The African Diaspora Policy Centre (ADPC) programme Strengthening Policy Making Capacities of African Diaspora Ministries (SEDIMA), which ran from July 2012 to July 2015, aims to contribute to strengthening policy making capacities and practical operations of African government officials serving at the newly-formed Diaspora Ministries and related institutions tasked with overseeing Diaspora and development-related matters.

The countries that are targeted in this programme are: Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, the Republic of South Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia. These twelve countries have been selected as they have a (recently established) Diaspora Department that deals with drafting and implementing national migration policies. These countries also represent the different regions in Africa (except the North African region).