First & Second Biennial Jamaican Diaspora Conference
The objective of the Diaspora and Consular Affairs Department is to strengthen the linkages with the Jamaican Diaspora and to encourage and foster the participation of Jamaicans overseas in all aspects of national development. In this regard, the Department has the mandate to:
- Operate as an information centre and contact point for Jamaican communities abroad.

- Encourage and mobilize Jamaicans abroad to assist in the development of their homeland.
- Support the interests of Jamaican communities overseas through political action and economic activity.
- Facilitate the provision of trade-related assistance
- Ensure the creation of appropriate and conducive conditions of the return of interested overseas Jamaicans
- Increase the human resource potential available to Jamaica through skills and attributes of returned nationals.