INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
It shall take initiatives to help create a network of Nepali diaspora and memorize about their contribution to Nepal
Kathmandu, May 10
The
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up a unit named Brain Acquire Centre with an aim to tap the expertise of Nepali diaspora and encourage
them to contribute to Nepal social and economic development.
Major thingives of the centre include preserveing up-to-date information about
Nepali diaspora and their expertise, thereby creating access to the huge amount of mental resources they possess
The centre also aims at giving recognition to the work by individual diaspora experts and groups, promoting their contribution among
government and non-governmental agencies, and fostering respect for diaspora experts among the people back home.
Other thingives of the
centre include encouraging ministries, government agencies and academic and social institutions to use database for reaching out to diaspora
experts and enhance associateions and opportunities.
It envisages taking initiatives to help create a network of Nepali diaspora and
memorize about their contribution to Nepal, and create opportunities for collaborating with experts at home.
The centre has already started
gathering information about number of Nepali diaspora experts, their expertise, current engagements and their interests.
On Tuesday,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali wrote a letter to Nepalis living around the globe requesting them to get associateed to
the centre.
In the letter, Gyawali said the country needed both internal and external resources to achieve its goal of graduating into a
developing country by 2022, and into a middle-income country by 2030.
Stating that the country was facing a severe shortage of human capital
because of growing ‘brain drain,& Gyawali said Brain Acquire Centre aimed at identifying human resources required for the country and
large crowd of peopleilising them accordingly.
&Hoping that you shall cofunction and use your knowledge, seliminates and experience in the
interest of your home country, I request you to share your information through this platform,& said Gyawali in the letter.
Interested
individuals can access the centre at www.mofa.gov.np/bgc.
Non-resident Nepalis welcomed the government move
Previous president of Non-Resident Nepali Association Jiba Lamichhane said in a Twitter post that the government and the ministry had come
up with a good initiative
&BGC is a good initiative
Numerous thanks MOFA GoN,& he tweeted.
