REGIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROJECT (PROJECT PAPER)

GRANT PROVIDES GENERAL BUDGETARY SUPPORT FOR PAID"S TOTAL, MULTI-DONOR PROGRAM, INCLUDING PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, SUPPORT FOR TRAINEES IN RESIDENCE, SEMINARS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS, AND SUPPORT FOR FIELD RESEARCH. PAID"S THREE REGIONAL INSTITUTES AT DOUALA AND BUEA, COMEROON, AND OUAGADOUGOU, UPPER VOLTA, WILL PROVIDE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROGRAMS OF TRAINING, FIELD SUPPORT, AND APPLIED RESEARCH. LONG AND SHORT-TERM TRAINING WILL BE GIVEN TO MIDDLE-MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AGENTS AND TO TRAINERS FROM NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. THERE WILL ALSO BE EXTERNAL SEMINARS FOR HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS IN PROJ DESIGN, MANAGEMENT, AND EVALUATION, AND IN PARTICULAR PROBLEMS OF INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS FOOD PRODUCTION, WATER RESOURCES, AND LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT. IN ADDITION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FIELD SUPPORT WILL BE GIVEN TO 40 NATIONAL-LEVEL RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS THROUGH CONSULTATIVE SERVICES PROGRAMS IN PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, INSTITUTIONAL SEMINARS, SHARING OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING MATERIALS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN TRAINING ACTIVITIES. EACH OF THE INSTITUTES WILL ALSO CARRY OUT APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT. GRANT FUNDS WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF PAID"S CENTRAL PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICE (SCAP) IN DOUALA. SCAP"S ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE PROVIDING TECHNICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL SUPPORT TO THE REGIONAL INSTITUTES; COORDINATING PAID"S RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES AND ITS SUPPORT TO NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; DEVELOPING AND DISSEMINATING TRAINING MATERIALS; ESTABLISHING A DOCUMENTATION AND PUBLICATIONS CENTER; PROVIDING GUIDANCE FOR PAID"S INTERNAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. PAID"S PROGRAM IS EXPRESSLY INTENDED TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION OF THE "POOR MAJORITY" IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. Project paper amendment dated 6/24/80 authorizes funding of PAID"s new regional institute for East and Southern African at Kabwe, Zambia. This institute was not yet established at the time the originial project paper was prepared.