"Make it in Germany" - Web Portal

Submitted by Mr. Dário Muhamudo on

In Germany the web portal “Make it in Germany” is the first check for foreign workers, and German advisers are also posted abroad (India, Indonesia and Vietnam) to provide information and advice to those wishing to go to Germany. Responsibility for this could also be shared between countries of origin and destination, and be included in labour agreements.

Diaspora Financial Bonds

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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.

Directorate for Togolese Abroad

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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). 

Bureau for Diaspora Relations

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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.

El Salvador Global

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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). 

Enhancing The Capacities Of Rwanda’s Public Health Sector (2011 – 2013)

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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. 

Central Administration of the Health System

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Special programs to recruit health professionals from abroad, have been created in Portugal, who sees them as “an important answer to overcome the lack of doctors and nurses,” and filling urgent needs in the health system. The supply of qualified doctors in some Latin America countries has led to bilateral and multilateral agreements between the Portuguese government, sending countries (including Uruguay, Cuba, Colombia and Costa Rica), and health institutions.

Department of Migration, Repatriation and Refugee Issues - Georgia

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Georgia’s main migration document prioritizes the promotion of legal migration and strengthening migrants’ rights, and calls for practical approaches to issues like diaspora contributions to state development, the benefits of international migration, and harnessing migration’s positive social and economic impacts.

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