AFRICAN LABOR DEVELOPMENT (SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIA)

PROJ PURPOSE IS TO DEVEL SELF-MANAGING,DEMOCRATIC & FINANCIALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT TRADE UNION (TU)"S CAPABLE OF SERVING WORKERS,EMPLOYERS & GOVT. EVALUATN BASED ON ON-SITE OBSERVATNS,INTERVIEWS & DOCUMTS. SOCIO-POLITICAL & ECONOMIC FACTORS HAVE DELAYED ALD OBJECTIVES. RECOMMENDATNS ARE TO DEFINE ALD/EMBASSY ROLES & TO CLOSELY MONITOR ACTIVITIES. IN GHANA TU"S HAVE GROWN IN MEMBERSHIP & RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM AID & GRANTEE. 12 SEMINARS WERE HELD. FAILURE OF ARCHITECTS & GHANA LABOR UNION TO REACH AGREEMT REGARDING CONSTRUCTN OF LABOR COLLEGE & ITS LIBRARY,INADEQUATE STAFF TRNG,AND LACK OF EQUIPMT FUNDS HAVE DELAYED PROJ. SEMINAR EVALUATN SYS & GOVT OF GHANA PARTICIPATN ARE TO IMPROVE TRNG. IN TOGO,REGIONAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH & DOCUMT CENTER (CREDE) WAS DEVEL TO IMPROVE TU COMMUNICATN & EXPAND & USE TU SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA. DESPITE STAFF TRNG PROBS,CREDE HAS PUBLISHED AFRICAN TRADE UNION NEWS,AND LABOR & DEVELOPMT SINCE 1974. ALTHOUGH CREDE HAS FAILED TO SECURE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO EXPAND FACILITIES,IT HAS CONDUCTED RESEARCH STUDIES,PROCURED EQUIPMT & CONDUCTED 2-WK TU COLLOQUIUM. SEMINARS HAVE PROVIDED AN UNDERSTANDING OF UNIONISM. COOP & TU INVOLVEMT HAS IMPROVED LABOR ROLES & DEVEL FUNDING. COURSE EVALUATN SYS,ORGANIZED TO GENERATE INFO,DATA,AND MEASURE NATL CONFEDERATN OF TOGO WORKERS (CNTT)ACHIEVEMTS, IS HAMPERED BY INSUFFICIENT LOGISTIC & EVALUATIVE COMPONENTS. FREE FRENCH & ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED BUT DROPOUT RATES ARE HIGH & TRNG POOR. PLANS TO TRN A SECRETARIAT MEMBER IN INDUSTRIAL RELATNS & COLLECT BARGINING HAVE BEEN ABANDONED. RECOMMENDATNS ARE THAT: 1)ORGANIZATN OF AFRICAN TU UNITY BEGIN OPERATING CREDE; 2)CRED BE AFRICANIZED; 3)FEES BE CHARGED FOR PUBLICATNS; 4)CREDE"S FUNCTNS BE ANALYZED; 5)SEMINAR FUNDS BE SHIFTED TO COOPS; 6)SEMINAR EVALUATNS BE DEVEL; 7)AID INCREASE COOP SUPPORT; 8)GRANTEE RECOMMEND COOP IMPROVEMTS; 9)PROJ BE EXTENDED TO 1982; 10)MORE OUTSIDE TECHNICAL/FINANCIAL SUPPORT BE SECURED; AND 11)CNTT TRNG BE INCREASED. EVALUATN ALSO DISCUSSES ACTIVITIES IN SIERRA LEONE,LIBERIA,AND KENYA.