Information paper on technical assistance provided to countries and territories of the ECA region under the expanded and regular programmes

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UNITED NATIONS

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SOCIAL COUNCIL

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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Third Session

Provisional agenda item 7 (c)

Distr.

GENERAL

B/CN.14/n

22 December 1960 ORIGINAL

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ENGLISH

INFORMATION PAPER ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES OF THE BCA REGION

Prepared by the TAB secretariat

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TABLlI OF OCNTENTS INTroDUCTION

EKpanded and Regular Prograrrmes of Technical Assistance in the African Region

EXAMPLES OF TECfNICAL ASS;ISTANCE ACTIVITIES IN 1960

•A. Economic Surveys, Planning and,Policy, and Statistics, B. Devel.pnent of Np.tural Resources and Power

G.

,llldistrialization and Productivity.

D~, ,Transport and Communications .-

E. AgrictJ.t;;'re~ F6restry and fiSheries

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F. Auxiliary Services to Industry and Agriculture

G.

Public Administration and Financial Institutions

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II.

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III.

fl. Building, Housing and Physical Planning 1.

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J.' Education K. Atomic Ehergy

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Community Development M. Other Social Services FUTURE PROSPiWTS

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IV.

NOTE:

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ANNEX

Statistical tables related

to

teehnieal assistanee in Afriea:

~planator,y

Note

Table

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Cost of Field frograrnme in Africa, 1959 - 1961/62

Table

2.

EKperts

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Assignments in Africa, 1959 - 1961/62

Table 3. Fellowships Awarded in Africa, 1959 - 1961/62

The following abbreviations are

used

in this paper:

Commission de Cooperation

Techni~ue

en Afrique au sud du Sahara (Commission for Technical Cooperation in Africa South· of

th~

Sahara)

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26 29 31

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ECA

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GAT.T.

IHCO OPE!

TAB-

TAC UNICEF US/ICA

UNTA lTU WilO 110 FAD UNmco ICAO HHO lAEA

. Economic Commission for Africa

.~ed

Programme

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Technical Assiatance ckneral Agreement

on

Tariffs and Trade

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. International Earitime Consultative Organization

Refers

to

persennel.leeruitedt~

^fill

posts of an eperational

er

~eeutive

nature

in

requesting countries

under

resolution 1256(XIII)

of

the United Natd.ons

_~neral

Assembly

Teehnical Assistance Board Teehnical·Assistance Committee United Nations Children's FUnd.

United States of America - International Cooperation Adrdinistration Organizations participating in EPTA

United Nations (Bureau of) Technical Assistance Operations International Telecommunication Union

".'orld lIeteorological Organization International Labour Organisation

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

United Nations lducational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Civil Aviation Organization

World Health Organization

International Atomic Energy Agency

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I. INTRODUCTION

1. This information paper describes the technical assistance provided in 1960 in the region served by-the Economi.c Commission for .Mrica (ECA)!! by the

Orgar4zation~ partici~ating in~heExpandedProgramme of Technical Assistance.

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2. With the emergence of a_.... ~umber.of independent countries in Africa, in~reas-

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ing attention has be.en focus^(fd. on the technical assf.stance needs of this re!;ion.

This was the chief reason

tlla"t

impelled the Executive Chairman to ask for an increase in ':liE contingencyfUI).ds for 1960. In response to this request" the Ec~rcnUc.andSocial Council, in _resol~tion

788

(XXX), approved an increase of, contingency funds "for urgent needs in 1960, mainly to provide additiana1assist- anee to newly independent countries and, t.o countries expected t .. become independent in

196~

and 1961"Y.

3. In recognition of such needs, a Pr<;>gr""mnUng mission headed by the Executive Secretar;,,"or EGA recentlY.,visited the "Entente" countries and the Camer-oun-Eo assist them in the formulation of requests for technical assistance. Representa- tives of" most of the Participating Organizations have likewise discuss,ed witb the recipient Governments concerned their specific requirements in the field f'lf

technical assistance. ~he results are reflected in a rapid bui1d-up.:·of the Arriean programme ,for the inunediate future.'

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In this paper, following the terms.of reference of ECA, technical assistance in the Egyptian Region of the United Arab Republic is included in Africa.

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Supplement No.1

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Ezpanded and Regular Programmes of Technical Assistance in' theA':f:d:can Region.,

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^{I t} wilibe seen fromT.,!-ble I that ^:1;'01' 19~O the approvede'a!t6goI'Y Ic" ..

Programme accounted for $5. 9'l!lillion,

.~cluding

a.l Loca't i.ons

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$.70 million mad e under the ExecutiVe

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regUlar programmes of technical !l.ssistarice.

":;ill 30 September 1960, as lrell .as~stimated local costs contri1:iut1iohS'.

The share of the ECA region in 1960

th~ repres~nis'~bout

20:peT 'cent' of the total'Expanded Programme. Africa received. more th~ 35 'per.' .' ....,

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cent of the Executive Chairman's con.tingency authorizations amoUrtthlg to $1, 98 million as of 30 September,' and the proportion may v6;ry·'#$.11 .,' "

go up further' by the end. of the year., . In addition, as ,Till be noticed.:

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from Table I, some of:th.8 Participating Or-gand.za t'Lons ' haiti:; alIo&il.t-Eld· .of

a.d.<J,itional amounts, totalling $3.7

milli~n"to'

