1. Building Bridges:
Brain Gain through Diaspora Experts
Eskinder Mamo
DAESAV
German-Ethiopian Students
and Academics Association

2. Migration
=
Innovation

3. Migration
=
Brain Drain

4. Professionals residing outside Africa
> 300 000

5. Between 1980-1991 Ethiopia lost 75% of its
skilled workforce

6. Challenges for higher
education

7. Increasing students # in HE
Year B.Sc./BA M.Sc./PhD
1999 (06/07) 203 399 7 057
2000 (07/08) 263 001 7 355
2001 (08/09) 310 702 2X 10 125
3X
2002 (09/10) 420 387 14 272
2003 (10/11) 447 693 20 150

8. Increasing students # in Schools
12000000
10000000
8000000
6000000 1999 (06/07)
2000 (07/08)
4000000
2001 (08/09)
2000000 2002 (09/10)
2003 (10/11)
0

9. Shortage of Academics

10. 2 Trends

11. Increasing use of ICT
e.g. IIT-Delhi-AAiT/AAU Video Conferencing

12. establishment of Diaspora organizations e.g.
DAESAV

13. Ethiopians in Germany
25000
20000
15000
10000
5000
0

14. Solution

15. mentoring and knowledge-transfer
through
Technology
Didactics

16. Supervision
Online Courses
Short stay of
Diaspora expert
PhD Advisory eLibrary
Remote Supervision Local Supervision

17. eLearning Platform
Technology
Instruction Student Local
Designer Supervisor

18. Partners
Institutions
Non-governmental
Donors

19. Migration = Brain Gain

20. Thank You!
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