People
migrate to other countries when they do not have hope of prosperity in
their home countries. Prosperity can be increased quickly through
implementation of low cost decentralized technologies, many of which
have been developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and
Finnish companies. Examples include: text-based banking; local renewable
energy from solar, wind; Web-based education platforms; and mobile
factories that enable production anywhere.
Decentralized
technologies can enable local production by local people using local
materials to be set up quickly and cheaply. For example, moveable
factories can be fabricated and delivered in a few months. They can be
used for a wide range of production from agricultural processing to
assembly of consumer goods. Using established industrial engineering
techniques, world class production can be set-up quickly with workforces
that do not already have necessary production skills. In addition to
local production, decentralized technologies can facilitate more highly
distributed innovation and entrepreneurship.
Together with Finnish companies, and organizations such as the Finland-Somalia Association, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has carried out research and innovation in decentralized technologies.
The relatively small
size and versatile mobility of decentralized technologies means that
they can be used wherever people are, including at home countries and at
temporary settlements. Hence, decentralized technologies can be used
immediately to reduce the causes of mass migration.
Background materials:
How these technologies can be used to address mass migration has recently been reported in publications including the following:
Addressing the Causes of Mass Migration
http://www.gsdmagazine.org/ addressing-causes-mass- migration-balancing-global- prosperity-socio-technical- strategies/
http://www.gsdmagazine.org/
Third Wave DIY:
Potential for prosumption, innovation, and entrepreneurship by local
populations in regions without industrial manufacturing infrastructure
http://www.sciencedirect.com/ science/article/pii/ S0160791X14000396
http://www.sciencedirect.com/
Moveable factories:
How to enable sustainable widespread manufacturing by local people in
regions without manufacturing skills and infrastructure
http://www.sciencedirect.com/ science/article/pii/ S0160791X15000317
http://www.sciencedirect.com/