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Thus, the to'ta:I·vo.lU1lle of technical assistance in the :regi0!1 ffi!l.Y be'

~~~im';'tbd:at $9~'6

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'in 1960.

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5. The voluntary contributions pledged'to the Expanaed Programme

by African Governments for 1961 amcunt ed to' about $.37 n\ilJiioi!l,not · C , " ·

taking into account these countries which have not yet announced thei~

pledges.

II. EXAMPLES OF TECHNICAL ASSrSTANCE ACTIVITIES IN 1960

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6. The descriptions of projects which follow are listed under subject

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headings, and are based upon the _materi~i supplied by the Participating Organizations. No attempt is made to cover all the activities. Of the Participating Organizations, and project.s .mentione~"in this paper are chosen mainly for ill ustrative purposes. Details of, the 1960 approved programme will be found in document E/TAC/L.200, and reference may also be made to individual project descriptions available in the Project Handbook (TAB/2/Rev.l).

(A) ,Economic Surveys, Planning andPcilicy and Statistic"

• 7. In 1960 one expert in" economic planning was provided to assist the C;ovemment 6fMo'I'occo' in compiling the background material requi:-ed for the preparation of a five-year plan in line with the recommendations made by

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his predecessors.

8. In Togo, follOWing the recommendation made by,

an

economist in 1959 to set up a small economic planning group, the Government r-equest-ed t.hab the exper-t return :En '1960 to help organize the work of that group.

:'. An expert, who was appointed at the end of September 1959 and r-enaLned in Togo until the end of "ugust 1960, has assisted the Government in under- takIing a study of the fiscal and financial system. As a result of this study, the Government has decided to request fUl-ther assistance from the United

Nations t'o organize its Treasury procedures, an audit system and a thorough review of its credit and savings institutions, with a view

to

establishing a' Development Bank' and a survey of the fiscal st.ruct.ur-e of the country.

10. Since 1956, several United Nations experts have been sent to the

Egyptian rtegion of the United Arab Republic to advise the national planning committee on new planning methods, with special reference to in put out put analysis, calculation of investment priorities and preparation of time series 'formblfui'

i{,)iiding~ ~d 'operati~ns re:~';~rch.

In 1960, a senior expert in

eeonomic planning completed a short term assignment to look over tho planning activities of the Government and to make r-ccomrrondatd one ,

11. ~ention should also be made of the regional training programme for.

African economists. The programme was initiatGd in 1957 with a view to

st~kngtheningthe depart1l1??ts of government concerned with economic development by offering opportunities to African economists to gain as wide a variety

of experience as possible thrcugh facilities existing at United Nations Headquarters or made· avaiiable through it. Ninoteen nominees of Governments

e~10yed in economic

and

related departments came to United Nations.Head- . quarters in September 1960 An six months' fellOWShips llild;r the technical a.ssistance pr-ogr-ar-r.e , The participants came fro'- GhJ.na, .Guinea, Liberia,

Libya,~lorocco,

Nigeria,Somalia, Sudan, Togo, funisia and the United Arab·

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12. In

1960,

at the request of the Belgian Government , an 'economic survey mission was sent

i~RUanda-Urnndi-tostud~ t~~- ~;;~~mic

and financial resources and needs of the territory with a view to further United Nat.Lons assistance.

13.

In Ghana two experts in statistics continued to assist the Government in

1960.

One of the experts advised on the compilation and organization of the national income accounts, required for purposes of progr-armring economic development. The second assisted in the planning, organization and execution of the population census held during the first part of

1960

as well as in training of local censu s takers.

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An expert in economic statistics was appointed in January

1960

with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as his duty station, to assist a number of countries and territories 'in Africa in the establishment of a five year nati"nal programme and to prepare the ground for a regional pr ogrsmme of statistical cooperation. Among the countries he visited were Cameroons, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Sudan, the United Arab rtepublic (Egyptian Region).

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The statistician who has been in Libya since

1953

was replaced' in 0eptember by another expert who will concentrate on an expansion of the

Libyan statisticalservicGs. A chIef

econo~~st'S'service6

^{have continued in}

^1960.

16.

In February

1960

the director of the United Nations Bureau of 'I'cchni.cal, Assistance Oper~tions visisted Somalia to assess the country's needs and to assist the Government in dr~wing up a programme of further technical assistance •. Following his recommendations, requests were received for as- sistance in the fields of housing,' natural resources development and power, statistics, public finance 2nd publicadministtati~n.

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A team of four UNTA experts consisting of. a senior economist and finan- cial statistician assisted by three statistical analysts, completed a three

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a~signm~ntinSomaii~'in ^1960.

During the mission they were jo.ined by a statistician from the ECA secretariat. Th~. team's reconunendations ranged from a pattern for thu organization of the new ~ation's statistical ser-vi ces - to hahdle data pertaining to the f'ormcr' Trust Terrii;pry under Italian 'Administration and the former Briti'sh Somal:Lland - to spe c.iLi.c n"O··

posals for future assistance in the statistical and economic f'Le.Ids ,

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18. A'statistical expert wa'ssent to Togo for three months in 1960 to ad- ..vise on the

estabiish~nt

nnd orgo.nization of a central statistical bureau .

The; 'preliminary groundwork was completed by the expert by the end of his assisgnment, and provision has b~enmadein tho 1961.62 programme for a

follow-up' ofhis work which wilr:involve,inter-:alia, the tra1.ning of personnel to assist tho Central Statistical Bur~au and to help to organi~e a Statisti- cal, Survey Section.

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An expert stotistician in national aecount s was pr-ov.i.dcd in November \\

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1959

for one year to assist the Government'~fTunisia in the preparatioQ.o£

the Tunisian nat.LonaL accounts for

1958

and

1959

along the lines set up ror

1957.

The expert has, in co-opcratd onjd.th his count.or-par-t , eiMblished the future methods to obtain proper nat.i ona'I income st'tistics.

C~) Development6f Naturnl Resources and Power

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4O.,Afi'expert has advi.s ed the Government of Morocco on mining policies.>He h;,s made a comprchensive survey of.,th"I'miner"l rCDour9<:'" end

mini.ni'~~dustrY

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and has put

forward.rec1Jltlnienci~tions

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Includ~'

^{lcgislative action and "}

economic as WB11 as .financiAl measures,

