Report on a workshop for Local Government Officials on improvement of local services, Buea (Cameroon) 2 - 6 December 1991

Abstract

A national workshop for local government officials on the improvement of local services was held in collaboration with the Pan African Institute for Development (PAID), Buea Cameroon, from 2nd to 6th December 1991. The workshop thrust and activities are within the 1991 programme of assistance to member States. The Director of PAID, Dr. Stephen N. Mbandi, welcomed the ECA resource person and expressed his appreciation of the readiness of Dr. Sadig Rasheed, Chief, PHSD – ECA to respond to PAID's request for resource persons to strengthen PAID's training programmes. He hoped that this gesture by the ECA would be sustained in the years ahead. He elaborated on the areas in which ECA-PAID cooperation could be strengthened. In essence, since PAID training programmes focus on training in social and economic development planning, implementation and management, especially at the grassroots, ECA technical assistance through competent resource persons was considered as most relevant.