Diaspora commits to support sustainable blue economy

The diaspora remains a critical mass whose contributions to the global economy is immense, and which, if well harnessed, is a crucial demographic dividend for national development and international solidarity. This is more so beyond the traditional diaspora engagement strategies whose main target is focus on remittances, especially in developing countries.

One such area is the blue economy which lends itself to themes that correspond to human activities on oceans, seas, lakes and rivers such as shipping, fishing, oil drilling, aquaculture, irrigation, leisure, desalination, waste management, or catchment management.