzerland (Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations). South Asia is so interesting from a migration and diaspora perspective. The scale of migration flows, the size of the sub-region's diasporas, and the contributions that they make are truly staggering. Shabari gives us an incredible overview of some of the main trends that we all need to be aware of - from fair recruitment, wage theft, and the COVID effects, to the huge development opportunities that South Asian migration represents. We also touch on Shabari's personal experiences as a member of the mighty Indian and Keralite diasporas, including the importance of regional diaspora identities to the Indian diasporic experience. Useful links Connect with Shabari - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shabari-nair/ Shabari's ILO profile - https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/labour-migration/WCMS_662429/lang--en/index.htm ILO in India and South Asia - https://www.ilo.org/newdelhi/lang--en/index.htm UN DESA - International Migration Report 2020 - https://www.un.org/en/desa/international-migration-2020-highlights ILO General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment and definition of recruitment fees and related costs - https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/fair-recruitment/WCMS_536755/lang--en/index.htm UN Network on Migration - https://migrationnetwork.un.org/ The MDPcast Ep 19 on migrant worker wage theft - https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast/episode/30cff438/episode-19-seeking-justice-for-wage-theft-for-migrant-workers-in-asia

Good morning and you're listening to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory. Today's guest is Oula Tarssim, the German Development Cooperation's (GIZ) Tunisia Coordinator for the Migration & Diaspora Programme. Oula was born and raised in Germany to Tunisian parents. She started her career in marketing and management consultancy in Germany, before moving to Tunisia to work with the German-Tunisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry as an integrated expert, as part of a GIZ collaboration. She went on to manage several German and EU-funded projects on youth employment, vocational training, and the engagement of diaspora talent. In today's far-reaching discussion, we talk all about Oula's lessons learned from her work with the Tunisian diaspora. We start by hearing about Oula's own diaspora experience, from growing up in Germany to her diaspora "return" - which, as you'll hear, wasn't so much returning as moving to a new place! Oula then shares with us her lessons learned from several years of identifying and mobilising Tunisian diaspora talent, including how she managed to build long-term networks within the confines of the development cooperation project model.  We close with some of Oula's ongoing work to build an online diaspora entrepreneurship ecosystem, including her fascinating ideas about how to "tokenise" diaspora engagement. There's so much value in this episode so without further ado, thank you for listening and please do enjoy the show. Useful links Connect with Oula on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oula-tarssim-b21b72163/ GIZ Programme Migration & Diaspora - https://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/78803.html Subscribe to The Migration & Diaspora Podcast and view the archive - https://www.homelandsadvisory.com/podcast

Good morning and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, where we discuss everything to do with the movement of people. Today, we've got Glen Hodgson from Free Trade Europa on the show to talk about a trend that has certainly defined my life, but also the lives of many others, and the global economy. I'm talking about the platform economy and how it affects migrants. So a bit about today's guest, Glen. Glen has over 20 years' experience in communications, public affairs and lobbying. He is the founder of the think tank Free Trade Europa, which focuses on promoting free trade, liberalisation and the rule of law within the EU and internationally. Glen was previously responsible for the Nordics, Baltics and Central & Eastern Europe at an international communications agency. Prior to this, he worked for the EU institutions as well as governments, blue-chip international companies, startups and NGOs as a lobbyist, strategist and communications advisor. Glen was also the Secretary General of a European trade association for five years.  On today's show, we're talking all about how migrants interact with the platform and gig economies. You'll hear Glen explain these terms far better than I can, but broadly speaking, we're talking about freelance work that is done through online platforms, like Upwork, Fiverr, Uber, Deliveroo, and the many other apps that are emerging. We talk about the findings of Glen's two recent research studies commissioned by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), focusing on the phenomenon across Europe and several Silk Routes countries, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, and Pakistan, as well as Glen and Free Trade Europa's ongoing work on the platform economy. In particular, we learn about migrants' participation in the platform economy and the challenges and opportunities that it implies, along with the policy implications. I very much enjoyed this conversation, which is particularly meaningful to me given my experiences with independent working. Glen brings some much-needed nuance to the conversation by talking about how to address the very real issues of precarity that are normally associated with migrant participation in the gig economy, while also discussing ways to ensure that migrants are empowered to exploit the many opportunities of independent working. As always, thank you very much for tuning in and we hope you enjoy the show. And you can access the podcast archive and get in touch via our new website, homelandsadvisory.com/podcast. Useful links: Glen's latest study: A New Hope: The role of the Platform Economy in facilitating migrants into the Swedish labour market - https://freetradeeuropa.eu/platform-economy-study Glen's paper for the Prague Process: Migration and the Platform Economy - https://www.pragueprocess.eu/en/migration-observatory/publications/document?id=240 Glen's Budapest Process briefing paper on the gig economy - https://www.budapestprocess.org/index.php?option=com_attachments&task=download&id=412 Free Trade Europa - https://freetradeeuropa.eu/ Connect with Glen - https://www.linkedin.com/in/glen-hodgson-36136516/ Twitter - @TradeEuropa

Hello, you're listening to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me Loksan Harley. Today we're talking all about the state of free movement of persons across the African continent with Amanda Bisong. Amanda is a Policy Officer at the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), an independent think tank based in Maastricht, the Netherlands, that wants to make policies in Europe and Africa work for inclusive and sustainable development. Amanda, originally from Nigeria, has Master's degrees in International Law and Economics (World Trade Institute, Bern) and International Trade Policy and Trade Law (Lund University). She is currently also pursuing her part-time PhD on Regional Migration Governance (with a focus on West Africa) at the University of Nigeria. Amanda previously worked at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) as Head of Trade and Customs managing a project on regional integration and trade in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Before that, Amanda worked at the ECOWAS Trade Directorate, the National Association of Nigerian Traders and the Nigerian Bar Association. Her focus research areas are on migration agreements, labour migration, exploring the linkages between trade and migration in Africa, migration governance and the interplay between regional and national commitments. Given her extensive work on the topic, Amanda was the ideal person to talk to us about regional migration governance in the African context, especially with regard to free movement of persons frameworks. Amanda starts by introducing us to what free movement of persons means (or, rather, how there is no universal definition), and explains how different regions of Africa, as well as the continent as a whole at the African Union level, have developed various frameworks that enable freer movement of Africans. It's a bit of a long interview, in part because of some banter and tangents for which I'll take some responsibility but also because Amanda with her combination of academic, practitioner and life experiences injects so much nuance into the discussion. And it's worthwhile listening till the end, when I get Amanda's predictions for what free movement in Africa might look like ten years from now! Without further ado, thank you so much for listening and we hope you enjoy the show. Useful links About Amanda Bisong Amanda/ECDPM's study: Free movement in West Africa: Juxtapositions and divergent interests Africa's overlapping regional groupings (infographic) Africa Regional Integration Index The Development of the AU Free Movement of Persons Protocol: Origins, Objectives and Key Concerns (By Emmerentia Erasmus and Loksan Harley) MPI: Africa Moves Towards Intracontinental Free Movement for Its Booming Population AU Free Movement of Persons Protocol