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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Ninth session'
Addis Ababa, 3-14 February 1969
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Draft resolution
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Afrioan Institute for Eoonomio Developmeht and Planning (IDEP) .,;
Sptmsored by: Congo (Kinsha.sa);
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Senega.l, Sudan 'I'he.Eo.onomio Commiss:ion for ,Afri.ca.. 't~ - '
'C6nsiil.'ring its resolution 180(VIII): of 24 February 1965... and in :';partioularpilragraPhs" 3 aild4 'of that resolution,
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UN'DJ? mission for the evaluation of the iDEPp~ojeot
'(No.-m!/sF/3iojREr1!19 of 10 January 1969),, ..
Notes with satisfaotion that UNDP has expressed willingness to finance the seoond phase of the IDEP projeot,
Reaffirms its desire that IDEP should oontinue to funotion,
Considering the evaluation report presented by the Aoting Direotor of IDEP,
Having taken note of the IDEP training and researoh programme in the seoond phase presented by the GoverningCounoil at the ninth session,
Considering the Willingness expressed by the Government of the Republio of Senegal to spare no effort to provide appropriate faoilities for the IDEP projeot in order to enable it to attain its goals in respeot of training and researoh,
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Urges member States to oontinue. to. $i_ their full moral
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finanoial support to the projeot with a view to establishing IDEP as an independent institution enjoying the support of the Afrioan oountri~s,
Requests Afrioan Go-wrnments to reoognize the diploma. issued by the Institute and to take steps 'to at1;raot the largest possible number of applioan~s,
Invites member States to appoint larger numbers of students and planning o~~ioials to attend long or short courses, regional and national
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oourses and trairiiilg ·periods organized by the Insti tuteand requests them, in seleoting trainees, to give preferenoe to candidatss With knowle dge of the sa oond language,
Recommends that greater stability should be ensured in respeot of both the &aministration and the teaohing staff of lDEP,
Authorizes the ExeoutiveSsoretary of ECA and the Direot.or of lDEP to take any aotion neoessa.ry to establish oloser oo-opera.ti~between IDEP and the Afrioan universities, parti~larlyin the· field of research, and also to enoourage applioations from African university oiroles for teaohing posts, particularly for the reoruitment of bilingual leoturers, With a view to aohieving greater reoeptivity on the part of the students.
