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International Decade for People of African Descent Summit - IDPAD-Summit was held in Georgetown Guyana on March 7-11, 2018. The Summit was organized by a local committee which was chaired by Dr. Melissa Varswyk, UN OHCHR Human Rights Fellow 2017. The summit welcomed experts from the fields of Health, Education, ICT, Human Rights and Finance and Business from across the world to address "Where we are", Where we ought to be" and How do we get there by 2024 and beyond".

Goal
The theme for the summit was ‘Where we are, Where we ought to be, How we get there.’ The International Decade for People of African Descent Summit (IDPAD-S) 2018 brought African descendants from around the world to focus on eradicating the plight of Africans and African descendants through the implementation of possible solutions to issues affecting the race. The Summit encouraged attendees to collaborate more fully across disciplines to share working models that have been effective in the development of Africans and African descendants and their communities. It provided an environment conducive to openly discuss the serious issues facing them, as well as the solutions they envision to address the problems, and ways of implementing these solutions.

Objectives

 * Establish a network of proactive African descendants, leaders and policymakers who were able to work together to implement creative solutions to the issues facing the People of African Descent (PAD).
 * Formulate international African institutions to facilitate research and implementation of innovative solutions towards addressing the plight faced by PAD.
 * Develop a Georgetown Declaration, and Program of Action to be executed by 2024.

The Summit gave birth to the following institutions (with specific objectives) formed by expert guests who attended it.

International African Business Institute

 * Create opportunities for trade and tourism between Africa and the diaspora
 * Promote entrepreneurship among African descendants
 * Establish a network for funding of African descendants’ initiatives

International African Health Institute

 * Address major health concerns that affect PAD, with a particular focus on key factors identified in PAHO/WHO Plan of Action for the Decade for People of African Descent and Africa Union Agenda 2063
 * Foster collaborative research across health institutes working on issues affecting PAD.

International African Education Institute

 * Promote STEM within the African descendant population
 * Establish innovative ways of promoting African history and culture

International African Technology and Engineering Institute

 * Create a global network for enhancing communication between Africa and the Diaspora
 * Create opportunities in STEM for PAD

International African Geopolitical and Human Rights Institute

 * Create avenues to improve relations between Africans and the diaspora, and also among PAD in the diaspora
 * Address Human Rights concerns faced by PAD