Nana BOACHIE-DUAH AWERE I
Within the optic of the French governments’ international aid policy of co-development, a group of Ghanaian associations in France whose activities comes under this international solidarity policy have mutually come together to form the Collective of Ghanaian Associations in France (CAGEF). This new federation was officially registered in March 2013 at Lyon, in the Rhone-Alpes region.
According to its founding President, Nana BOACHIE- DUAH AWERE I (known in private life as Ernest BOACHIE- DUAH), the idea and the motivational factor for the creation of CAGEF stems from the identification by the national platform, FORIM – Forum of Immigrants Organizations of International Solidarity – the absence of a consolidated Ghanaian Diaspora within its networks. This absence led the FORIM to call for a research study on the Ghanaian Diaspora in France last year. COSIM RHONE ALPES (Collective of Immigrants Organizations of International Solidarity) was commissioned to do this study, sponsored by the French Agency for International Development (AFD). The final report with its conclusions and recommendations was submitted last February.
Consequently, with regards to over hundreds of Ghanaian associations officially registered in France, and the seemingly importance of the Ghanaian and Franco-Ghanaian community in France, Nana BOACHIE-DUAH AWERE I (who is also the president of COSIM RHONE ALPES) decided to mobilize various associations, specifically those with local developmental activities back home in Ghana, to form CAGEF. The main aims and objectives of this collective is to represent, express and collaborate with the French governments’ developmental aid institutions on matters relating to the Ghanaian Diaspora, and to further act as a conduit for Ghanaian immigrants in France, in all International Solidarity, Migration and Development issues.
CAGEF is open to all Ghanaian and Franco-Ghanaian associations whose activities involves social integration projects here in France and local development projects back home in Ghana. The collective is a member of the national platform, FORIM. All associations wishing to be part of this high profile immigrant networks should contact CAGEF at 22, Avenue Georges Dimitrov, 69120 Vaulx-en-Velin. Tel.07.60.00.41.33 or 0672256439 Email…contact.cagef@gmail.com
