TRAINING FOR PROJECT DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT

ESTABLISHED IN FY73, ITS CENTER FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT (CPM) ORGANIZES AND CONDUCTS REGIONAL SEMINARS AND DEVELOPS A LIBRARY OF SUCH TRAINING MATERIALS AS PROJECT AND CASE STUDIES. CPM ALSO COORDINATES WITH OTHER DONORS AND AFRICAN INSTITUTIONS, PROVIDES FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION OF TRAINEES, AND ESTABLISHES CRITERIA FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COURSES AND FOR TRAINEE SELECTION. REGIONAL SEMINARS PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PROJECTS, DATA COLLECTION, MARKETING STUDIES, STATISTICS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, RISK ANALYSIS. PAID EMPHASIZES RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL FIELD WORK ACTIVITIESIN INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT ZONES FOR SENIOR STAFF AND MIDDLE-LEVEL MANAGEMENT. LATTER USUALLY TRAIN IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH AT 2 PAID INSTITUTES AND STAFF THERE IS GRADUALLY AFRICANIZED. PROJECT EVALUATION IN 1975 CHANGED NATURE OF PROJECT. PAID ESTABLISHED CENTRAL PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICE (SCAP)TO COORDINATE DOCUMENTATION, ADMINISTRATION, CENTRAL PLANNING OF 4 REGIONAL INSTITUTES INCLUDING 2 NEW ONES. EXPERIMENTS ARE PROPOSED ON NATIONAL SEMINARS AND CONSOLIDATED COURSES. REVISION OF FIRST PROP SHIFTED EMPHASIS FROM MIDDLE-LEVEL MANAGEMENT TO SENIOR STAFF. USAID PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, 25% OPERATIONAL COST VIA GRANT.