The
United Nations Public Administration Network (UNPAN) is a project being implemented by IDEP in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economics and Social Affairs
(DESA), Division of Public Economics and Public Administration. It is an on-line Information Network
on Public Policy and Public Administration and Finance, with the primary aim of the
providing IDEP member States with first-hand and up-to-date information on Public Sector
Management with a view to creating an efficient and high performing public sector, and at the same
time stimulate the sharing of experiences. The network
generates information resources focusing on public economic policies, governance and institutional
building, civil services and public sector reform, management innovation and development, and public
finance.
Apart
from connecting major Public Administration institutions in Asia, North America, Europe and Latin
America, the web-based Network now includes some of
IDEP’s member States in the Central, Eastern, Southern, