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Tentative Program April 21st or 23rd |
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Presidential Reception/ Gala For Home comers‘Investing in Sierra Leone: Harnessing the Diaspora’ 6pm-9.30pm ( by invitation)
Programme:
6:00 – 6:30pm – Arrival of Guest 6:30 – 7:00pm – Arrival of Dignitaries 7:00pm – Arrival of the Hon. Vice President 7:15pm – Arrival of His Excellency the President National Anthem Prayers
Chair – Dr. K. Marah – Chief of Staff Remarks -- Director, Diaspora Affairs Unit Entertainment --- Statement – Diaspora Representative Ist annual Diaspora Honors: recognizing individuals and organizations in several categories who have made great contributions towards our development as a nation Entertainment – Launching of The Remittance (Securitizing and Formalizing) Framework – H.E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma Vote of Thanks – Networking |
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DAY I
9-9:30am -Registration
10:00am - Welcome by - Director of Diaspora Affairs Unit – Role of the Diaspora Unit in supporting the Sierra Leone Diaspora -
10:15am - Opening statement by Office of the President, Chief of Staff
Investing In Sierra Leone (Investment opportunities)
1ST Panel 10:30am – 12:00pm
Moderator – Evelyn Lewis
Opening statement - Richard Konteh – Minister of Trade and Investments
Investment opportunities for SMEs- What are the investment / market opportunities in Sierra Leone?
Q & A
Lunch 12:30 – 1:30
2nd Panel – 1:30 – 3:00pm
Moderator – Chukwu- emeka Chikezie
Financing Business Ventures- What are the options for raising finance for business ventures in Sierra Leone?
Q & A
Discussions/ Networking
Key objectives
- Create and support diaspora investment forums to share information and promote further investments
- Establish mechanisms to connect risk takers with entities that can help them grow
- Encourage access to capital through competition and business loans for start ups
- Identify policies that could facilitate ease of movement between host country and country of origin for investors
- Assess critical issues which will assist in business imports and exports to help businesses grow and keep costs down
- Identify diaspora perceived barriers to their contributions: bureaucratic measures, lack of infrastructure, corruption etc
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DAY 2 -- 8:00 – 3.00pm
Re-branding Sierra Leone: the role of the Diaspora in Tourism
Visit to tourist sites within Freetown area: historic sites, nature sites to be routed by tourist board Approx. 3 buses to be organized; pre-registration highly recommended
Lunch will be at one of the facilities visited, where we will also host an information exchange session on: ecotourism businesses, hospitality sector, and share tourist board information
Opening statement, Ministry of tourism or tourist board; 4pm – return to town
Key objectives:
- Identify, target, and develop tourism-related areas of interest among diasporas
- Identify products and services with high local value added to exploit the nostalgic trade niche
- Collaborate with and strengthen international government and private trade organizations
- Encourage genealogy [heritage] tourism
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DAY 3 – 10:00 – 4:00 pm
Morning: half a day job fair 9am – 1.00pm
Targeting: London Mining, ADDAX, Cape Lambert, African Minerals, commercial banks, and other financial institutions, larger NGOs
Key objectives:
- To enable private companies to identify Sierra Leonean expertise for employment / contracts
- To leverage on diaspora in country presence to offer their services in other areas
- To assist diaspora wanting to return home with job opportunities
2.00 – 4.00pm
Social Investments
Working with local NGOs to maximize development impact- Presentation by SLANGO
Key objectives: To encourage collaboration between diaspora associations and local NGOs and community based organizations To ensure diaspora initiatives are aligned with local priorities
Close out session
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Diaspora Affairs Unit Office of the President in association with Sierra Leone at 50 Invites you to a forum on
‘Investing in Sierra Leone, Harnessing the Diaspora’ with participation from Sierra Leone Association of Non Government Organizations (SLANGO); Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency(SLIEPA); The Sierra Leone Indigenous Business Association (SLIBA); The Private Sector Advisor, State House; AFFORD & Business Bomba; The Sierra Leone Stock Exchange; Ministry of Tourism; Private Sector; The Sierra Leone Commercial Banks; Visit SierraLeone.org;
Monday 18th– Wednesday 20th April 2011 Venue: Miatta Conference Center, Time: Registration at 9am Forum: 10:00am PROMPT |
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OPEN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE (OGI) MINISTRY OF PRESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAMME PLAN FOR SATURDAY 11 JULY 2009 YOU ARE LISTENING TO OGI HOUR – HAVE YOUR SAY IN GOVERNANCE OPEN DIALOGUE WITH THE PUBLIC SEVENTH SESSION ON SLBS TV IN FREETOWN |
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