Sustainable Development Goals
Implications on Nordic diaspora
Sonia GSIR
Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies-CEDEM UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE (BELGIUM)
‘Finding a common way forward’
Background
• Civic transnational practices of Tunisian diaspora in Belgium
(Sonia Gsir & Elsa Mescoli), 2015, King Baudouin Foundation
•
http://fikra-tounisiya.org
• INTERACT project
Researching Third Country Nationals’ Integration as a Three-way Process - Immigrants, Countries of Emigration and Countries of Immigration as Actors of IntegrationSuccess factors for diaspora
actors
• Actors involvement
• Presence in origin country
• Reliable and efficient network in origin country
• Maturity and credibility
Obstacles and difficulties
• Corruption and dysfunction
• Mistrust and doubts
• Local conflicts
• 17
169 targets
• new global development agenda
• 2015-2030
• Implications on diaspora?
UN Sustainable Development
Goals
UN Sustainable Development
Goals
>>> Multi-stakeholder partnerships
Other goals >>> specific actions (social, cultural, economic, environmental, political)
Diaspora assets >>> motivation knowledge expertise … … …
8.8 Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
10.7 Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and
responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and
well-managed migration policies
10.c By 2030, reduce to less than 3 per
cent the transaction costs of migrant remittances and eliminate remittance corridors with costs
higher than 5 per cent
16.10 Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national
1.Highly connected 2.Multiple involvement 3.Learning process
4.Country of origin supporting diaspora 5.Supporting individuals
6.Listening process
Fostering diaspora
participation
in the post-2015 development
agenda
• Relying on and empowering diaspora
•Finding reliable and innovative ways of communication with diaspora
•Involving diaspora here and there