Report of the first meeting of the regional technical committee for PADIS

Abstract

The First Meeting of the Regional Technical Committee for the Pan-African Documentation and information System (PADIS) was held in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) from 26 to 28 March 1985- The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa convened the meeting in accordance with resolution 498(XIX) adopted by the Conference of Ministers at its 10th Session in 1984. Professor Adebayo Adedeji, Executive.Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa opened and chaired the meeting. The officer responsible for PADIS acted as rapporteur. In his opening address, the Executive Secretary welcomed the delegates and outlined the background to PADIS, which had been designed as a development-oriented regional information system. In particular, he stressed the efforts made by ECA in establishing the Pan-African Documentation and Information System pursuant to the decision adopted by the ECA Conference of Ministers at its meeting in Rabat in 1979.