21. An expert in phot6grz,lII!letryWB.S provided to

~,in 1959

to give pr-act.Lcal, and theoretical instruction to "fficials of the'Surwy Departmoht in all aspects of photogramme£ry,

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partiCUlar aerial triangulation and

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bridging, and in.i;j;l.. use 'iliid application of the different instruments recently

purch1!s~d

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Gov~rnment.

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conductod ooursos in the

latest methods of air surveying. As the expert lias not available in

1960,

provi- sion was made for his return visit in

1961.

tlndel" the Opex Scheme, onegeodectic surveyor was appointed to serve as Deputv.\ssistant Director of 0urvey and 'one hydrological engineer to work as chief _engine~r.

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22. The 1'1110 hns contd nu.d tc provide expert assi stance to, the Government of Libya. One of tho problems to which tho expert has devot.cd his attention

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recently was tho improvement in the arra~gen~ts for "ollecting meteoro- logical data from Libya. The expert made a round trip of

'5,800

kilometers in April 1960 to Lns pe ct, the sy n optic reporting st.atd ons in

Cyrenaica inclUding the oases in the Sahara Desert. With the assistance of WHO, the Government of tho United Arab Republic _(~gyptian Region) has built

",sci.enW..f:Lei=trumenL.worksbop-and._put i t intooper9,tion. An expert was

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assigned in 1960 to' as ai st, in th",··'further deveLopmerrt of the cLect.r-crri.cs 'section of the scientific workshop and in the matrrt.cnance and cal.i.bratd on

of electronic instrumconts used in npper:-air observations. Under the OPEX scheme, two experts have been provid",d in 1960 to serve as executives with the Sudan Meteorological Services: one elect~Jnicsengineer and one assistant

electr~csofficer.

23.

One short term expert in high voltngo transmission has advised the Government of the United Arab ReJilblic (Egyptinn rtegion) on problems pcr-«

taining to transmission of high v01toge power fr"m newly established or programmed plants to centrcs in arecs .of ccnsumption. Another shcr-t-it.crm expert has advi.sed the Government on pr cb.l.oms reh.tec:· to beach erosiu'n with special reference to d,~age on existing piers ~nd quays.

(c) Industrialization and Prc~uctivity

24• .An expert who was appointed in 1957 has .c,~ntinUGd t.hr-ough 1960 to advise the Government of Morocco on the moclernizatinn 'Of the leather industry,

better merketing of leather prvduct.s c.nd tho est2.blishmcnt· of tr,,-ining centres.

In 1960 a Moroccan count.er-par-t Wf\S appoirrtc d who will eventun.LLy t.r-kc over the ~ertts·functions.

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UNTA ha s c"ntinued tn prcvide expert. services to the Egypt.ian Region of the United Arab Jiepublic in the oper~.tion r.f a DDT plant. Four exp8l!'t& in gene rrd, industrkl c.,st acce-unting and pot.rc Leum, mining and textile in-

dustrieshave also a-tvised the G:wernment on the tr'l.ining 'Jf personnel and' the ..•.. '.B:6t..ti:ng up of. cost a c c .unt.Lng'pr>oceJures Ln-the relevant industries •

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pr,,~ided

e.:itpert assistance in

Fc.duetivi~Y"fl!la

^vociition-

al training

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the united 1\.r'lb Repubij:c (Egyptian

Regi,,~f:~rl~jernind;;:;;trial

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mawi.gement de vel "Jlffi"mt techniques, and Impr-r-ved 'f:;rms By 1956, the .tcman.. on tho export's services was'so heavy that" depar-tment was created within the IJiinistry 'If Industry.

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te~nictJl as s i.st.ancc ho.s since' c.-nt.Lnucd in connexLn with the general wcrl{

cf this ~ep~.rtment. lIith the as s.i s'tv ncc of 110· experts, a p1'lnw,l'is' prepared for the Gstablisrunont of f~rty apprenticeship training contres, siX "f which were to be f,,)r the training cf iaduLts ,

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Two years Lat.er , when the Government of the United Arab Republ,ic launched ilB first Five-Year Plan for' increased industrialization, provision was

made

in it fer enlarging thesc,c'pe <of the productivity pr-c gr-tmme and fer strengthening the vocational tr~ining progr~mmo By tho establishment of . twenty-two apprenticeship training centres, each devoted to a spec.La'l, t.r-ade

and capable ~f handling 300 students at a time. A revised plan addeq.eighteen more centres making forty in all, six of which were tete for tho training of adults by aece.l.er'at.ed t.rai

nirig

methods.' By trades, eighteen centres arc for the metal trades, five f'or- the electrical trades and the others fr.r- the toxtd.Le s , leather,bUilding, glass am cernmf cs , printing ,autcmr,tive , foundry.and the mining trades.

28. In th,::, field of prcductivity, thG ;first pilc,t tr~ining courses were in the fields 01 1f:;rk study, pre','luction planning and cont.r-.L, and cost aeeount.Lng , Ccrnp'Lement.ary to, this, more general course s and seminars were held for'

mnnagerial personnel and training courses organised fer sup0·rvis()ry·re r-sormeL as 'an essential element of management development.

(D) Transport and Communications

29"~,Assistance was provided tc" African transportqtion by ro~d, rail and river;

lTU in t.eLecommuni.catdons ,

eountries by UNTA in the field of by leAO in civil aviation, and by_{. . , .}

)0. Dur'lng 1960 mITA experts have cont.Lnucd to a",17ise the Ge,vernment 'of the 'United Arab RepubliC in the specialized fields of railw::cy marshalling yar-ds , 'r"ilway traffic organizati,m, maintenance of dieselloccmcltives,. railway'

traffic operation, r~ilway sign~ls and river tr~nsportation. Six fellowships have also been awar:ed t" i!;gyptisn t.cchrri.cd ans Lor trccining in var.i.ous

aspects of railway operations.

)1. hn expert assisi:,ecl the Govermnerrt cf Teg' f"r two nont.ns in 1960 in de- fining Lts needs f,:,r t.e chrri ca'L as si s t.nn ce in the field d' t ranspcr-tat.Lon,

32 •. As for technical assistarice in the field of civil aviation, in 1960 rCAO has pl"(Nided an expert to review the needs A Guinea ..

FolloWing his' suggestions, a civil aviation depar-tment, was created and a OtrecLr ~ncre.~appointed. The expert submi.t.t.cd to t.nc Government a compre- honsive progr~mne of training,cutlining the minimum numbor of personnel to

be trqinod ^&8 Boon as possible for essential services. "ith the ased.et.ance of

reAD

experts, a long-term ~perativeprogr-asm e of training has heel evolved

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fa!' }I0rocco and Tunisia to be financed f'r-om the Special" Fund. Aircraft

and

radio mechanics

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_tr~ined

in no rocco and air traffic contr61 and'

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nel, in Tunisia. The radio mechanics school in Larocco, now under construction, is planned to meet the needs of both countries. A legal adviser spent a few months in i,orocco to assist in re~ising the .civil aviation law and in preparing

relevant air regulations. A radio mechanics instructor was recently assigned to

~Jorocco. In Ethiopia an ICAO 'I'echrri.ca.L:Assistance Hission has been active since 1951 giving assistance in the organi;~tionof civil aviation inclUding the pre- paration of a complete meteorological service. Training of ground personnel to man different civil aviation. se.rvices has been conducted in Ethiopia 'since 1952, 33. In Tunisia, an expert continued to supervise air traffic control and related activities under the OPEX scheme,

