Constraints and opportunities in human resource development in Africa in the field of earth resources and environment information
View
Download
Published
1996-11Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The paper stresses the need for encouragement to the national and regional centres to develop indigenous-based training of personnel. In doing so standardization should be considered very important for national institutions and sub-regional member states to co-operate in the development of the spatial data infrastructure. African countries development can never be sustainable as long as they depend mainly on external funding. There is need for Africa to mobilize internal resources. Severe shortage of skilled and experienced personnel and inappropriate or weak institutions are among the major factors slowing down the pace of development in Africa. The way some donors1 technical assistance have been provided have not helped successfully sustainable critical capacity building and this need to be reviewed.
Finally, some recommendations are made to address these issues.
Citation
“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (1996-11). Constraints and opportunities in human resource development in Africa in the field of earth resources and environment information. UN Regional Cartographic Conference for Africa (9th : 1996, Nov. 11 - 15 : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/4390”Conference
UN Regional Cartographic Conference for Africa (9th : 1996, Nov. 11 - 15 : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)Collections
- Geo Spatial Information Systems [1422]
- Social Development [6610]
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
Mission report : participate in the ILO tripartite meeting on social and labour issues in Small-Scale mines
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa.
“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (1999-05). Mission report : participate in the ILO tripartite meeting on social and labour issues in Small-Scale mines. Traoré, Adama P.. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/29746”
Report of the second regional conference of African ministers responsible for the development and utilization of mineral and energy resources
United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
“United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (1997-12). Report of the second regional conference of African ministers responsible for the development and utilization of mineral and energy resources. UN. ECA second regional conference of African ministers responsible for the development and utilization of mineral and energy resources (1997, Nov. 21-22 : Durban, South Africa). Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/17164”
Report of the first Regional Conference of African Ministers responsible for the development and utilization of mineral resources and energy
United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
“United Nations. Economic and Social Council; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (1995-11-23). Report of the first Regional Conference of African Ministers responsible for the development and utilization of mineral resources and energy. UN. ECA Regional Conference of African Ministers Responsible for the Development and Utilization of Mineral Resources and Energy (1st: 1995, Nov. 20 - 23 : Accra, Ghana). Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/14628”