MAPPING OF DIASPORA ORGANISATIONS
Recognising the vital role, capacity and expertise of diaspora community organisations in family reunification, REPAIR partners undertook to reach out to, engage with and map these crucial associations.
Drawing on existing relationships with community members, each REPAIR partner reached out to organisations active in their own countries, prioritising those representing communities where family reunification cases are most common.
In Austria this process, and the relationships built following it, led to the establishment of formal cooperation agreements with six diaspora organisations.
Following the initial outreach and research process, partners then compiled the results, logging organisations’ names, websites and key contacts before sharing them with the Austrian Red Cross which used the data to create an interactive directory.
A public-facing version of the directory has also been created, removing personal contact details which can be accessed through the button below.
If you are a member of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and would like more information about this tool, or if you represent a community-based or other civil society organization working in family reunification and would like to be added to the directory, please contact the Austrian Red Cross at repair@roteskreuz.at.