Senior Adviser in Management Improvements

B. Senior Adviser in

Management Improvements

( i)

Work output -

1978/79:,

N9~ ,appl~cable " ,

~_ .^~. ._ .... __ ...^~, ...'" 1_...v_' •~' r'~' ••' ••_ . . . • •••_.w -~_• • • • . •I._~..

ii. I~ ^,

(ii)

Nork,ou:t~t'" Jan~~9

-, Jpne 198q.

Thispo~t~ ~a:s deceiit:'r~~ized

to ECA effective 1 January

1980.' Recruit'm~n~.,~~tion 'beg~

^{early in} the year and only

, \ _. j -J..o ~

tat~ly it became aeIPtain that· recruitment can be effected aEL'so,on'

as ,'.

~Mr.. 't'1ama1.na completes

',his

present consultancy

,: '~~~t~t

^:for

E ^C'

^A

by

^end

~f

January 1981•

...., ' .: _.. '. ~f'~ " ...~ ~~" 'J: ': .

-.

~

(iii) ".,

An'ticipated Progr~,^,-

,1982/83

. ! . } , -J 1 •~."'I; j I_",

At the request of member States, it is envisaged that the

. Ady,~e-:r

^will'

unci~~~ke ^4'

^to

6~.

^advisory and consultancy

- i . " . ',._.

-missions a year, concentrating on assisting countries to

l~~~tify'and'findeffecti~e

^{solutions to} administrative

.,~nd ~agemept:,cop.atrai.ntsin,the areaof development

.... -f _,' , ' _ _ • I .' . ' ,

"'administration,~1l1thin ,the'-,.ptlolic service and the profitable

,, ~rnanage~nt of' ·public enterP~~~es.

As appropriate he will

,-~," ^{• •• _ ' "- , ...! ' . _}.'.Jr

organize ~agement improve~t:se~ina~sfo~

,senior

officials

> " " , ' ,,j , J. ,-' It", " , ' , , .. , ' . , " , . ,

and

rnana'gers"-in

'~~5s'is-te-d 'countri~;~

.,', 'TiS.;

·'p~~i~i' ~li~nts

":'.Jiil

'be African IDCs' anA

\ie,ii'Y:1.nae'pendent _'~~li~r

^Statec,

"(i~)

..

Justification of post

The new post \-J'i11

enable

ECA t9i,:provide .fo~ t:;~.e fi~t, time; , advaaor-y services in

t'11e

·area·~'f~"";.1anac~·~~t'''''i;;;p~~ements in administrative structures .'..procedures'

an(fp~ritiC'es

^{in the}

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-public sector, including the -public enterprises, and to launch SUGta:ii1ed

effort

^of

eriC6urogirig

·nkmber Siites to

mak~

^their '. deve lopmene adbtinisiJ~ti~ ~re ~oolts oriented~: The Lagos

;"P1an of'AcTion has \

called'

f'61o

actiM

'in deve1op:lngeffective '·,·'·management capabilities~-~d' ',ih~ needs

'of

"Xirican m;O; and other

,.', member

States

hi

^thlif.:ar~a

cannot

^be over-st-reGsed~

C. Senior Regional Adviser in Budgetary Ma~~me~t

\ ,

..

-Public Finance and

,'~

(i)

Uork output

performed 'during lw 8 17:,Q

~.~.:

'

1',~,

! j-;

-~.^,--,, '

Conducted:

(i) .. ~'.·Natioztal ·t--ra.ini.ng.. ~ri~hopG.-on

bud~e~ing and taxa,t ion:

- At luna (

1978)

. t: _ '"

-lh' '.

Mogadiscio'

('1978)

. .- ,;'" "'''".'- :;.:Jh

Lesotho

,(1979)

..:, - ' .. :XfC; (~~)" R~gionalUorkshop· in Tax Policy,I.e~islation

_ and Administra:tion in Addis Ababa

tl979) '(i)"; &~i~ipated

^{in an}

adviGo~ ~sion

^to

Se.ychelles'.-t,o.'oonduct a:--$.1r1Vey' of budgetary

''''ana "'I

frianciial'-manageilii~Tii1>rovements

(1973);

• Jj£ •

(ii),

Participated in, and contribu~edworking document for 'the Interna:tional Conference _ held:in Berlin on creation' and development of . ,~giOl¥il centres for Tax training and research

.'.~. ^{!. ; (}

1978) ; . .

