DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION TRAINING II

for GOJ personnel in areas essential to the continued success of Jordan"s programs of economic and social development. Thirty long-term participants and approximately 170 short-term participants will be trained in a variety of subject areas, with an emphasis placed on three priority areas. (1) Skills of key GOJ policymakers or managers in the area of manpower development will be upgraded by: (a) training trainers and developing curriculum/materials, especially in fields where expertise is lacking, i.e., building trades, nutrition education, management training, and accounting; (b) providing administrators and educators with training courses and observational tours in vocational education management, community education design, and educational testing; (c) providing training in vocational guidance and counselling, designed to bring women into the work force; and (d) offering courses in manpower availability assessment, employment requirements, and demographic trends to statistical analysts and manpower planners. Within each of the above areas, short-term, highly specific, practical training will be emphasized. (2) Training programs for personnel who will employ project management skills will consist of both short-term in-country and overseas M.A. training for qualified candidates. Related to specific sectors, these programs will be in the areas of financial analysis; government accounting, and budgeting; procurement and contracting procedures; health planning; social soundness analysis; women in development; and environmental issues assessment. (3) Finally, programs in program maintenance will be aimed toward improving skills necessary to continue a project after its initial planning stages. Candidates for participant training must possess adequate English-language skills and must meet course prerequisites. Special consideration will be given to qualified women and to those candidates who have not previously participated in other participant training programs.