External scholarships and fellowships in human resource development in Africa

Abstract

In this paper fellowship is taken in a generic context to refer to both: (i) scholarships for academic training of one or more academic years; and (ii) fellowships for post-experience training of duration less than one academic year, usually for the purpose of upgrading skills and broadening experience. Fellowship grants, whether academic or for upgrading capability, can be used for training locally or abroad, be it within Africa or outside the region. Sections II and III of this paper briefly elaborate on the objectives., design scope, administration, achievements and constraints of the ECA administered training and fellowship programme since 1965. For the further development of the programme, specific programme activities for the 1982/83 training year has been proposed as annexed.