DiasporaLink

Results in brief

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Project objective

DiasporaLink is a 4-year exchange program between 24 universities and research institutes representing EU, the Americas, Africa and Australia and will investigate, evaluate and facilitate transnational diaspora entrepreneurship, TDE as driver of development and wealth creation in countries of origin and residence. •The partners in DiasporaLink have together a unique possibility to have a substantial impact on a global, European and national level targeting different groups and stakeholders:•The international research community •Institutions and policy makers in the social, economic and development field•Diaspora organizations and communities•Media and press This is underlined by the specific network of the partners•GEM Global Entrepreneurship Monitor •IMISCOE International Migration, Integration, Social Cohesion •International Council for Small Businesses •Swedish TDE network Core tasks are: •Structure research on diaspora cross-border entrepreneurship in migration corridors•Create awareness among policy and decision makers of the potential of TDE through publications and a web-site•Build a IT-curricula for transnational entrepreneurship within and outside the universities•Build an ICT-platform for internal communication and for transnational team building The exchange of staff is built around research in common WP’s and around regular and touring workshops both internal and external. The objective is to create a global, extended university network with the mission to monitor the entrepreneurship in migration corridors, define obstacles and support the corridor stakeholders with information and tuition. Essential is close contacts with diaspora entrepreneurs and diaspora organizations are systematically approached through workshops and media, for involving diaspora organizations as active partners.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

ROSKILDE UNIVERSITET · RoskildeCoordinatorDenmark
ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY · Addis AbabaEthiopia
ADYGHE STATE UNIVERSITY · MAYKOPRussia
CARLETON UNIVERSITY · OTTAWACanada
GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER · HannoverGermany
INSTITUTO DE GEOGRAFIA E ORDENAMENTO DO TERRITORIO DA UNIVERSIDADE DELISBOA · LISBOAPortugal
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BANGALORE · BangaloreIndia
KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY · Molete Ilorin KwaraNigeria
MBS · MONTPELLIERFrance
STICHTING THE NETWORK UNIVERSITY · AmsterdamNetherlands
STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET · StockholmSweden
SWEDISH ETHIOPIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE · StockholmSweden
SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET · Odense MDenmark
TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY DUBLIN · DublinIreland
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA · OaklandUnited States
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · BirminghamUnited Kingdom
TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · Princeton, NjUnited States
UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO · San Carlos De ApoquindoChile
UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA · BarcelonaSpain
UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO · SAO PAULO SPBrazil
UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS · Campinas SpBrazil
UNIVERSITE AL AKHAWAYN D'IFRANE · IfraneMorocco
UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON · LondonUnited Kingdom
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE · GlasgowUnited Kingdom
UPPSALA UNIVERSITET · UppsalaSweden
YALE UNIVERSITY · New HavenUnited States

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