ECONOMY

International Organisation for Migration urges Africans in Diaspora to help develop homeland .

Paris, France (PANA, 28/11/2003 ) - In a move to repatriate some gains from the Diaspora, Malians residing in France have decided to build a significant number of houses on developed plots provided in Bamako by their government, according an executive of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
IOM deputy Director General, Ndioro Ndiaye praised the initiative, saying Africa, unlike other regions of the world, has not yet taken full advantage of the added value which immigrants provide toward the development of their countries of origin.
"The initiative of building houses with the money transferred by Malian immigrants in France confirms IOM in its plan to build bridges between the African Diaspora wherever its exists and their countries of origin. We want to involve immigrants in housing, state reconstruction, and women's integration programmes as a created added value for these people living abroad," Ndiaye told PANA here Thursday.
"This is indeed to strengthen the management of migration issues that we intend, with the support of UNESCO, to build the capacities of Dakar-based Cheikh Anta Diop University and the University of Cape town in South Africa. It is important that Africa bridges the gap it has in terms of reflection on migration," said Ndiaye, former Senegalese minister of Women, Children and the Family.
IOM has designed projects aimed to make Africans permanently settled in the Diaspora "useful" to their countries of origin by bringing their expertise in the sectors of health, education, new information and communication technologies.
IOM, which notes that in certain cases, including that of Mali, the sums of money sent to relatives by people in the Diaspora exceed the volume of official development aid, also plans to improve the efficiency of these transfers, by making them pass through banking circuits.

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ECONOMY

International Organisation for Migration urges Africans in Diaspora to help develop homeland .

IOM deputy Director General, Ndioro Ndiaye praised the initiative, saying Africa, unlike other regions of the world, has not yet taken full advantage of the added value which immigrants provide toward the development of their countries of origin.

IOM has designed projects aimed to make Africans permanently settled in the Diaspora "useful" to their countries of origin by bringing their expertise in the sectors of health, education, new information and communication technologies.

IOM, which notes that in certain cases, including that of Mali, the sums of money sent to relatives by people in the Diaspora exceed the volume of official development aid, also plans to improve the efficiency of these transfers, by making them pass through banking circuits. Print React Send

IOM, which notes that in certain cases, including that of Mali, the sums of money sent to relatives by people in the Diaspora exceed the volume of official development aid, also plans to improve the efficiency of these transfers, by making them pass through banking circuits.

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