The Ethiopian government say it will come up with an amended diaspora policy to encourage increased involvement of its citizens based in foreign lands in the country’s Second Growth and Transformation Plan for the next five years.The amendment to the 2013 diaspora policy will be crucial to solving problems that deterred Ethiopian diasporas from full engagement in the affairs of their country of origin, said Demeke Atnafu, an official of the Country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday.
Demeke was speaking during a High-level Diaspora Policy Dialogue organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNTCTAD) in Addis Ababa.
He spoke of the huge expectation from the government and the diaspora to make the policy more accessible and helpful for all diaspora community.
Demeke expressed the government’s belief that the new move will be useful in attracting foreign direct investment, enhancing knowledge and technology transfer, improving remittance rate, building the country’s image and promoting tourism.
“We can utilize the intellectual, capital, social and political resources of the diaspora.
“We need the diaspora to advocate for the national interest of their country of origin,� he stated.
According to Dr. Tesfachew Tafere, the Director Division for Africa at UNTCTAD, the Policy Dialogue will be highly important to share the experiences of other countries that succeeded in exploiting their diaspora resource.
Source: en.starafrica.com/
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