Report on the Work of the Fourth meeting of the Standing Committee of Direction of the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning held at Addis Ababa on 22, 24 and 26 February 1964

Abstract

The fourth meeting of the Standing Committee of Direction of the: Institute (IDEP) was held on 22, 24 and 26 February I964 at Addis Ababa in accordance with Resolution 58(lV) of the Economic Commission for Africa under which the Institute was set up The Standing Committee elected Mr. B. Strasser-King as Chairman and adopted the provisional agenda proposed by the Secretariat A thorough and closely-argued discussion was held on the statute in which the Executive Secretary and the representatives of the Special fund took part. It clearly emerged from the discussion that with regard to admission to the Institute, the Committee intended to give priority to high officials responsible for development planning as against newly-recruited civil servants. The Advisory Board on Studies whose competence was extended to cover research was authorized to invite other representatives to take part in its work, including representatives of African Universities, of African Planning bodies and of non-African States which contributed substantially to the Institutes i.e. at present those States whose representatives took part in the meeting as advisers.