His Excellency President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete has kindly agreed to launch Tanzania Diaspora and Skills Forum in London on the to be the 18th April 2008.
President Kikwete will deliver the keynote speech at the one day event to be held at the Savoy Place at the first Ever Tanzania Diaspora and Skills Forum to be held in London , United Kingdom.
The proposed conference organised by Tanzania High Commission, Tanzania Association UK and Africa Recruit is aimed at mobilizing and engaging the Tanzanian Diaspora, particularly in Europe and mainly in the United Kingdom to ensure that there is greater skills utilisation and investment by the Diaspora communities to the country.
The proposed conference organised by Tanzania High Commission, Tanzania Association UK and Africa Recruit is aimed at mobilizing and engaging the Tanzanian Diaspora, particularly in Europe and mainly in the United Kingdom to ensure that there is greater skills utilisation and investment by the Diaspora communities to the country.
During the conference, key speakers will be invited from Tanzania and the Diaspora to inform and engage these groups on the various opportunities in the country.
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Target Audience
Tanzanian Diaspora
Private Sector from Tanzania
Government Officials
Donors/Multilateral organisations
Diaspora Media
Engaging Skills of the Diaspora in Tanzania
The knowledge and skills of the Diaspora is an additional source of engagement for countries to tap into in building the capacity and capabilities of organisations and ultimately the country. The event is aimed at galvanising the Tanzanian Diaspora of all generations in harnessing their skills, knowledge and investment in the continued economic development of Tanzania.
AfricaRecruit survey of the Diaspora in 2006 indicated that over half left Africa for career professional reasons with a least over 70% of the respondents indicating that they had plans to return back home at some point in time and will like to explore how they can use their knowledge and skills in their country of origin development. Creating an environment to engage directly with potential employers will enable the Diaspora to make informed decisions.
The Diaspora confrence aims to fulfil key Government mission of endeavouring to create a platform of universal inclusionfor Tanzanian Diaspora Communityin the United Kingdom and Europe, so that they participate in the development of their country.
It will also host specific sessions devoted to employment opportunities in Tanzania, cost effective migrant remittances, how to engage with the host government and systems, role of the Diaspora in the development of Tanzania, issues relating to Brain Drain and Reversal thereof, the case for dual Citizenship, Investment opportunities in both Tanzania and the UK, opportunities in both Tanzania and the UK, opportunities to market Tanzanian products in the United Kingdom , methods of productive access to the Government and other institutions back home and , crucially how to create and maintain a conact network.
And more importantly,the institutional arrangement in place should allow you to paricipate in general elections every five years or whenever elections take place to elect into office your country's haed of state.You should also find time to propose to your President while he is in London on how you think the Current Constitution should be moulded or adapted to conform to current needs in the country in the light of MultiPartism.Purely advisory,you dont need to be scared about that!We will be looking forward to your deliberations and the outcome of the assembly.How does each one of you in Europe or elsewhere become our ambassador in the promotion of country's tourism potential,enticing genuine and committed investors mutisectoral,in opening up Kiswahili Learning Institutions in European Capitals utilising homegrown human resource,and fostering UK/TZ traditional ties culturally and in trade.What else?
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ReplyDeleteIn addition to that, the subject of WHEN Tanzanians Diaspora will be able to posses a dual citizenship, in which I believe the government and opposition parties have no objection to it ? I am sure the government is recognizing and appreciate the role of Diaspora in development of the country.
ReplyDeleteOther issues which have already been highlighted such as Voting rights and Diaspora Constituency, I think Tanzanians abroad should have a right of presentation within the parliament, so that the issues and concerns of Diaspora can have a fair representation, hence we are seeing the development of CCM matawi across Europe and Asia, the same should apply for other opposition parties, and therefore providing candidates for Parliament on a contested election. Will the government provide frame work for that ?
How Can Diaspora community contribute and invest in government sectors such as tourism and transport, i.e enlisting shares on market for the diaspora community abroad to contribute and leave the money in our country. The reason I am asking this is because of the current SAGA in TRL, where we are seeing the government is providing assistance to railway company, instead by the investors themselves. The government should revise back their strategy and hopefully considering diaspora to contribute to the Tanzanian Economy instead.
What are the agreement between TRL and Government in light of that loan/assistance given to TRL, Is the government provided the loan/assistance for free or it is going to be recuperate it over time or was it just a government share in which they expect a shared profit on time, could he hon. president explain/elaborate on that ?
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we mchangiaji wa kwanza: SHUT UP!! kama una maswali then nenda kwenye event... unatumalizia tu nafasi na essay zako
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