DEMAC News

Conference Diasporas in Action: For the first time in Australia, a conference focusing on the innovation and growing impact of diaspora communities in the global humanitarian, peace and development effort will be held to explore and enhance the power of diasporas in Australia and the region. The Conference will be held at the…

Best practice guide for Syrian diaspora organisations released: The Association of German-Syrian Humanitarian Organisations (Verband Deutsch-Syrischer Hilfsvereine e.V.) has published in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) a guide with best …

WHS Diaspora Commitments: On the 23rd and 24th May 2016 the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) will be taking place in Istanbul. A statement of diaspora commitments has been developed by diaspora organisations with assistance from DEMAC. Diaspora organisations are invited to read through the commitments and join the many…

DEMAC Report: "Diaspora Humanitarianism - Transnational Ways of Working" We are happy to announce the publication of the DEMAC Report "Diaspora Humanitarianism - Transnational Ways of Working". The DEMAC research report outlines the basic features of formalized collective interventions by…

DEMAC at the 4th UN Global Humanitarian Policy Forum: On 1 and 2 December 2015, OCHA's Policy Analysis and Innovation Section is holding the 4th Annual Global Humanitarian Policy Forum in New York, bringing together humanitarian practitioners, international and non-governmental organizations, academics, private sector partners, and government…

Diaspora Surveys: In order to get a better understanding of the Somali, Syrian and Sierra Leonean diasporas engagement in humanitarian response the DEMAC project is launching 3 online questionnaires. The surveys are open to the Somali diaspora living in Scandinavia, the Syrian diaspora living in Germany and the…

Diaspora stakeholders at the WHS Global Consultation: Six DEMAC Diaspora representatives engaged in emergency response were invited to participate to the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) Global Consultation in Geneva on 13-16 October 2015. It has been an important moment for diaspora communities as their role has been acknowledged and recognized as…

DEMAC in Geneva: Mingo Heiduk and Béatrice Mauconduit, DEMAC team members from DRC diaspora programme, were in Geneva on 12-14 August 2015 to present the DEMAC project to different stakeholders in Geneva. They met representatives from ICVA, UNHCR, ECHO, IOM, and the World Humanitarian Summit Secretariat. A round …