Progress report on the creation of an African Regional Center for Solar Energy : executive summary

Abstract

The extraordinary meeting was held from 10 to 12 January 1983 at Addis Ababa, preceeded by the inaugural meeting of the Executive Board. The questions considered by the Executive Board included the programme of work and budget of the Centre. The programme of work was divided into five phases of activity (January 1983 to December 1985). However, the Council approved the budget for the first two phases scheduled for the 1983 financial year. The first two phases will be devoted solely to the recruitment of staff and the preparation of design studies for the administrative buildings, laboratories and workshops and the technical specifications of equipment. Expenditure for these two phases amounts to $US 13563,050 while the total package for all activities upto December 1985 is in the order of $ 10,2^6,^50.