.-: .,' "', (iii)

As~i::;t·ed. 'in o'rganizing and' serVicing the .'~',. International Tax Uaison- Cbnference of

Southern and

Eastern African countries held

" ,'" iD: :Ai'lisI;a,

Tanzania _(i979).··~

U~rk

OUtput

'perfo~":iit'the('riix mM.ths of

'lgDo" , . '(ii)

•J. ) , .I•R~.r ~; ,) ^I

COnducted one national training worksbop .on

taxation,

etc.

• ~ ~..., - . . , I~t , '

in Kampala and one regional l'lorlmhop on taxat ion eTC. in

, v

Monrovia.

(iii) _!'l~rkto

't>e

carred

out

^iri

'1982/81

(c~) Fiscal Advisory: Services

_ J : , " . • .

It is expected that at least two fiscal advisory services uil1 be rendered, on requeot, to two member Sta1;es.

-I

(e)

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-(b) .Na~ionaltraining courses

~our natio~l ,t~aining courses, ,~ taxation and budgeting will

be"

conducted during the beinnium

1982/83.

One subregional l1orkshop on budgeb ing will be conducted.

(d) The Adv,iser p~te~ ~l?~ ·establis~l1t:and _.si~~lgQ~

of 'Tax training facilit.ies and centres in Africa countries.

Undertakes a study on measur-es to ensure harrsondzatdon

• • 1")" " - J ' - " •,.J. ' . - , _

of Tax .pystems .and tax incentiveo in the West African

• ,.,.J.~'(':•

co bre . n_

<:',.ou gao...

(iv)

Justification for post retention

Mo~ilizationand effective manageE~nt of domestic

financial resources are of cardinal importance in nat Iona), development., These relate to the use of the budgets as an instrument of plan implementation and tax policy as,; revenue earning device and incentive schemes. The post is,critical to enable EO\. continue advisory services, training of per-sonneI and proi~ioting inStitutional' 'arrangements for subregional and regional cooperation in the area of tax incentives, tax po'iicy

and

legislation and effective public finance management and intra -African cooperation in the fieldo

5.

Social Development and ,llimaneterian Affai~s (Progranune 53~) jIr-5 A. Senior Regional AdviGer in Family Welfare and Development Work performed from Januarv

1978

through _Oc'tobe~1980

1. Contacts

with member

'countries

for their

accesoion

to

the

Agreement establis~ing'the^Centre ~d ^{advice on}

actions

to

be taken

in

this

respect.

To-clatet the: twenty-one

following

::0

-countries ~ve signed _the agreement: -_A~*~ria, ^Benan, Burundi, Cameroon, CAR, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia1 Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, VIali, Morocco, "Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan Togo and Zafre, w~ile four

- . ... . ' . .

have ratified

it,

name.lv Cameroon, Egypt, Niger and Senegal.

Proposals for the Centre's initial activities, vide compre-hensive-'su!'Veys of (a) African schools <;>£ social work and other social welfare/development training institutions and schemes; and (b) African research institutes active in the

fiel~ ^{of social}

welfare-and development

(see Progress

RePort for the

pe~iod

^{1 January 1:0}

³¹

^March

^1978). Th~se

^two

^surveys,

later retained by the Tripoli Expert Group Meeting (January

1980)

will constitute the first subs

tantdve

activities of ._, the Centre.

3.

Missions to Tripoli (March and December

1979)

1:0 discuss all the problems -pertaining to the Centrefs physical facilities,

"0

its provisional financing and ot'her administrative and

related Lssues ,

4.

Substantive preparations. for.the meeting of a group of expert to de£ine the short-j' med;ium- and lo...ng-term acti",ities of the . Centre: provisional agenda .and annoeated provisional agenda

. .

for·

the -

la,nuary

1980

TJ;"j.p.oli Expert Group Meeting; study of

. '" ',;

and conunents on the consultant's document on the conceptuali-zation of ACPu~l'SOD2s activities; participation in that meeting, -draf'ting-of itoS'repbi:tt,.and finaliza1;;i.on

~f _sa~ (in Engl~n-

-and French)^I)

5.

