Progress report on the establishment of the PADIS network of national, sub regional and institutional participating centers

Abstract

The PADIS network consists of national participating centres, subregional centres and institutional participating centres, all of which receive advisory services, training and information from PADIS and themselves input data into the PADIS information system for exchange with other countries in the region. Institutional Participating Centres are African regional or sub-regional institutions to which two or more States are parties. This includes both governmental and non-governmental institutions that are active in development information. However, while the Operationalization of National Centres and Institutional Participating Centres has been carried out as planned, Subregional Centres are not yet operational at the level initially anticipated, except for the North African Development Information System (NADIS) which is hosted by the Arab League Documentation Centre (ALDOC).