Report on the status and prospects of the African Institute for higher technical training and research

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to (a) briefly point out the nature, causes and consequences of those factors that have constrained the effectiveness of the African Institute for Higher Technical Training and Research-(AIHTTR); (b) report on actions taken by the Governing Council of the Institute to redress the problem; (c) call upon African Governments to take a decision with regard to the Institute's future. AIHTTR was established in 1980 in response to ECA Conference of Ministers resolution 348 (XIV) adopted in Rabat, Morocco, in March 1979. This resolution was id support of the Conference of Ministers resolutions 306 (XII) on co-operation in manpower development and utilization, and 318 (XIII) on training for. Development adopted earlier, which, inter alia, respectively called upon African States to make 'maximum use of the training and research facilities of existing institutions and for the development of appropriate African multinational, sub regional or regional training institutions and programmes designed to meet Africa's present and future manpower needs.