Briefings to the-'Directo~of th~

UNPP

~.reau for ..~~.~. S~~t~~.

(January

1979),

andrto a team pf UNDP _Offic~als

(t'1

^{a rch}

1979)

on the. Centre and its prospective activities and development.

6. Participation

in

^ail th~ activities of -the -Provisional Secretariat of ACARTSOD related to preparing the ground for its permanent Secretariat to start functioning (circulation

31

-~ . of' job ·descriptimS :·and vacancy notiCes'£or"i"ts posts,

-.--";-"t~O~comPilation and'co'l1B:ti6n c/£ a~·iidations:( recei.~d, revision ,:.-".lO£

·'the

^budgetar-y

estimates of

~"the

Cent"re 'for

the period

-:- .'October 1980 thiroiigh December 1982 '•• '.'

_etc)'~':'

~: .l ; '•

• '~.-::t_I .• • • ~" ,~

7.

.J.~{, ..1- ,'

Preparation of the draft .address .-of. t'~e ~utive Secretary to the First meeting of the Governing Board of ACARTSOD.

~ft:tcipatioi{ -in~'he ~

work

of that

mee-t1ng;· :preparatiori

and

sti'blni·ssion of : i:.ts

^{·draft report}

^and' finalization

^{of same}

(:hi :Englisb and

Arabic ).

Projections for the biennium 1982-1983

~-Advice

to.

and'.liais9Jl with .ACARTSOD and

its

institutional

" • i·l· ·b6di~s._. , .

, .

Participation :in the meebdngs of the Governing Board and the

'T~~hnical'A~isoryConnnitte~

^of

·th~':Ce~f~.

. 1-".~. ~I,,_ '.i1 ,~.^'1'

10_ Assoc:LatiQIl with the substantive activities

~f

^the

~tre

^I

I~ ::.~". .. : ~ • , , ; 1

Projected meeting of

the -

Directors

of

Mri.can .socdaI

development training and

resea~h iIisti~tes

^- Participatory workshop for policy-makers_ ~ ~esearcl~.prog:rammes Qf the Cen"tre.

1 • - , _ . . . ' . . . . _ ~. _ _ . " ,".:a. _ ' " .Jio.•

n. .

" , f , · The Third Conference of Africant

Ministers

- of Social Affairs

,~.. ;: ..~ ·Nork: '-performed-from

January 1978·

^{through October}

1980

···-:,-,jl1~.;:;.: -'. Informal contact~:initiatedby the Regional-Adviser,to secure a - ... :' .. .·venue for this s.ession yie14edpromising r~sul1;s. TliO missions

to

Togo _~re undertalren (February

.1979

and, _r~h

1980).

later

"the venue ·was' changed. because the national:. calendar in the host country could not 'accomm~c1a~e;the ses-s_i~

" (!-'14·_:~~

-.~ ~ '.-~^,

:r.,_ ^{i '}~ ^.'

13.

Participation in all the prepara:t~~y,.~tivi~i~sass~ed jointly : with OAU(i.o~t ~sions - ne.etings ..o_f the Ad-Hoc ECA/OAU

wori~g group •••.

etc).

Advice to an ECA consultant entrusted with the preparation of

a document on

the Social situation in Africa. Cotmnents on same

(1978).

14.

16.

Selection of a consultant for the prepara:tian of a working dQC~t '~-.rtl"e^:,$pp,ial iJnplicatiOJ'tS: of the lagos Plan of Act,ion. ;Brief~gs·to the.same. Study of .and .conunents on

, . . J . . _ J_ _ ~, } , ., _ ~

'the first; '; and ~ond v,ersion of the ..~ument prepared (c~rr~~lYi:'^{study .}.9'£ and comments· on. the, draft' of an ECA paper on the Situation of disabled persons in Mrica

for t,ile

tyoP·meetings).

Pre~rationof the provisional agendas" armotated provi,.niona.1 agendas and ~~ft daily programmes of work for the Jntergovernmen~alExpert Group;M~eting and for the

Ministerial Conference.

Participation

in

the

discussions

of

the

mee'ting ol-EXperts

_e

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