The Bureau for Diaspora Relations and the Economic Diaspora Group for Moldova have launched a common platform for students and professionals from the diaspora by which they will be able to contribute to the development of the country on a long term. Joint working groups (public functionary – representative of the diaspora) on social-economic policies will be created within the project, IPN reports, quoting a communiqué from the Bureau for Diaspora Relations.

At the first stage, there will be staged seminars on public policies on August 28-30, on the occasion of the Diaspora Days. The participants in the seminars will identify the social-economic problems faced by the country and will contribute to solving them in concert with the Government. According to the head of the Bureau for Diaspora Relations Victor Lutenco, it is very important top establish a platform by which the experience and knowledge accumulated in the corporate, academic or public spheres in the developed countries will be transmitted to political decision makers for optimizing for public policies in Moldova.

Viorel Roscovan, a member of the Economic Diaspora Group for Moldova and a teacher at the Dutch Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, said the financial resources sent home by the co-nationals considerably stimulate internal consumption and, consequently, the economic activity. “The most important thing is yet the fact that our diaspora accumulated in time a rich experience in different areas, which our country hasn’t yet put to good use. The major goal of the project is to bring valuable experience to Moldova,” he stated.

The organizers invite students and professionals from the diaspora to file applications for participation in the project. As a result of the project, there will be worked out a set of public policies of the Government of Moldova. Those interested can send a resume of their contribution of at most 500 words to the Bureau for Diaspora Relations’ email address by June 25.