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A team of three ITU experts continued to take part in the training pro- gramme''Of the Imperial Board of Teleconununications in Ethiopia. In 1960; the telephone and radio 'technician students appeared. in examinations held under the . auspices of the City and Guild of London Telecommunications Institute.

The Ministry in charge of P.T,T. presented City and Guild of London certificates to fifty-seven successful candidates.

35. Under the OP~ scheme an expert continued to serve within the 'Federal Civil Service as Director of rosts and :felecommunications in Libya.

(E) Agriculture. Forestry and Fisheries

36. African Governments have given high priority to assistance in. the improve-- ment of' agricultural production, Lnc Ludi.ng livestock, nutrition and f:i,:'lI1!l.r1ll.s.

37. In 1960 continued assistance has been provided by FAO to help plan'sound expansion of Ghana's fiShing industry and particularly to help improve its fish marketing system.

38. In order 'to develop a co-~rdinated regional programme for the study and control of sunn pest, FAO has convened a number of t.ecruri.ca.L meetings since 1956 in which all countries affected by this' pest participated. In addition, aninfor- mation and documentation centre has been set up through a contract with the

Pasteur Institute in Par-i.s to facilitate the exchange of current information. A regional expert has been appointed by FAO to co-ordinate and assist member Govern- Qents in this regard. The Government of Morocco, as a participant in this joint

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effort, is particularly interested in the centrol of sunn pest by biological means and an expert in biological control has been provided by FAa since

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39. A

survey oflivestock and meat, marketing problems in African countries

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has been completed. The Fort Lamy Livestock and h~at'La;rketing Centre o rgarriaed

" in November-December

1960

provided

an

opportunity

fbI'

th" review of this

sUrveY'r

,and f,or:1:.,he exchan!le of experience between Africm countries. FAa's present

task is to, assist in the irpleneritation of the relevant recommendations.

40. In

1960

a Centre on

LandProblem~

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or~aniZed

by FAOin collaboration

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withECA atthe,,;invitation of Uganda and Kenya. The objective of the Centre was to give an

.opport.uni

ty for an exchange of ideas and experiences on problems,'

,o,f~ral'ian structure with specia1 attention to the agricultural, social,"

economi,call<:lli-dministriitive aspects of these problems; aSl,ell as cozilmunity development and social welfare.

4L .;', En the deve Lcp'i.ng countries in Africa, the sear-c' for batt';t' nutrition,

mere

suita1;>le: a.,dbetter balanced diets will'

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emai.n particufoiriy":uhp;;hant;for'

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some time to COme. The main stumbling block to progress to"ards better nutrition

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has been the a cut.e..ehor-t.age of tr1hned personneL^u F-AO ··and'"W:OO: haive~ ~nii*,ded.,:

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training courses in this field ,\,nd a~out one hundred workers frob' a:Lmost all' the:..countries and territories in Africa sout.n of the Sahara '1ave participated

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in this progranme,

42.::.' In Libva an expert ,has been provided under the Op~x'Scheine^{to serve} as Ghief , Olive Oil Bureau, within the federal depar-tment, ·of Agriculture.

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The new regional African' Forestry Commission, created by the FAO Conference

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last year, held its first session at 1baden. Nigeria. in early November 1960.

A report of the session and the proposed future programme of wo.rkfor the Commission was later placed before the FAO African Regional Conference for endorsement. This Commission, together with the North American Forestry Commission completes the pattern of these regional bodies to cover all the member nations of FAa.

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During 1960 a FAD Team,~ieh had been operating in Tanganyika since 1955, eompl~ted its work in the field and returned to FAa Headquarters to d raw up the final report to the Government of Tanganyika. The report, which is expectedto,be available at the end of 1960 or early 1961, will consist of seven volumes and will bring together, for the first time, detailed infonnation on the river fl,?w, possible sites for reservoirs, possibilities of water control and flood prevention, soils data, crop responses to artificial irrigation, costs of d evelopmsnt,ete.

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Auxiliary Services to Industry and Agriculture

45. This broad heading includes mainly the services of liNTA in trade promotion and marketing, and assistance to ec-cperat.rvee , the 110 is responsible for Illostof the teclmtcal education and '.0cational training; and various aspects of specialized tec;hnical training are handled by several other agencies, inclUding IAEi\.

46, In 1960 an expert in foreign trade contdnued to advise the"iiirection du

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Commerce' iIl Morocco on trade agreements, organizing and improving the rrethods of obtaining oommercial intelligence on foreign markets and improving the administrative

structure of foreign trade.

47. Fellowships were awarded to officials of ~, Nigeria, and Tunisia to enable them to take part in a six-month training course held at the GATT Secreta- riat in Geneva.

1;8. In Tunisia an expert was provided to assist the Government in the promotion of iIlternal and external trade and In the organization of the admini:strative services

wh~ch would be responsible for seeking foreign markets for Tun~ian commodities.

1;9. Following the recanmendations given unler the establishment of co-operatives the 110 organized a regional seminar on co-operation in rural areas which took plaoe in Yaounde (Cameroun) from 19 September to 15 October 1960. This seminar was at.t ende by twenty-five participants from eleven African countries ; it was conducted in

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French and designed for the French-,.speakingnaHon~fSouth or the Sahara. The major part of the course was devoted to lecturesand,dlscusSion on the admin- istrative and commercial organization of co-operatives. This seJiiinar was the , second of its kind..,a ,semi.narinEniLish having been ,held in Nairobi in 1959.

50. The "lLO provided an eXpert to advtse t.he Goverrunent of the ~ on the ilnprovement of labourconditio~sat Port oudan , His recouunendations included, among other things, the setting up of a Dock Labour Board to control the

eIllPloyment. of casual Labour , promote the welfare and technical training of these workers and assume some raponsibility for the supervision of the labour supplied

" to emplayers. The expert also reconmended the establishment of a Joint Safety Committee composed of r-epresent.at Lves of thll port authorities, the shipping and stevedoring companies and the dock labourers, to promote occupational safety and health measures.

51. In"Lagos, Nigeria the ILO assigned two experts to assist the Government in conducting an intensive three weeks' training course for hotel staff on the ,"

spot.,.

