In her address to the participants of the GFMD, AFFORD deputy director and GFMD civil society co-chair Stella Opoku-Owusu highlighted the role of civil society organisations in achieving the commitments of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) adopted by 152 States, and the need to act on those commitments.
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AFFORD will play a key role at the Civil Society Day (CSD) of the Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) being held in Quito, Ecuador, this week (January 20-24).
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The UK-Africa Investment Summit in London today will raise awareness of the growing economic opportunities in Africa and the urgent need for innovative alternative investment using blended finance instruments, writes Kenny Washington, AFFORD’s technical project lead for the Rwanda RemitPlus Diaspora Bond for affordable housing.
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To conclude the work of AFFORD on the Migration and Development West Africa Project (MADE West Africa), these two roadmaps have been developed to sum up activity, research and mapping which outline clear and concrete steps towards 5/6 thematic goals identified and agreed upon at various multi-stakeholder events over the period of 2017-early 2020. Sierra Leone Roadmap 2020 Ghana Roadmap 2020
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