Diaspora Affairs Department to Be Established, Says Minister Bramble

By S.Browne. Updated 1:59 p.m., Monday, April 13, 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Foreign Investment, and Diaspora Affairs, Fitzgerald Bramble, has announced that his Ministry is in the process of establishing and operationalising a Diaspora Affairs Department.

“We are also in the process of assigning a Diaspora Officer to each of the consulates and embassies overseas. We have to leverage our diaspora, and that is what this initiative is all about. How do we involve our diaspora? How do we formally integrate our diaspora into the national development thrust, so to speak? And we want to do it in a very structured way,” the Minister of Diaspora Affairs stated.

In an interview with the Agency for Public Information (API), Minister Bramble expressed his commitment to the diaspora engagement initiative, which he said will create a framework to channel resources into sustainable growth.

Minister Bramble stressed the importance of creating an enabling environment. He said it is “necessary for the success of not only this initiative, but for the success of the relationships between our diaspora and our people here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, all in the name of national development.”

Minister Bramble also encouraged the diaspora to actively participate in this initiative.

“The contributions of our diaspora are valued. Sometimes it doesn’t appear that way, but we have to make sure that we show in no uncertain terms that we appreciate the value of our diaspora and their contributions,” the Minister said.

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This information was sourced from a press release by the Agency for Public Information.