Programmes: Knowledge Skills Transfer (KST)

Africans in the diaspora are playing an increasing role in Europe. Active in both the public and private sectors, they are expanding their knowledge and skill base. We could start adressing the increasing dearth of professionals in African countries by devising measures that would encourage and facilitate the transfer of skills to these countries.

Objective:

Harnessing diaspora knowledge and expertise for Africa’s development

Activities

• Serve as think-thank that will analyze and make available a customized view of best practices in governance and management.

• Design and implement training sessions in diverse fields – ICT, Management, Health etc… - to which the management of private and public institutions from Africa could attend.

• Establish research partnerships and/or special programs to initiate knowledge transfer.

  • Ex: Health research and documentation centre.

• Devise incentives that would encourage the diaspora to accept temporary or permanent positions in Africa.

  • Ex.: special tax treatment, measures to compensate for potential wage gaps

• Make available to multilateral organisations the profiles of members of the diaspora who could take up consulting positions on development projects in Africa.

Required Partners:

• Ministry of planning of African governments

• Multilateral institutions

• International Office for Migration

Want to sponsor this programme, please contact as info@africanaxis.org