{"id":720,"date":"2024-09-24T08:40:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T08:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/?page_id=720"},"modified":"2024-09-24T08:42:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T08:42:10","slug":"8-4-sri-lankan-diaspora-communities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/8-4-sri-lankan-diaspora-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"8.4 Sri Lankan Diaspora Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"720\" class=\"elementor elementor-720\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eeb14bc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eeb14bc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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elementor-element-6f8ae71\" data-id=\"6f8ae71\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc9a760 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc9a760\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">8.4 Sri Lankan Diaspora Communities<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e936ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e936ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dfff259\" data-id=\"dfff259\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7471e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7e7471e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fa1040 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fa1040\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-058dcca\" data-id=\"058dcca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb9c842 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb9c842\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Non-Resident Sri Lankan (NRSL) communities will potentially join hands with the task of helping Sri Lanka if there is a friendly environment to do so. They need assurances that every dollar they spent in their country of birth is not wasted or ends up in unintended places.<\/p><p>\u200bIf elected, we will deal with the NRSL communities as follows:<\/p><p>We consider it the responsibility of the government to officially recognize the importance of the NRSL communities and their entitlement in making contributions to political decision making and policy making for the future of Sri Lanka. After a review of all institutional, structural and cultural barriers, facilitating processes will be introduced wherein the NRSL communities can play an active role. They need concrete policies and procedures that will ensure them that Sri Lanka will be a rule-based society.<\/p><p>\u200bIf elected, by educating the public about the positive contribution the NRSL communities can make in nation building we will work to change the current stereotyping of them as a negative force, using media, opinion leaders and politicians. This will help improve the motivation and interest of the NRSL communities in engaging with Sri Lanka and alleviate any discrimination they face in dealing with issues back home.<\/p><p>\u200bWe will recognize the NRSL communities as an integral part of the Sri Lankan Nation by introducing legislation to encourage dual citizenship with the right to vote and land\/property ownership. We will take measures to implant a culture of accepting the NRSL communities as internal stakeholders through a new set of social norms including dealing with the terminology, social taboos, literature etc.<\/p><p>\u200bFormal institutional arrangements will be set up to consult the NRSL communities for policy and decision-making purposes. This will be important in the national planning process, particularly in the domains of foreign policy making, economic development and human resource development.<\/p><p>\u200bIn studying international best practices, we will look for international success stories of other countries cooperating with their non-resident communities in building knowledge economies. We will particularly look at countries such as India, China, Israel, Caribbean nations and African countries. Based on this learning, we will develop our own NRSL community knowledge sharing models. Tertiary educational institutions will act as the main knowledge interface between public policy making and the NRSL communities. Such institutions will act with autonomy in facilitating this process. Facilities and funding for such collaborative efforts will be provided.<\/p><p>\u200bWe will look into Public Private Partnership (PPP) models that can be developed with the NRSL communities, particularly on investment and economic development activities. These partnerships will not only invest private capital and expertise in implementing projects but will enable the public sector to play an active and constructive role in defining the role of various players according to the national requirements.<\/p><p>\u200bWith the recent Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and emergency and dynamics of social media, the power of ICT and social media should be leveraged not only for studying and researching on knowledge, preference, behaviours of NRSL communities, but also for using appropriate web technologies in positively engaging and interacting with them. A multi-dimensional, multi-stakeholder strategic plan can be developed in achieving this goal.<\/p><p>\u200bPeople residing in different parts of the world with the highest NRSL residencies will be appointed as their representatives to deal with the Sri Lankan Government. A bipartisan parliamentary committee with a representation from each province will be established to identify small to medium projects of philanthropic nature that would have the potential for the NRSL communities to assist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8.4 Sri Lankan Diaspora Communities Non-Resident Sri Lankan (NRSL) communities will potentially join hands with the task of helping Sri Lanka if there is a friendly environment to do so. They need assurances that every dollar they spent in their country of birth is not wasted or ends up in unintended places. \u200bIf elected, we &#8230; <a title=\"8.4 Sri Lankan Diaspora Communities\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/8-4-sri-lankan-diaspora-communities\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 8.4 Sri Lankan Diaspora Communities\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-720","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}