Written by Denis Scott Chabrol
Monday, 09 July 2012 21:53
President Ramotar, Foreign Minister Rodrigues-Birkett and Prime Minister Samuel Hinds pose with Guyana's diplomats shortly after the conference was declared open.
The International Organisation of Migration (IOM) is to assist Guyana in tapping into the rich human resource-base of the Diaspora- a community that President Donald Ramotar urged Guyanese diplomats to target.
The Guyanese leader was at the time addressing the opening of a week-long conference of Guyana's High Commissioners, Ambassadors and Consuls who are based in Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Guyana.
Foreign Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett told Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com) that the IOM and the Guyana government are spearheading a project to develop a database of overseas-based Guyanese.
She explained that advertisements for consultancies and other job-openings would be made available to overseas-based Guyanese as part of efforts to involve them more in the country’s development.
“…not looking at the Diaspora as people we have lost but as people who can contribute and are willing to contribute,” she said.
Using Social Media and other means of communication, the project hopes to target members of the Diaspora who are willing to contribute not only their skills and expertise but also their perspectives, she said. The project is expected to be launched by September, 2012 and a Diaspora conference would likely be held in another two years.
The Diaspora Desk at the Foreign Ministry would also be collaborating with Guyana’s diplomatic missions in facilitating Guyanese who would like to assist various institutions.
President Ramotar told the diplomats that they should see themselves as the first point of contact with the Diaspora and, along with Guyanese authorities at home, create the mechanisms and structures to take advantage of professional skills and capital.
While acknowledging that some Guyanese abroad might have become detached, the President noted that for the same reason they could bring “perspectives and best practices” from their adopted homelands.
“Because probably they are outside of Guyana, very often they can be very objective in what is taking place here and they can make important contributions also from the point of view of fertilizing our own ideas,” he added.
There is at least one million Guyanese living in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Brazil, Venezuela and Suriname.
http://www.demerarawaves.com/i...ts-the-diaspora.html
Monday, 09 July 2012 21:53
President Ramotar, Foreign Minister Rodrigues-Birkett and Prime Minister Samuel Hinds pose with Guyana's diplomats shortly after the conference was declared open.
The International Organisation of Migration (IOM) is to assist Guyana in tapping into the rich human resource-base of the Diaspora- a community that President Donald Ramotar urged Guyanese diplomats to target.
The Guyanese leader was at the time addressing the opening of a week-long conference of Guyana's High Commissioners, Ambassadors and Consuls who are based in Europe, North America, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Guyana.
Foreign Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett told Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com) that the IOM and the Guyana government are spearheading a project to develop a database of overseas-based Guyanese.
She explained that advertisements for consultancies and other job-openings would be made available to overseas-based Guyanese as part of efforts to involve them more in the country’s development.
“…not looking at the Diaspora as people we have lost but as people who can contribute and are willing to contribute,” she said.
Using Social Media and other means of communication, the project hopes to target members of the Diaspora who are willing to contribute not only their skills and expertise but also their perspectives, she said. The project is expected to be launched by September, 2012 and a Diaspora conference would likely be held in another two years.
The Diaspora Desk at the Foreign Ministry would also be collaborating with Guyana’s diplomatic missions in facilitating Guyanese who would like to assist various institutions.
President Ramotar told the diplomats that they should see themselves as the first point of contact with the Diaspora and, along with Guyanese authorities at home, create the mechanisms and structures to take advantage of professional skills and capital.
While acknowledging that some Guyanese abroad might have become detached, the President noted that for the same reason they could bring “perspectives and best practices” from their adopted homelands.
“Because probably they are outside of Guyana, very often they can be very objective in what is taking place here and they can make important contributions also from the point of view of fertilizing our own ideas,” he added.
There is at least one million Guyanese living in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Brazil, Venezuela and Suriname.
http://www.demerarawaves.com/i...ts-the-diaspora.html
