Europeans Throughout the World has released a set of recommendations aimed at giving recognition and support to European citizens living outside their countries of origin. The recommendations, decided at the group’s 25th anniversary meeting in Stockholm this month (which I attended as an associate member on behalf of Ireland), concern such issues as the recognition… Continue reading European group calls for EU Commissioner for European expats
Category: Diaspora policy
Former head of Task Force on Emigrants dies
Paddy O’Hanlon, who headed the task force on policies regarding emigrants, has died at 65 following a short illness. Paddy O’Hanlon became one of the founding members of the SDLP after being elected to Stormont in 1969; he left politics in the 1980s to become a barrister. O’Hanlon was appointed in 2001 to head the… Continue reading Former head of Task Force on Emigrants dies
ITLG founder calls for high-level outreach to Irish abroad
A group of high-level Irish representatives should be gathered to reach out to the Irish diaspora to assist in economic development, says an Irish-American founder of the San Francisco-based Irish Technology Leadership Group. Tom McEnery, a former mayor of San Jose, is quoted in the Sunday Business Post as saying, It is now time to… Continue reading ITLG founder calls for high-level outreach to Irish abroad
Homecoming Scotland welcomes Scottish diaspora
Deomonstrating the increasing efforts of nations to reach out to their global communities, Scotland is welcoming home its diaspora this year with a series of events comprising “Homecoming Scotland”. It’s Scotland’s first-ever “homecoming year”, and organisers are celebrating poet Robbie Burn’s 250th birthday as a focal point. They are also highlighting “some of Scotland’s great… Continue reading Homecoming Scotland welcomes Scottish diaspora
“Homecoming Scotland” welcomes Scottish diaspora
Deomonstrating the increasing efforts of nations to reach out to their global communities, Scotland is welcoming home its diaspora this year with a series of events comprising “Homecoming Scotland”. It’s Scotland’s first-ever “homecoming year”, and organisers are celebrating poet Robbie Burn’s 250th birthday as a focal point. They are also highlighting “some of Scotland’s great… Continue reading “Homecoming Scotland” welcomes Scottish diaspora
Jamaica, US region look to Irish diaspora experience
An interesting example of Irish leadership in diaspora thinking took place in New York recently, when Niall Burgess, the Ambassador and Consul General of Ireland to the USA, spoke at the Jamaican consulate on the Irish-American experience. The event was the first in a series of conversations with business and community leaders “aimed at inspiring… Continue reading Jamaica, US region look to Irish diaspora experience