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Sector Development
1997 Publications
"Source Book
of African People's Organizations"
"Documenting
successful NGOs experience"
"Small
Business Management - A training Manual" No. 6.
"Special
Initiative on Governance in Africa - Consultation Report"
"People
First": Vol. 7, No. 1,
"Etudies sur
le developpement participatif - cas du Niger" - No. 6
"Training
Workshop on project formulation methods and resource mobilization strategies"
"Leadership
Training: Consultative Symposium on Strengthening Capacity for Gender Initiatives and Sub-
regional Co-operation"
Private Sector
Development Theme
- National Workshop on the promotion of
the Informal Sector for Development in Africa, 12-13 February 1998, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on
Proposals for Standardization and Quality Control of Industrial Products in the Content of
the Abuja Treaty 28-30 April 1998, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Ad-hoc Expert Group Meeting on
Evaluation of the Second IDDA to Propose Programme Adjustment, 5-7 May 1998, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
- Civil Society Participation in
Development and Governance Theme
- National workshop on NGO/CSO
Organizational development, strategic planning, resource mobilization techniques/donor
relations and financial management, 20 April 1998, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Training of trainers on management of
NGOs/CSOs resources and programmes, 27 April 1998, (venue to be determined).
- Workshop on Conflict Resolution
Methods and techniques, 16 June 1998, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Subregional Workshop on Resources
Management 23 June 1998, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Training Seminar on the United
Nations early Warning System, 27 July 1998, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- National Workshop on NGO/CSO
Organizational Development, Strategic Planning, Resource Mobilization Techniques/Donor
Relations and Financial Management, 31 August 1998 (venue to be determined).
- Review of Capacities, Activities and
Services to Enhance the Capacities on NGOs/CSOs in Africa, 31 August 1998, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
- Subregional Workshop on resource
Management, 9-13 November 1998, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Training Seminar on International
Watch, 23-27 November 1998, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- National Workshop on NGO/CSO
Organizational Development, Strategic Planning, Resource Mobilization Techniques/Donor
Relations and Financial Management, 26 December 1998 (venue to be determined).
- Workshop on Conflict Resolution
Methods and Techniques, 5 December 1998, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Upcoming Publications (1998)
Private Sector
Development Theme
- Review of Current Trends, Approaches
and Strategies to Private Sector Development: Subregional Case Studies.
- Comparative Case Studies on Private
Sector Development Programmes of Selected countries in Asia and Latin America.
- Conference Room Paper on the Strategy
for Revitalizing Private Sector Development in Africa.
- Review of Current Trends, Approaches
and Strategies, to Private Sector Development: Synthesis Report.
- Case Study of "Best
Practices" Aimed at Popularizing Micro-financing.
"Source
Book of African People's Organizations"
The Division has published a two
Volume Source Book on African People's Organizations. The Source Book has over 2000
entries of people's organizations and contains essential information and Scope of
Programme activities. It is designed to facilitate networking among and contacts with a
rapidly growing number of people's organizations in Africa.
"Documenting
successful NGOs experience"
A case study of Ethiopia". This
is the first of a series of case studies that will be prepared on the performance and
affectiveness of African NGOs. This particular issue looks at the famine period in
Ethiopia and the international community's response to assist drought and famine victims.
A great deal of the relief assistance was carried out by the NGOs and /or channelled
through them by donor agencies. A large number of international NGOs came to Ethiopia to
undertake relief operation and to assist in rehabilitation efforts. A number of local NGOs
emerged during the same period to join the massive program assistance. This case study
seeks to investigate and draw useful experiences from the operations and development
efforts of selected NGOs, both international and indigenous, and particularly their
efforts to improve the quality of life of the rural and urban poor in Ethiopia.
"Small
Business Management - A training Manual" No. 6.
The promotion of small-scale
enterprise as a vehicle for growth and poverty alleviation in Africa is an area that is
gaining wide acceptance by experts and policy makers. As the role of the NGOs and POs is
slowly shifting from relief types of activities to a more complicated development oriented
actions, the need to have a through understanding of how income generating units operate
has become very crucial. The manual puts forward a "how to" guide on ways NGOs
can assist new and emerging community based small and medium enterprises with organizing
and managing their financial affairs. The manual has already generated considerable
interest among NGOs engaged in income activities as expressed by the increasing demand for
the publication.
"Special
Initiative on Governance in Africa - Consultation Report"
This was an NGO/CSO Regional
Consultation on Governance in Africa. UNDP and ECA shared responsibility under the UNSSIA
for improving coordination in the areas of capacity building, peace-building, conflict
resolution and national reconciliation, and strengthening civil society for development,
all linked to the governance agenda. Effective good governance and sustainable development
is predicated on efficient public sector management systems and practices; establishment
of appropriate legal frameworks that guarantee the rule of law; instalment of systems that
ensure both economic and financial accountability; and ensure transparency. The
consultation noted both the state and non-state sectors must reach a consensus on a common
definition, priority agenda and practical modalities for popular participation in
governance. It also noted that defining the nexus between popular participation,
governance, peace, and development must invariably include the collaborative initiatives
of various actors including ECA, UNDP, and the OAU on one hand and representative African
governments, African NGOs and other civic organizations in the continent.
"People
First": Vol. 7, No. 1,
This Newsletter is published twice a
year by the Popular Participation in Development of the Development Management Division.
It is intended to facilitate dialogue among the development community on issues related to
participation and development in Africa. This particular issue focuses on Analysis of
conflict in Africa. Topics highlighted in the current volume include: The Kampala Peace
Conference; The United Nations agenda for Peace; Emergence of Local Peoples Organizations
in Time of conflict: Lessons from the Somaliland; and UN System-wide Special Initiative on
Africa.
"Etudies sur
le developpement participatif - cas du Niger" - No. 6
Without the active involvement of
people and their organizations in the development process, improvements of human
conditions can neither be achieved nor sustained. The study is designed to promote and
facilitate the institutionalization of participatory processes and enhance people's
involvement in the political, social and economic lives of the country and the sharing of
experiences, ideas, concepts, institutional mechanism and organizational forms on
participatory development.
"Training
Workshop on project formulation methods and resource mobilization strategies"
This training workshop was
particularly targeted and organized to NGOs operating in Ormomia Region in the Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The program was developed as a result of a need
assessment mission organized by members of the Technical Committee for Reintegration
Programme in Oromia region. In this training workshop, trainees were exposed to a
comprehensive approach of project preparation and design that is based on the
"logical framework" methodology.
"Leadership
Training: Consultative Symposium on Strengthening Capacity for Gender Initiatives and Sub-
regional Co-operation"
Two major issues which must be
addressed in order to realize meaningful economic empowerment for women include: access
and control of productive resources; and, integrating women into economic related decision
making structures. Yet in Africa, no appreciable development, so far, taken place to
demonstrate narrowing of the gender-gap. A lot remains to be done. Recommendations of the
Global and Regional Platforms of Action, provide the framework for dealing with gender
equity. Due to the importance of this issue, several initiatives, actors and mechanism are
in place in several African countries and more continue to emerge. The symposium provided
a forum for the actors' stakeholder to address the critical issues of economic empowerment
for gender equity in the Eastern African sub-region, and formulate policies, strategies,
alternative mechanism etc. to address this critical issue.
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