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Harnessing the skills of Somali expats

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    A new project seeks to harness the skills of Somali expatriates in the development of their homeland by sending them on short-term capacity-building assignments in key public institutions in Somalia.



    The QUESTS-MIDA (Qualified Expatriate Somali Technical Support-Migration for Development in Africa) project is an initiative of the UN Development Programme and the International Office for Migration.



    It supports key Somali public institutions and its strategic priorities are: policy and legislative development; human resource management; and public financial management. All assignments must contribute to gender equality.



    An estimated one million Somalis live outside their country, mostly in Europe and the USA. Some are highly skilled professionals.



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