Coordination meeting of representatives of specialized agencies and other institutions interested in organizing training courses in Africa in 1967-68 held at IDEP, 12&13 June 1967

Abstract

At the invitation of IDEP a meeting of representatives of specialized agencies of the United Nations and other organizations and institutions interested in organizing training courses in Africa in the period 1967-68. the purpose of the meeting, namely, to ensure the coordination of regional sub-regional and national training courses in regard to timing, place and content among the several agencies and institutions which may have plans for organizing such courses in various, parts, of Africa during the twelve-month period starting around October 1967. The main objective of such coordination was to avoid competition among these agencies and institutions for qualified candidates from various African countries for similar courses, for venue and for material facilities for organizing such courses in view of the limited number of such candidates, of suitable centers at which courses could be organized and the need to relieve competitive pressure on African governments for at country facilities. The exchange of information among the agencies and institutions concerned would also enable them to collaborate, wherever possible, in organizing joint courses and thereby avoid duplication of effort as well as promote the launching of integrated courses.