AFRICAN DATA FOR DECISION MAKING

THE STAFF OF SELECTED DECISION-MAKERS WILL BE TRAINED TO USE THE RESULTS OF CENSUSESAND ADMIN STATISTICS FOR POLICY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION.TECHNICAL REFERENCE GROUPS WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS SOURCES OFTECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE TRAINEES. PROJ COMPONENTS INCLUDE: 1. TRAINING OVER 200 PARTICS IN THE USE OF CENTS, CENTS-AID AND DUALABS MOD-SERIES SOFTWARE (ENGLISH AND FRENCH). 2. CREATING A DEMONSTR PROJ FOR THE USE OF DATA FOR POP POLICY DEVEL AND OTHER ECON PLANNING PURPOSES IN KENYA, OR GHANA OR ETHIOPIA OR NIGERIA; CAMEROON OR SENEGAL. 3. ANALYZING THE INFORMATION SYSTEM AND DATA USE POTENTIAL IN THE ABOVE COUNTRIES PLUS SEVERAL OTHERS. 4. EVALUATING THE INFO SYSTEMS IN THE 2 DEMONSTR PROJ COUNTRIES (PERFORMED BY INDEPENDENT PROFESIONALS). 5. CREATING A KEY PERSONS NETWORK COMPOSED OF POTENTIAL USERS OF PUBLIC DATA IN AS MANY COUNTRIES AS POSSIBLE;AND REPORTING TO THEM THE PURPOSE, PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS AND PROGRESS TO DATE ON THE FIRST 4 ITEMS ABOVE. DURING THE FIRST 6 MOS., PROJ WILL ASSESS DEMOG DATA AVAILABILITY AND USAGE IN SELECTED AFR COUNTRIES AND THE BEST LOCATIONS FOR DEMONSTR PROJS AND FOR TRNG. DECISION-MAKERS WILL BE INSTRUCTED IN USING DATA AND THE OBSERVATOIRE ECONOMIQUE MEDITERRANEAN MEMBERS WILL EVAL STUDENTS" LEARNING AND THE USEFULNESS OF THEIR WORK. PROJ WILL INCLUDE A PROSPECTUS OF TEST EXPERIENCES; COSTS ON DATA TRANSMISSION; MANUALS; TRNG SESSIONS; CATALOGUING OF HARDWARE, SERVICE CENTERS, TRNG CNTRS. ENDORSEMENTS WOULD BE OBTAINED FROM AFR UNIVERSITIES, ASSN OF AFR UNIVERSITIES, OAU, CAROLINA POP CENTER, POPLABS, YALE HUMAN RELATIONS AREA FILES, POPULATION COUNCIL, OTHER FOUNDATIONS. FUNDING WOULD BE DISCUSSED WITH WORLD BANK, OPIC, ETC. PHASE II WILL EXTEND DATA TECHN IN GOVT OF KENYA AGENCIES. INFORMAATION ON THE PROJ WOULD BE DISTRIB, TRNG MATRLS CONTD AND KEY PERSONS NETWORK EXPANDED. BENEFICIARIES WOULD BE AFR GOVTPLANNERS.