Capacity Development Lab

The Capacity Development Lab (CDL) aims to equip diaspora organisations in Europe, partner countries and regional organisations with skills, tools and knowledge, empowering them to, ultimately, foster diaspora engagement. To this end, the technical capacity development support provided by EUDiF is demand-driven, small scale and strictly skills and knowledge-oriented.

*** APPLICATIONS FOR CDL ARE NOW CLOSED ***

Areas of intervention:

Supporting partner countries in enabling diaspora engagement for development.
Empowering diaspora organisations based in Europe.
Fostering multi-stakeholder partnerships.

Types of support:

Organise knowledge transfer events (conduct trainings, facilitated workshops, seminars, webinars, etc.)
Conduct assessments, research and/or evaluations (conduct needs assessment, surveys, data collection, profiling, mapping, monitoring, etc.)
Develop strategic documents and/or training materials (draft laws, strategies, guidelines, manuals, curriculum, policies, etc.)
Provide know-how for visibility and communication activities (conduct awareness raising activities, create communication toolkits, etc.)
Facilitate networking and partnerships

EUDiF does not provide: grants/subsidy, soft and hard equipment, infrastructure, permanent/regular staff cost

Our actions

The first CDL call was opened in October 2020. We received many interesting applications and, after a rigorous selection process, the following actions were selected. Post-selection we entered into the pre-implementation phase during which we work together with the beneficiary and partners to finetune the action. It is a collaborative process that takes a little time, but leads to actions that we are all excited to see the results of.

Developing Lebanon’s tech sector through the Lebanese diaspora

Beneficiary

Association Franco-Libanaise des Professionnels de l’Informatique (AFPI)

Partners

Berytech

Objective

To equip the Lebanese diaspora in France with knowledge, skills and tools to support the development of the Lebanese tech sector.

Duration

12 months

SDG's

Updates

Kicking off our first CDL action

CDL info sheet: AFPI x Berytech

Reina Angoujard on the evolving role of the Lebanese diaspora & supporting Cedars Tech

Market acceleration with the Lebanese diaspora

Harnessing diaspora expertise for women entrepreneurship in Armenia

Beneficiary

Armenian General Benevolent Union Europe (AGBU Europe)

Objective

The action aims to empower AGBU staff in Europe and Armenia with the knowledge, tools and capacities they need to implement efficient and sustainable diaspora mentorship programmes for local women entrepreneurs in Armenia.

Duration

17 months

SDG's

Updates

CDL info sheet: AGBU Europe

CDL action update: Supporting women entrepreneurs in Armenia

CDL update: Mentoring momentum in Armenia

Building a community of African diaspora leaders in Spain

Beneficiary

Africa 2.0 España

Partners

Ashoka

Objective

To support the building of a community of African diaspora leaders in Spain connected to social entrepreneurs in Africa.

Duration

10 months

SDG's

Updates

Matching Spain’s first network of African diaspora leaders with social entrepreneurs in Africa

CDL info sheet: Africa 2.0 x Ashoka

Transferring knowledge on climate change and circular economy from the Mexican diaspora

Beneficiary

Mexican Talent Network UK (RGMX-UK)

Objective

Create a structured scheme of knowledge generation and transfer between academic diaspora and Mexico and pilot it in climate change and circular economy education.

Duration

12 months

SDG's