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
Brain Gain
The 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.

The Centre aims to involve African diaspora academics and researchers in the Netherlands in a ”brain circulation scheme” designed to mitigate the adverse effects of the brain drain in Africa.

Within this theme, ADPC carries out research and reports on the activities of the diaspora, reports on expert meetings and initiatives and has compiled an African Diaspora Skills Database aimed at providing provide an overview of qualified African diaspora professionals and organisations with varied areas of expertise and experience.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Evaluation of Oxfam Novib’s Capacity Building Programme for Diaspora Organisations By Oxfam Novib.

Transnational Diaspora Options: How Developing Countries Could Benefit from their Emigrant Populations. By Sami Mahroum, Cynthia Eldridge and Abdallah S. Daar.

Distance learning in Africa: From brain drain to brain gain. By Linda Schachter, Alan Pence, Arlene Zuckernick and Judy Roberts.

The Brain Drain in Africa: An Emerging Challenge to Health Professionals’ Education. By Delanyo Dovlo.

Brain Drain and Capacity Building in Africa. By Ainalem Tebeje.

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Rules and regulations for registration on the African
Diaspora Skills Database

The following African Diaspora Policy Centre (henceforth ADPC) Privacy Statement is based on Dutch jurisdiction, more specifically, it is based on the Dutch Data Protection Act (de Wet Bescherming Persoonsgegevens)

Information of registered persons on the African
Diaspora Skills Database
With your signature on the registration form, you give the ADPC permission to publish the details (as highlighted under the section Publication of details of Persons on the African Diaspora Skills Database) on the African Diaspora Skills Database. Aim of the African Diaspora Skills Database The database will offer direct access to an overview of the expertise of African Diaspora individuals and organisations that are active in or have interest in contributing to the economic, social and political development of Africa. There are two aims of the African Diaspora Skills Database: (1) To facilitate the structural inclusion of the skilled African Diaspora in the technical expert database of the development cooperation sector and (2)To demonstrate concretely the development potential of the African Diaspora organisations in the Netherlands and the added value they offer in the efforts gearing to reduction of poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals in their respective homelands in Africa.This is to encourage Diaspora organisations and the mainstream development



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