The African Diaspora Policy Centre (ADPC) enables African Diaspora in Europe to
connect more closely with the continent as a collective force. The thematic areas are Peacebuilding, Better Governance, Migration & Development and Brain Gain
Better Governance
Bad governance coupled with bad leadership is the main source of political instability, recurring violent conflict and economic poverty in Africa. Furthermore, both public and private institutions in many African countries function poorly and fail to deliver adequate services to the people because of the shortage of skilled personnel. Building sound political institutions and professional bureaucratic structures would require massive capacity infusion in all sectors and at all levels. Professionally skilled African diaspora can assist African governments in many ways, from drafting treaties, agreements and constitutions, to identifying policy priorities for social, economic and political reconstruction, and formulating strategies for implementation. They can also provide strategic advice to the governments in the homelands on diverse policy issues ranging from rebuilding justice systems to disarming militias. Furthermore, skilled African diaspora can contribute to the rehabilitation of political institutions and civil administrations badly weakened or devastated by conflict.

APDC aims to help make African diaspora expertise available for the construction of effective, responsible, transparent, accountable and democratic systems of governance in Africa. This is with the aim of making better use of the unique strategic position and the immense social capital of the African diaspora for the promotion of viable governance and democratic political life in their countries of origin.

Within this theme, ADPC carries out research and organises expert meetings.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Making neoliberal states of development: the Ghanaian diaspora and the politics of homelands.By Giles Mohan.

The Academic Diaspora and Knowledge Production in and on Africa: What Role for CODESRIA? By Paul Tiyambe Zeleza.

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to the African Diaspora Skills Database. This database was compiled to provide an overview of qualified African Diaspora professionals with varied areas of expertise and experience. The African diaspora contribute substantially to the social, economic and political development of Africa, and this database is set up to further mobilize this considerable potential. You also have access to numerous African diaspora organisations in the Netherlands and beyond whose transnational long-distance development related activities are having a positive impact on the development of the continent. This database is aimed to contribute to the efforts geared in mitigating the adverse effects of the brain drainThe problem of the ‘brain drain’ has affected Africa more severely than any other region. The flight of intellectual capital from Africa is alarming. The problem is now a matter of great concern, as the institutions of higher education and research in Africa face serious shortages of qualified academics and researchers. Thus, the brain drain is impeding potential economic growth, and remains a handicap for sustainable development in many countries in Africa. To lessen somewhat the problem of the shortfall of skilled personnel in Africa in the immediate future and the slightly longer term, there is now an urgent need to galvanise the intellectual capital ‘brain reserve’ of the African diaspora living in the West for ‘brain circulation’ purposes. This means purposefully and strategically harnessing the vast untapped human capital of the African diaspora in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe for the benefit of Africa. in Africa.

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