Diaspora Forum: Cameroon’s Diaspora Want Secretariat of State
- By Aureline MELI (Intern)
- 03 juil. 2017 00:38
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The first edition of the Forum for the Diaspora ended in Yaounde on June 30, 2017 with far-reaching recommendations
After government, Cameroonians at home and those in the Diaspora explored ways, shared and created partnerships to harnesses synergies in order to boost an all inclusive national development, the stage is now set for concrete actions. Indeed, the partnerships were strengthened during the first edition of the Forum for the Diaspora that took place in the Yaounde Conference Centre from June 26-30, 2017 on the theme, «Cameroon and its Diaspora : Acting together for the development of the nation. »
The Minister of State, Minister of Tourism and Leisure, Bello Bouba Maigari chaired the closing ceremony of the forum on behalf of the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Philemon Yang. He takes back to government the recommendations formulated by the over 400 Cameroonians from the Diaspora from 28 countries who participated in the forum, as well as domestic participants and government officials.
The forum participants recommended that possibilities should be examined to create a Secretariat of State in charge of the Diaspora, availability of options of creating a fund to support investments of Cameroonians in the Diaspora and establishment of a data base of Cameroonians in the Diaspora-highlighting their socio-professional categories and various competences. They also called for the exploration of possible ways of improving on the quality of fosterling and chancery services-with the view of facilitating the processing of entry clearances for Cameroonians in the Diaspora, establishment of public access information systems to strengthen government’s policy on communication, involvement of the Diaspora in the construction of a digital identity for Cameroon to facilitate innovation and you...
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