The Vice-Ministry for Salvadorans abroad has the main goal of promoting the protection of the Salvadorans residing abroad and to enable their access to opportunities to be part of the development of the country.
AFFORD-UK is a non profit-making diaspora organization which supports diaspora-based business and job creation in countries of origin through various types of partnership. As one practical example of a partnership that delivers business services to microenterprises, AFFORD has recruited African professionals in the UK and sent them as diaspora volunteers to Sierra Leone.
In order to assist the Government in financing development, Financial Bonds have been offered targetting the Diaspora. The Ministry of Finance has been working with the Bank of Ghana to reduce the cost of remittances while enhancing its use for investment (as opposed to mainly for consumption). Currently, there is a World Bank project being coordinated by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning looking at remittances in Ghana.
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) grants tax incentives to diaspora, including through lower customs duties and fees, reduction in income tax rates, lower tariffs on equipment for investment, and tax deductions on charitable goods.
A Directorate for Togolese Abroad (that grew out of a diaspora unit within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation) has made diaspora engagement part of their national development plan—the Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Employment Promotion (SCAPE).
The Directorate General of Diaspora established under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, coordinates issues related to Rwandans living abroad, providing passports and other services to its diaspora.
Moldova has recently established a Bureau for Diaspora Relations, aiming to coordinate the implementation of state policy in relations with the diaspora, contributing, in this way, to the preservation and promotion of the ethnic, cultural and linguistic identity of Moldovans abroad, as well as turning to good account the human and material potential of diaspora.
The El Salvador Global “knowledge network” aims to contribute to the scientific, academic, technological, and business development of El Salvador by engaging highly qualified Salvadorans abroad. It taps into the knowledge, connections, and resources of Salvadorans abroad to promote short-term exchanges (such as lectures, conferences, seminars, internships, and mentoring), to foster business development and entrepreneurship in El Salvador, and to promote scientific and academic innovation in the country (for instance through university - enterprise transfers).
This project seeks to support Rwanda’s outreach to its diaspora in the EU and beyond and supports short-term individual teaching placements in the health sector.
This allowed for 13 specialist doctors from the Diaspora to participated in short-term programs treating Rwandans in hospitals located in remote areas of the country.
The National Union of Eritrean Women, an association with branches in numerous countries, addresses matters related to gender and women’s empowerment and involvess second-generation migrants