Capacity-building and diasporic civil society
Capacity-building and diasporic civil society
Diasporic civil society stakeholders are increasingly incorporated into development programming in order to maximise the potential of their variegated roles in shaping development processes, outcomes, and trajectories. This viewpoint considers capacity-building in the context of diasporic civil society by providing an overview of the varying ways in which diasporic civil society capacity-building is operationalised within the “Northern” global development sector. We then proffer some notes of caution regarding this turn to capacity-building by discussing the implications of such interventions for wider development. We conclude that understanding the extent to which the capacity-building agenda further entrenches exclusionary practices and knowledges in diaspora-centred development approaches requires further research.
Diaspora, capacity-building, civil society, development, migration
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Peck, Sarah
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Dickinson, Jen
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Grieve, Tigist
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Ogunpaimo, Olaiwola Jamiu
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Olajide, Abiola Adekanmi
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18 August 2023
Peck, Sarah
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Dickinson, Jen
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Grieve, Tigist
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Ogunpaimo, Olaiwola Jamiu
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Olajide, Abiola Adekanmi
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Peck, Sarah, Dickinson, Jen, Grieve, Tigist, Ogunpaimo, Olaiwola Jamiu and Olajide, Abiola Adekanmi
(2023)
Capacity-building and diasporic civil society.
Development in Practice, 33 (6), .
(doi:10.1080/09614524.2023.2169660).
Abstract
Diasporic civil society stakeholders are increasingly incorporated into development programming in order to maximise the potential of their variegated roles in shaping development processes, outcomes, and trajectories. This viewpoint considers capacity-building in the context of diasporic civil society by providing an overview of the varying ways in which diasporic civil society capacity-building is operationalised within the “Northern” global development sector. We then proffer some notes of caution regarding this turn to capacity-building by discussing the implications of such interventions for wider development. We conclude that understanding the extent to which the capacity-building agenda further entrenches exclusionary practices and knowledges in diaspora-centred development approaches requires further research.
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Diasporic organisations can also be (re)positioned as capacity-builders themselves, bridging the gap, perhaps uncomfortably, between International NGOs and civil society groups in their country of heritage. Whilst there is perhaps debate about whether this bridging is desirable, this position is well illustrated by the Danish Refugee Council’s (DRC) Diaspora Support Programme (DiPs) program, which is funded by Danida, Denmark’s development cooperation activity. DiPS is the funding mechanism for Afghan and Somali diaspora organisations in Denmark to support positive change in their countries of heritage (DRC ).
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This work was supported by The Leverhulme Trust: [Grant Number ECF 2019-331].
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Diaspora, capacity-building, civil society, development, migration
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Olaiwola Jamiu Ogunpaimo
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Abiola Adekanmi Olajide
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