The patriotic and strategic pact with the diaspora

• Cameroon has not put in place any real policy to channel the potential of its diaspora for development issues of the country, as is the case in most West African countries that have been able to leverage the resources of their compatriots in the diaspora. And yet, no one has the right to doubt the patriotism of the many Cameroonians who, for various reasons, live abroad. Some have been forced into it.
• We are convinced that the exposure of Cameroonians in the diaspora to advanced technologies and tough international competition puts them in a position to be both the vectors of the technological modernisation which the country badly needs, and a showcase of modern Cameroon. Therefore, the CRM intends to build a strategic alliance with the national diaspora for the development of our country.
• We will create a supportive environment (establishment or strengthening of appropriate institutions, necessary legal reforms) for the return of the brains and the empowerment of those who wish to return to the country.
• We will create a National Agency of Cameroonians Abroad (NACA) whose mission will be to implement the strategic pact with the diaspora.

Cameroonian you are born and Cameroonian you will remain

• We will proceed to a reform of the nationality code with a view to providing an adequate answer to the question of dual citizenship. Cameroonian nationals will automatically be entitled to dual citizenship.
• We will proceed to a political reform allowing Cameroonians abroad on the one hand, to be voters in
  all the national elections (presidential and legislative), and on the other hand, to be represented in Parliament by electing their MPs to the National Assembly.

Initiate, encourage and guide the return to the country

We will involve the diaspora in various forms such as networks of scientists and technologists, the virtual or partial return of Cameroonians from abroad in the form of their involvement in teaching, setting up and animation of research laboratories and technological innovation structures.

Serve one’s country from abroad

• We will create a special service in charge of the diaspora in diplomatic missions to countries with a large community of people of Cameroonian origin.
• Through our embassies, we will establish strong relations with those of our compatriots who will have chosen to stay abroad allowing them to be ambassadors of Cameroon to their colleagues, to companies and institutions of their host country. These economic, social and cultural ambassadors will have the mission of bringing investors to Cameroon.
• The children of the Cameroonian diaspora know better than us the workings of their country of origin. They were born there, they grew up there, they studied there and very often hardly know Cameroon. We will allow the children of Cameroon born abroad to train in Cameroonian diplomacy at IRIC to occupy positions of diplomats in the diplomatic representations of Cameroon in their country of birth.

A sovereign fund of the diaspora Cameroon Diaspora Investment Fund

We will mobilise the resources of the diaspora to create a specific investment fund for:
– Finance projects on the one hand from innovation sectors, on the other hand, sectors that have hitherto been unexplored or neglected both by public authorities and by national private operators, which contribute to creating well-being and to improve the living conditions of a large section of the population in difficulty

– Fund the projects led by our compatriots in the diaspora while giving priority to those who have contributed to the
constitution of this fund.

A National Agency of Cameroonians Abroad (NACA)
We will create a National Agency of Cameroonians Abroad (NACA) or an Office of Cameroonians Abroad (OCA). This agency will have the mission to implement the strategic pact with the diaspora.