The course included various aspects of hotel management, catering, hygiene and general.cleanliness. One hundred and eighty new entrants toth,e, !;lotel

industry were trained dri-a further series of three-week courses , and were later givenelllPloyment in a large newly llstablished hotel. Atiotable'feature o£ these courses was the emergence of women workers in an industry previously :restricted almost exclusively to men. As a result of this project; the Nigerian Government has now requested furthsr assistance in setting up a permanent training centre located in a combined restaurant and catering school. This centre would trc.in

staff not only for hotels and rostaurants but also for hospit~ls, schools and other institutions.

~.. In Lib;ya, with the continued assistance provided by the ILO, the relipon-o sibility for the Technical and Clerical ~,~ng centre was handed over completely :~t/~,"ompetent 'national staff in 196L)? Xc date, a total of 497 students have gr,,-duatC!'dfromthe 'Centre, 295 from the clerical Section and 202 from the

tephpicalA,idEi.'In addition, ten teachers of commercial subjects and seventeen workshop in&tructors have completed the teachers¹ training course.

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In:'Morocco, WHO has continued to provide an expert to assist tne Government inthe training of meteorological observers.

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Public Administration and Financial Institution

54. United Nations assistance in the field of,pub~ic,administrationcon~inued

jrobe requested on an increasing scale. 'Cit h the emergence "of a number of newly independent States in Africa in 1960,

-t

he nut';bcr of such r,eque~,ts is expected to rise steeply in 1961-62 both under the Expanded and the rlegular Pr-ogr-enme as ,well as under the OPEX scheme.

55.

During 1960 four experts Were assigned to the Ir.lperial Institute of,Public Administration in Ethiopia. They have continued to ,provide instruction for the, comprehensive programme of public administration training and to advi.se Government departments on any matter, whether of policJ' or of ope ratdona'L procedure, affecting

the public services. Early in 1960 an expert was assigned for two months to ~

Ababa under the l{egular Programne, to advise the Government on stores, management and purchasing.

56. At the request of the Government of Ethiopi~ an expert was appointed during the last quarter of 1960 under the Opex schemeinitia11y for one year, to serve as finance officer .in the Department of Education.

57.

In Ghana, assistance in public administration has been contd.nuedLrrrougn the assignment of an advi.se r- on civiL service training, "00 arrivedea.rly in 1960 for .an.initial period .of one year to,advise on the. reorientation and expansion of the,.,'fraining Division' in the ,>stablishment Office, and the steps neceseary to give new stwulus to in-service training at all LevcLs ,

58. A senior legal adviser "as provided under the regular pr-ogranme for

Somalia, to advise the Government on measures needed to bring about the unification oI' the constitutional, legal and administrative. systems of the. fo rmer Trust

Territory of Sornaliland under Italian administration and of the British Protectorate.

A budget expert from the United Hations ::Jecretariat spent two months

in'

.Somalia , helping the Government present to its National Assembly a consolidated budget for the t>lO regions of t he country. The Government also asked .f'or- a senior,adv:liser in general public administration and an adviser in, public finance, One 'fellowship in local' GoverrmentAdministration was avrarded to the Hayor of l.ogadiscio.

590

In Libya, a "prograrrme expert" arrived at the beginning of the year to succeed the senior pUbli c administration adviser, vho had been in the country since the start of the lJnited Nations technical assistancer,"ogrnr-;;e ,in

l<j.53.'

:fhe neW .' senior adviser has continued to wor'k very closely with the federal Civil Service Department. A School of Public Adr.inistration has been in operation in Tripoli

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:sInce '1953 as a United Natibns sponsored project; .It is' no", felt that the time has

• ' 2dnie" to expand the school'aact.Lvi.t.Ies and t&"give' ,it a statute conferring on it enhanced status and authority. 'During 1960 Unit~d ~ations technical assistance has ,',' <idlltinued to the School under both the Expanded and :'legular Programmes, at the, same

'level as in 1959 through t.he provision of three experts, including the Director;

Under

^{the Opex} sch~ce an expert lJaS provided to the Government of Libya to serve as

an

e conond st, in the federal ministry of finance.

6('. Two experts in public administration were provided to advise the Government -'of Morocc~ on organization of various departments and on administrative structures

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" and practices. They also assisted in organizing a seminar on organization methods by the Government.

Planning UNTA provides most

Building, Housing and

for ~~roccan participants sponsored Ph,ysical ( H)

61

coming two

years .

The

ibw~co:M,'

hOllsingexpert has continued to assist the

Go;e~i-nnent'~F:'

Liberia throughout 1960 in hoUsing legislation, the develop"~nt of local knowledge

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of the technical assistance in 'this field. Following

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the recbmmendations made by an expert in 1959 regardinr the establishment 'of a training centre for planning and developr~nt assistance in Ghana, an expert is expected to visit the country in the latter part of 1960 for an initial period'?f orie'Y~ar. His primary function is to assist in the preliminary work, such as 'the

development of a detailed curriculum for the two-year full-time programme envisaged by the Covernm'ent and also to assist in the selection of the first group of students ,The 1959 expert, upon whose report plans for the ochcoI will be bade'd,'\-dureturn

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to Ghana for one month in 1960. :-Ie will, it is hoped, continue to serve' in 'a

, t :.:.,' ..~~..

, consultative capacity with possible return visits of limited durationili ''the

d.~.'"';:. .:'!.' ^t';;',·

under the regular pr-ogr-amme , largelJ' destroyed by •fire.

" expertaIsa •provi.ded

He is worki.ng closely \lith the corrmurrl'ty deve.Lopment, 6

j'

The 10', cost' housing expert \<'10 was assigned to Libya during 1958 has remainedthtough·1959-6iJ. The proje~t will continue up to the last quarter of 196f. 'As'the p.l.anaTor- demonstration building,

usih~

low-cost techniques'; r;a;e

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been approved in principle

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the Government, it is expected that model buildings will be erecteci' sliortiy~""

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~X¢~rt

completed a two-monthisurvey of urban and inim~dj,ate assigrunent of two experts, one for low-cost

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housing and city planning and the other for rural housing and pla.nningand provision, of equipment and materials for demonstration of a low-cost pilot housing construc- tion project in llogadiscio, Somalia. At a later stage a rural demonstration project' would be established under the regular programme.

65.'

A fellowship, for four months, was awarded to a candidate from the Union of South Africa, for a study of scientific and industrial research establishmen~

inclUding those concerned with building in various European countries, the United States and Canada.

~p_ During

1960

