Secretary's Global Diaspora Forum: Partner commitments

August 1, 2011

On May 17, 2011, The U.S. Department of State, The United States Agency for International Development, United States Trade and Development Agency, and Migration Policy Institute convened to launch the International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA) at the Secretary's Global Diaspora Forum.

Other founding partners of IdEA include the Inter-American Development Bank, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), PhilDev, m-VIA, Western Union, Digicel, the Hand Foundation, Mexican American Leadership Initiative, the World Bank and the Millennium Challenge Corporation. In the videos below, IdEA partners announce their commitments to this innovative public-private partnership platform for diaspora engagement.

Kanayo Nwanze, President of IFAD	Luis Alberto Moreno, President of IDB	Obiageli Ezekwesili, Vice President for the World Bank's Africa Region


Denis O'Brien, Chairman of Digicel	Bill Barhydt, CEO and Co-founder of M-Via	Noosheen Hashemi, President and Co-founder of The HAND Foundation


Khalid Fellahi, Senior Vice President for E-channels, Western Union	Diosdado Banatao, Chairman of PhilDev	Raul Hinojosa, Co-founder of the Mexican American Leadership Initiative