Trauma of Displacement and Migration

According to UNHCR data, there are currently 68.5 million people worldwide who have been forcibly displaced from their homes, primarily due to wars and armed conflicts in their countries. Over […]
Migrants as Agents of Development: Diaspora Engagement Discourse and Practice in Europe

An increased focus on the role of diasporas as new agents in the development arena was noticeable in the first decade of the new millennium, when enthusiasm about migrants’ potential […]
Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development

Since the first meeting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in 2007, participating states and civil society organizations have given their attention to the ways that diasporas […]
Diaspora Engagement – Western Balkans & Europe

This dossier contains country factsheets on diaspora engagement from the Western Balkan countires in the Euroepan countires. The factsheets were produced during ECONDIAS study project. Enhancing the Western Balkan diasporas’ […]
Do International Labor Migration and Remittances Reduce Unemployment? Case Study of Western Balkans 2010-2022

Labor migration for employment purposes in the developed countries of the Western Balkans is vital for their economies, especially considering the significant percentage of remittances to the GDP. According to […]
Migration and Climate Change

As early as 1990 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted that the greatest single impact of climate change might be on human migration—with millions of people displaced by […]
Global Climate Action Agenda at COP 30

The COP 29 and COP 30 Presidencies and the Climate High-Level Champions (CHLC), Nigar Arpadarai and Dan Ioschpe, worked hand-in-hand to deliver a COP 30 of implementation. Over the past […]
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Concerned that human activities have been substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, that these increases enhance the natural greenhouse effect, and that this will result on average in […]
Handbook on Migration and Local Development

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