two short-term experts have advised the Government of United 'rab Republic (Egyptian Region) on the ,establishment of a bUilding _resear~h insti- tute where applied research would be used to bring about more efficient utilization of locally available materiails in the building industry.

(I) Health

ttl..

On the whole, technical assistance in the field of health has received

high priority from the member countries of EGA., In addition to assistance under EPTA, IIHO provided the services of experts, fellowships and equipment under its regular programme. A few examples in different fields are described below:' 6S;' WHO provided a team of experts to the Government of Kenya in a-tubercu-

losis control project to assess the tuberculosis 'problem in the Nairobi area and to study methods for domiciliary treatment of tUberculosis with drugs both in

!'iairobi and. among adjacent rural populations. Following the findings of two special surveys conducted by the,¹'ID team, a mass X-ray campaign has been undertaken by mobile units in certain sections of the population. Altogether, between

1

July

1958

and

15

March

1960,

more than

52,000

persons were X-rayed and

15,000

sputum epeciinens examined. Eight hundred'tuberculosis patients are under treatment at the Nairobi Chest Clinic.UNICill' haa provided the equipment and supplies.

6,.,

Since February

1954,

in cooperation with UNICEF,

liTHO

has provided expert assistance to the Government of Nigeria, in the field of yaws control. The main objectives of the yaws eradication project are to carry out systematic control of yaws throughout the country, to train local personnel in yaws control and in other aspects of rural health, to develop and build into and around these activities better general rural health services thr6ugha network of rural health centres.

From

February 1954

to

30

June

1960,

a total of approximately

21.5

million people were examined during initial treatment surveys and subsequent resurveys carried out in the three regions of Nigeria and the Cameroons under United Kingdom administra- tion. As the yaws teamsoperated in areas of nigh prevalence (over ten percent of

Clip;cal act.:i~.Lj;ot.aLma.S&

trea.t.ment

was- the-a.ceeptedyolicy, This has

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brought about a quick reduction of the reservoir of infectious yaws cases, in most areas to less than 0.5 per cent. In addition, projects for promotinp better rural health services following the yaws campaign are in operation in Eastern and Northern Nigeria, while a similar programne is being >forked out for Western Nigeria";""

70. Under its regular programme WHO has continued to provide expert assistance to strengthen and re-orient existing arrangements for training auxiliary health personnel in Somalia and to integrate health services "more fully into other work for raising the standard of living and securing ccmmuruty participation. Since the project started at the beginning of 1959, the curriculum for the training of health officers, nurse-midwives, and s~litarians has been prepared and training programmes are under way. An urban health centre, or' anized and supervised by the \100 team, is being used for demonstration purposes and practical training.

71. " In ZanZibar, experts have" continued to assist the Government in the train- ing of sanitary inspectors and rural health workers, such as local midwives and nurses. The syllabus of the health inspectors' course (1960-1961) consists, briefly of building sciences and construction, the design of sinlple sanitary installations, water supplies and sewerage, food hygiene," the control of diseases, and principles of public health law.

72.

Assistance has been given by :"00 under the Regular and Expanded Programmes liberally supplemented with resources from the 1Il8.1aria Eradication Special Account, for advisory services to aase s s the maLar-i.a situation in Africa for pilot projects and pre-eradication operations, and specially for training. In lJorthern and North- Eastern «frica, a malaria eradication progranme is about to be started with l'lHO assistance in the United Arab RepUblic (Egyptian Region), and pre-eradication surveJ5 have been completed in Libya and Tunisia where plans for the launching of eradica- tion programmes are being completed." A malaria eradication pilot project in

Ethiopia t.ernunat.ed at the end of 1959 when the project area 11as converted into a field training area. Assessment surveys to define the extent of the problem and the phase of eradication reached have now been carried out in parts of Mozambique, Southern Rhodesia, Swazftand and the malarious parts of the Union "of South Africa.

In tropical Africa, in a large portion of South ~st8rn ,\frica the eradication of malaria by residual spraying is known to be technically feasible and 1'Iithin the

existing financial and administrative possibilities. On the "other hand, in

Tl'opical .\frica it will be a difficult undertaking due to the lack of conmurii.ca-"

tions, traine. personnel arid funds to promote and carry out a successful carcpa.Ign,

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numerous pilot projects are in progress' to establish practical methods of malaria:.

eradication in differing local conctitiohS~

(J) Education

73.

m~ESCO has provided teohnical a.ssistance to M'rican countries under both EFTA and its regular prcgranrne , A few projects in different fields of education may be briefly reviewed here. In collaboration "ith the Government of .i!:thiopia, Ul{ESCO organized a meeting of ministers and directors of education of tropical African countries in Addis .•baba in February 1960, which was attended by twenty- five delegates representing fifteen countries, together with twenty-eight obser~

vel's.' The meeting discussed the needs of tropical African countries in .the fields of primary, secondary, technical and vocational education, and assessed the timing, nature and scope of national, regional and international action to meet them.

UNJ>SCO has based the planning of its African progranrne for 1961/62 on the report and r'econrnendat.Lons of the conference'...

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Under its regular prograimne of technical assistance, Ul~"SCO has proposed a meeting should be held" in\bidjan, Ivory Coast from 5-18 December 1960 with'representatives from twenty-siX Afric'an countries and fifteen international organizations. It will discuss the teaching of sciences in secondary schools, the training of teachers and the popularizing of science.

75. Under the expanded pr-ogramne , Ul~.zSCO organized a training course for "

selected broadcasting personnel from the Arab speaking States. in the region tdhelp overccme the shortage of trained radio documentary broadcaat.er-e , which seriously handicaps the use of broadcasting to promote ecohomic developnent in the region<

The 'training course, the first 'of its,kind,.on.:1l ,regio,na,l,Q<:ls.is~,.washeld in.,.

Kha.rtoum, SUdan, from 4 January to 2b·Februa~y, 19bO. I t..'icncluded lectures sup- ported by sound '·reoordings, "ith recorded demonstrations, radio progr-arrmee and.

field 'exercises ih recording

and

production. The exp8rience gained in the Khartoum train"ing course will serve as a valuable guide in the planning of similar regional CO\1.i-'s~sfor,Atrica. 11itht he assistance of a UlMSCOexpert, the Bureau of Ghana Languageilis Lncreaei.ng its publ.Lcat.Lon of text books and,h,ealth. education material in English and the Languages of Ghana. veminars for teachers on .the >Iritine of text books are being organized. The activities of the fureau have attracted r.,·",erous distinguiShed visitors .f'ror. abroad to discuss the solution which the

Bureau has found to the >Iriting; niustrat1on,ediliing and publication of gr-aded text books in a number of vernaculars as well as in Engl.Lsh , •

