The University of Guyana (UG) will host its inaugural Diaspora Engagement Conference from July 23-28, 2017 under the theme ‘Dreaming Diaspora Engagement, Doing Diaspora Engagement’.
According to a press release from the University of Guyana, the Conference would provide the platform to develop a diaspora engagement strategy that would inform the work of the first Caribbean Diaspora Engagement Centre which will be launched during the conference.
According to UG’s Tenth Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, “the Conference will contribute to the development of diaspora policy and a framework to effectively attract direct diaspora investment and engage the diaspora in nation building,” the release said.