Provisional summary record of the one hundred and forty- ninth meeting

Abstract

The Executive-Secretary, introducing the item, said, that the main points dealt with in the report of the eighth meeting of the Governing Council of the African Institute for Economic Development, and Planning (IDEP) (E/CN.14/452), which was before the Commission were payment of contributions and enrollment. The problem in the latter connection arose from the uneven spread in the number of trainees from the different countries, which fact was sometimes, interpreted as a decline in support for the Institute. The report also made reference to the cost per trainee, post-training engagement of trainees and the need to improve the atmosphere at IDEP.