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Since

1952 UNESCO

_. has peen providing assistance in Libya in fundamental, . - " , ' ..

education. \Jork in this field continued in

1960

at the. Fuehat Centre (CYl'enaica), which was opened in

195:3.

In

1960

UN~CO provided instructors at this centre to

continue training courses which combined teacher training and <ldult education, including rural education and handicrafts, and ~~men's education. A national centre is being planned, which should be of value to the country as a whole.

77.

In the field of teaching and res~arch in social science, UNJSOO has sent two missions to Morocco since

1958.

The first mission recon.mended that a centre of sociology ehoul.d be established within the f'ramewor'k of the University of Rab,:t.

In

1960,

the UNt:SCO expert gave courses in general sociology at the Law Faculty of Rabat and as"isted the university authorities in the setting up of the Institute of Sociology which was inaugurated in October

1960.

A refresher·course for French- speaking economists in Africa will take place from

19

December to

I

January

1961

in Rabat.

78.

In, Somalia, with the assistance of UNibOO, long term assistance is being given in ti'le field of teacher training which is felt to be the key to Somalia's educational problems.

79.

f'"semin<lr on educational opportunities for girls at the primary and seco~-,

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dary level in tropical Africa was. held in Cchonou, Dahomey, from 24~lay t02 June.

1960

with the participation of re~resentativesfrom sixteen countries and territo~

ies ...The:purpose of the seminar "as, inter alia, to fOcUS attention on the main prob.Iema, .LnvoLved in the pr-ovi.sd.on of primary education and of secondary educati.on

(general, tecl)rQ.cal and_.

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vocatdonal.)^~'. for girls in tropical Africa, and to examfne ..

the measures already taken or under consideration in the different countries and territories to deal with those countries.

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was held at Accra 'from .

28

~larch' to 9 April with the par-t.Lci.pat.Lon of r-epresent.atdves

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from twelve countries. thE! purpose of' the seminar was'to lay the foundation for future policies {nthe f1:eic1of v6c'a.ti'Onal and technica:r.'edhcation and to i.nvesti- gate the educational needs of tropical Africa with

a 'view'

to the organizati;'nof sub8equenf activities in the training;'r personnel at techni6af arid voc'ational schools~

Atomic (K)

81:'

energy

mergy

In African countries, technical assistance in the 'broad field of atomic ha$ been started and in some cases continued in

1960;

this assistance took

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the form of fellowships, equipment and experts and was based rrainly on the findings of a Pr-e.lintinar-y AssiSt-ance l·.:l.ssionfrom IiWA which visited the Sudan, the Ivory' Coast, Senegal, J.:a.li, Jiioroccoand Tunisia.

82. A Training Course in the use of' radf.cd.sot.opee has lieen organized jointly by the 'Commission for

Nu61earScien~es

of the Congo and the Foundation for hutual Assistance in Africa south of the Sahara, vrit.h the aid o'f the International Atoniic' Energy llg'ency and of the United Jtates International Cooperation Administration.

The course was held 'at Lovanium University, Leopoldvi11e, Congo, from 16 hay to 19 June 1960.

8y. In Moroc'co, advice Has given on the possibilities of the recovery of

uranium from phosphate ores. Assistance has been given to the radioisotope 'centre

in

Cairo. This consists of a central establishment with laboratories and facili- ties specially designed for'the training of personnel. Combined with a series of specialized units scattered all over the country, 'this centre might become a

nucleus for requests for technical assistance, aimed at consolidating the existing facil:ttiesto broaden the work of 't.he centre in order to facilitate'its auXiliarY service. I~A has provided fellm/ships to l~rocco. IAEA has provided fellowships to the Union of South Africa and SUdan.

84.

In Tunisia, an agricUltural chemist is assisting in the introduction of radioisotope techniques in the current research projects 'of the Institute of BOtany and Agronomy. Equipment Has also provided.

85. 'Inth~ Ullited Arab Republic, expert advice was given on the various ap- plications of radioisotopes to agriculture and 'particularly in connexion with re- search into the control of parasites and insects. IAEA has provided fellowships to the United Arab rlepublic.

(L)C~mmunityDevelopment

~6. ,This category includes technical assistance in fundamental and. "out of scho.ol" education, in community development proper, and aas-ist.ance to community cent res connected with agricultural extension, home econorn.os , nutrition and rural health services. UNTA, lJhich is primarily responsible for social development and corrmuni.t.y welfare, co-operated with. other Participating Organizations)name,ly,tb-_{fl •} IW, FAO, _U1~c.0CO, and l'JHO, which gave assistance in matters relating to thei;:;;

respective fields.

87.

In I,orocco, the assistance. in "OQT;"j'Jlunity development.., initiated' ,in,

1957, ha?

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which concentrated, after the departure of the team leader, on the pilot project

set, 11p I'.t Lalla-!"Iin:olills. _-,.~,:".,

&1. In Southern Cameroons, two experts have started their six month as,?igl(!1l'!lnt~.

in the field of community deveLopment. under the UlnA Regular r'nogr-amme ,

89. In Sudan, a community development expert has continued to assist the_" GoY~fP:_ .1..".._"

ment in the planning of a comprehensive cOmP',unity development programme and to "

integrate into this progranme the various activities now being carried out in the Sudan in the field of health, fundamental education..and the production of audio- visual aids. He has also been advising on the introduction of some community de- velopment projects in various parts of the country fOr demonstration and training purposes. An expert in resettlement problems was sent to assist in the 'fadi Halfa Resettlement Project,

90. UlJiSCO has provided experts at the commurri.t.y centre (Sebha) and at the '{ural Teacher Training School for' omen (Fezzon.}. The main activities include

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training courses for teachers of adult education and for r'l,ral teachers.

91. In Tunisia, a corn~nity development expert assisted by a Netherlands Associate. Expert .advised the GovernrQent in the development of pilot projects in various parts of the country.

92. A seminar on f'arLl.y and child welfare ','ithin the community development progr-arme , provided under the UNTA Regular r'r-ogranme is scheduled to be held in Accra, Ghana, for two weeks in the last quarter of 1960. This has been nerged 'lith the project lli,der ECA's programme and described as a workshop. It is being directed and adrd.ni.st er-ed b:' the ECA.

93. FoLl.ovring last yearIs Community Development Study Tour in Africa, UNTA, in collaboration with "C,l, is again arranging a Community Development Study Tour to take place f'rom 15 October to

3

December 1960.

94. An important aspect of eeneral cO"'IT~nitydevelopment is reflected in the assistance of

-'00

^'"0 the Government of Libya. Since 1954, WHO has been helping to demonstrate modern methods of maternal and child care and to establish and

conduct a training progrruTme for community midwife and health visitors in Libya.

