Shifting Paradigms: African Diaspora Paradigmatix

Program’s Mission: Stimulate critical thought in order to realistically redefine our narrative and positively reshape our reality through dialogue with self-determination.

Dedication: Dr. Kwame Nkrumah PM Ghana Republic, His Majesty Haile Selassie I Emporer of Ethiopia, General Gamal Abdul Nasser President of Egypt, HE Sekou Toure PM of Guinea, HE Leopold Senghor PM of Senegal, HE Julius K Nyerere PM of Tanzania, Hon. Jomo Kenyatta PM of Kenya (along with 25 other heads of state) founders of OAU

Perspecitive:

Excerpt from the Declaration of Global African Diaspora Summit

POLITICAL COOPERATION
In the area of political cooperation, we commit to the following:
A. Intergovernmental Cooperation
a) Enhance South-South Cooperation through closer collaboration between the African Union (AU) and all inter-governmental entities in regions in which African Diaspora populations are part of;
b) Leverage the collective efforts of the African Union and all inter-governmental entities in regions in which African Diaspora populations are part of to promote and advance issues of critical importance to Africa and its Diaspora;
c) Encourage AU Member States to establish more formal relations with the Caribbean and Latin American nations and vice versa; and where practicable, the opening of more Missions in the respective regions;
d) Continue to support the role of the AU as the focal point and the coordination hub of all Diaspora initiatives in the Continent. To this end, Diaspora issues should be a standing item on the programmes and agenda of AU Summits, and the AU’s Directorate tasked with Diaspora matters should be strengthened and capacitated in financial and human resource terms; Diaspora/Assembly/AU/Decl (I)
e) Take necessary measures to promote and create effective synergies between national and continental Diaspora programmes;
f) Create platforms for closer interaction, solidarity and effective collaboration between and amongst governments and civil society of Africa and its Diaspora including continuation of Regional Consultative Conferences and creation and consolidation of Regional Networks as partners and interlocutors for the implementation of the outcome of the Global Diaspora Summit;
g) Encourage and intensify the participation of the African Diaspora in conflict prevention, management and resolution as well as post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation and disaster mitigation in Africa and the Diaspora regions;
h) Strengthen the participation of the Diaspora population in the affairs of the African Union so as to enhance its contributions towards the development and integration agenda of the continent;
i) Encourage and support the development of the continent.
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