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The scientific diaspora represents not just one of Romania's most important development engines, but it also has the "incredible" ability to provide a new direction to the country, said Minister-Delegate for Relations with Romanians Abroad Dan Stoenescu according to a Foreign Ministry release to Agerpres.
According to the cited source, Stoenescu attends the Scientific Diaspora conference organized on April 25 and 26 at the Timisoara West University. The minister-delegate stressed there is need for a continuous and very close cooperation between the Romanian scientific researchers and the diaspora, but also between the researchers and the government institutions in the country. The official said that there should be a strategic partnership between Romania and the diaspora, so as to contribute to achieving the goal of generating more prosperity for all Romanians, whether they live in the country or abroad, the Foreign Ministry said.
"We no longer think of what the diaspora can do for Romania, but of what we can accomplish together: be united, become a Romanian community that is increasingly effective globally. (...) We understand partnership as a two-way relationship wherein the Romanian State and diaspora Romanians support each other," Stoenescu said. According to the Foreign Ministry, the minister-delegate announced that the Department for Policies on Relations with Romanians Abroad and the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research will launch a fellowship program on the "Contemporary Migration of Romanians", addressing Romanian researchers in the country or abroad with an academic interest in the field of migration. "The results of these studies will contribute to the development of government policies and programs based on concrete data about contemporary migration of Romanians or intended for the Romanian communities outside country borders over the period 2016 - 2020," the Foreign Ministry official explained.
