This organization has replaced the former organization called Capacity Building Exchange Network (CBEN) that was established in 2009 by team of development experts. KTEN's primary mission is to
Transfers of Technology and Skills
Somali-Canadian diaspora can be an important source and facilitator of research and innovation, technology transfer, and skills development. Similar development strateg
y have applied several countries around the world just relied on their diasporas as knowledge sources. So many Somali-Canadian including young and elderly possess knowledge that easily transferred and bringing ‘brain gain’ back. This programme will have four key objectives: 1) to lower the cost of of hiring a very expensive international technical advisory; 2) to allow Somali-Canadian diaspora professionals to gain access consultants services inside Somali territory because they are more effective than other international consultants due to their linguistic or cultural barrier; 3) to seed potential return of skilled expatriates or their long-term engagement with Somalia; and 4) to depoliticize development-oriented volunteer workers. Somali-Canadian Diaspora Contribution to the Homeland
Three types of factors inform diasporas mobilization to contribute to the homeland, particularly beyond individual family remittances: those related to their ability, their motivation, and the enabling environment. Investments. Somali-Canadian diaspora are already supporting entrepreneurs in their homelands with remittances, informal financing of small businesses, and business advice and mentorship. In fact, diaspora members may be much more effective than other foreign investors. First, they may be more likely to invest in economies that others would consider high risk, simply because they have better knowledge and relationship opportunities that other Foreign investors lacks. Second, they can combine this knowledge with the skills, knowledge, and networks they have cultivated abroad, yielding important synergistic advantages. Trade versus development
Somali-Canadian diaspora can increase the availability of market information essential for trade by helping Somali-Canadian exporters find buyers, improve their knowledge of the market, and comply with government requirements and market standards. Migrants facilitate bilateral trade and investment between Canada and Somalia because they help to overcome information asymmetries and other market imperfections. Diaspora KTEN will mobilize Somali diaspora living in Canada willing to temporarily return to Somalia by practicing agriculture farm in order to create income and job for the locale people. This organization will help them to overcome local political barrier by negotiating the provincial authorities and federal governance to allocate agricultural lands for the purpose of cultivating cash crop that would also help nation economy development and job creation.
