QUESTIONNAIRE ON DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT
For Higher Education Institutions

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* 1. Name of Institution

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* 2. What means do you adopt to engage academic diaspora?

Personal contacts/ individual interactions

National institutions

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How do you fund diaspora engagement?

National funding mechanisms

Donor-funding mechanisms

HEIs internal funds

Other (please specify)

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* 4. How do you manage potential inter-cultural tensions with academic diaspora (staff disagreements)?

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* 5. Would you welcome a tool kit to manage intercultural relationships with academic diaspora?

Yes

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* 6. How do you promote a culture of reciprocity with diaspora engagement (both parties learning from each other)?

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* 7. Does your government make concerted efforts to harness benefits from academic diaspora engagement?

Yes, please describe

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* 8. Does your government pursue policies and provide incentives for academic diaspora (hassle-free visas, dual nationality, etc)?

Yes, please describe

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* 9. What contributions do you expect from academic diaspora?

Assist to internationalize curricula

Promote governance and transparency

Innovate

Other (please specify)

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* 10. To what extent do you engage diaspora to help build capacity around major policy issues

ACFTA - African Continental Free Trade Area

CESA - Continental Education Strategy for Africa

STISA - Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Would you support the establishment of the Consortia of African Diasporan Scholars Program?

Yes

Please state your reason

QUESTIONNAIRE ON DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT For Higher Education Institutions

Question Title

* 1. Name of Institution

Question Title

* 2. What means do you adopt to engage academic diaspora?

Question Title

* 3. How do you fund diaspora engagement?

Question Title

* 4. How do you manage potential inter-cultural tensions with academic diaspora (staff disagreements)?

Question Title

* 5. Would you welcome a tool kit to manage intercultural relationships with academic diaspora?

Question Title

* 6. How do you promote a culture of reciprocity with diaspora engagement (both parties learning from each other)?

Question Title

* 7. Does your government make concerted efforts to harness benefits from academic diaspora engagement?

Question Title

* 8. Does your government pursue policies and provide incentives for academic diaspora (hassle-free visas, dual nationality, etc)?

Question Title

* 9. What contributions do you expect from academic diaspora?

Question Title

* 10. To what extent do you engage diaspora to help build capacity around major policy issues

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* 11. Would you support the establishment of the Consortia of African Diasporan Scholars Program?

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* 12. What support do you need from the AAU to help your institution to engage and manage the academic diaspora? Please describe

QUESTIONNAIRE ON DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT
For Higher Education Institutions