Hith the assistance of WHO, the Government has established in 1957 a nursing school in Tripoli for the training of professional and auxiliary nursing. UNICEF

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is providing equipment and supplies for all these programmes with the objective of training staff ·for the Government's rural and urban health services.

(;.j) Other Social Services

95.

This broad heading includes various technical although mainly social or cultural in character, none bearing upon economic development.

96. A social welfare adviser provided under the _UNf~ ,,,,gular PrGgramme con- tinu~ to ass tat the Government of Ethiopia to initiate a two-year social vork diplDma COUI'5e vrhi.c': included lectures, discuss:'on and seminars and practical field work. A fellowship in social welfare for twelve months has been awarded to an ~thiopian social welfare worker in 1960. In horocco, a social welfare expert waS provided in 1960 to assist in the administration of programmes for social

services, and in training social uo rker-s ,

9'7.

In 1960 a nine months' fellowship was awarded to a Tunisian to study social work training in France. A seminar on social welfare adF.inistration and training for Arab States was held in Copenhagen I'r-or 15 August to 15 September 1960, with tW1lllty-one participauts from ten countries, including t he follcHing African countries: 'Libya, Morocco, Sudan and 'l\misia. It provided an opportunity for sharing experiences so as to det.ern.Ine common needs on the b.isLs ·of which future social welfare policies could be founded and training programIT&s organized.

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III. F1JrURE PR05FECTS

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'lll. The need to build up the Afi'iean programme is'!i~#<lCiatedby all·· c,'1'.j :

c:)ncet-neti in order to meet the p!1;ssing' requirements of 'the n'ewly independent .'", countries whose programmes of',t~chnicalasSistaricehave hitllertb'been very mode'stj and in acme cases almost

negi±gible~"Thei:l1'forl

riJade'iIi<th:i.,,:direction

has

already produced very encouragr,hg resiiit~,; 'Theapproved'Ciltegory I Programme for

1960

amounted to about

$5.03

lllillion'f61" eountriEls and'territor:ies iii

Aff:1ro.

For

1961-62

however, the Technical Assistance Board

ha"

snbmitt,ed to the Technical Assistance Committee for approval a CategoiJ' I programme for Africa in the amount of

$21.7

million _~Ihieh conetd, tu.tes about

30.6

per cent of the total Expanded Prograzmne for the biennium. The amount includes programmes cost- ing approximately $7.S million for the twelve Republics of the Franco-Afriaan community,!! the Republic of Camer-oun, B11d the trust territories of Ruanda Urundi.

South Camer-oon ani Tanganyika. Most of the addf.td rma.L reoou..rces available to the Expanded Programme are oedrig devoted to meet the reqilrements of the newly--indepell- dent or emergent countries and territories in Afri(ja" And i t may be predicted with reasonable confidence that the level of programmes roX' these count.ra.es will see further increases in the future.

99.

The

1961-62

programmes for these countries and territories had to be prepared in considerable haste so that they are neither complete nor definitive at this stage -- almost certail1ly they will require ~ g~~d many' adjustments in the course of their actual implementati00. In addition, it should be borne in lllind that once the programme i3 approved, there wouJrt still r-emaanthe all-1mport- ant question of delivery. While the Partici.pating Orgarrisatdons may be expected to do their best to deliver their ap~~ved programmeD to the fullest possible extent, i t is to be seen how soon a reasonable rate of implementation "an be achieved, especially in thoce ~olli~trieswhich .0_11 receive technical assistance

!! Central Africa Republic, Chad, Congo (BrazzaviJ1.e), Dahomey, Gabon,

Ivoljr

Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta.

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for

'the first time and which are not yet-e.ble to satisfy

!ul.ly-

the

pre-eondi-

tiona or successful 'technical assistance activity.

100.

In

spite of these reservations, the year 1960 must be regarded as a

lanQroark_{" 1'~ ";.,}in_l.

the history of the. United Nations programmes of technical assistance

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'in Africa.. And by.all tokens, a,etivities under the Expanded Programme, the Special Fund and the regular programmes of the Participating Organizations are

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destined to expand further over the eomi,ng years •

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s., ·_·ExPianatoryNote on Statistica1..'l'a.b1es

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1. Al.l;.totals shown relate to the whole continent of Africa and to, A,frican islands. In other reports of TAB, the Egyptian RegiQ(l of the l.Jn;tted Arab Republic is treated as

part

df the l1idd1e East region.

2. For 1959, all data given relate to the programme as actually delivered -. Ji:lcpenditures for the Expanded Programme include that

portion of the local costs of experts' services which is reimbursed by . the· _recet~ng governments.

3.

For 1960, all data relate to the programmes as approved including , . ,estimated· local costs obligations of recipient governments, as wel;Las

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.expenditu~e~.authorized as contingency allocations up to 30 September 1960.

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For

1961/62,

the by TAB for the approval

Category of TAC.

I programme is shown as recommended

5. The term "fellows" also covers scholars, holders of study grant,:,.

and worker-trainees.

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Table 1

Cost of Field Programme in Africa. 1959 - 1961/62

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(in thous~d~

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1961-

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1959 (Delivered) 1960 (Approved) 1962

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l>PTA Re@r' "'Total .:

EPTA .'

Regular Total. EPTA

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Algeria ' 3,303

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7,003 4,060 12,550 16,610 6,600

(Fr.dept.of)

Basutoland 1,500

_1~~'845

14,345 39.°18 20,727 59,745 ' 81/600 Bechuanaland ),709 _{3,709 31,773} 86,742 '118,51'S 24;798 British 105,168 2,,555 107,723 93,606 93,606 "40,400

East Africa (B.A. H.C.)

British 20,1S9 20,189 42,635 18,944 61,579 '

Somali1and

Camerourr.. 37

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10,492 47,711 47,667 38,096 ' 85,763 599,300

Central

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391,950

African Rep. .

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ld,991

Chad 10,991 4'06,350

Camores Isl., 16,900 16;900 50,660

Congo 9,500 9,500 299,200

(Brazzaville)

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Congo 14,223. , 14,22) 1,600 ·3,500 ' 5,100'

(Leopo1dvi11e)

Dahomey 12,500 1:?,491.

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405,400

Ethiopia 481,026 154,866 635,892 481,227 226,950 708,177 969,832 French terr. 15,267 27,135 42,4 02

in Africa

French 50,400

Somaliland

Gabon 6,000 6,000 360,200

Gambia 42,061 2,600 44,661 82,700

Ghana

265,224 52,249 317,473 341,516 146,810 488,326 730,848

Guinea 59,809 22,277 82,086 211,020 67,216 278,236 728,075

Ivory Coast 378 378 14,000 3,500 17,500 511,200

Kenya 55,216 10,400 65,616 74,795 )2,348 107,143 143,600 Liberia 235,729 148,643 384,372 237,386 254,706 492,092 428,024

Libya

713,642 116,976 830,618 649,011 139,352 788,363 1,239,747

Hadagascar 4,000 4,000 18,991 115,005 133,996 620,450