COURSE ON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ANALYSIS IN AFRICA

FOR LUSOPHONE AFRICAN COUNTRIES

(Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome & Principe)

A Portuguese Session

UN-IDEP, Dakar, Senegal

23 April – 18 May 2007

v     Four (4) weeks of intensive training in agricultural policy analysis in Africa for twenty participants.

v     Four selected modules encompassing theoretical and practical tools of agricultural policy analysis, covering three main components: (i) Agricultural development policies and rural poverty in Africa, (ii) Food and Agricultural trade, (iii) Methods of investigation and analytical instruments.

v     A course delivered in Portuguese by Top-level Professionals and academics.

v     Expected results including (i) A better understanding of agricultural development issues in Africa, (ii) More effective participation in international agricultural trade negotiations, (iii)  Capability  to design and formulate efficient domestic trade policies and (iv) Enhanced capacity to apply practical tools and methods to the diagnosis and solution of agricultural development problems

v     Targets:

Officials from Lusophone African countries with a solid background in Economics, Agricultural Economics or Agricultural Sciences from the public and private sectors (including the civil society) involved in policy making in agriculture and rural development.

v     Application and deadline:

Application forms (also available on IDEP Web Site) are to be duly completed by the candidate and confirmed by the relevant authority and should reach the address below together with photocopies of the relevant pages of the passport not later than 23 March 2007.

African Institute for Economic Development and Planning

(IDEP)

P.O. Box: 3186 CP 18524

Dakar, Senegal

Tel.: (221) 33 823 10 20 / Fax: (221) 33 822 29 64

Email: idep@unidep.org

Web site: http://www.unidep.org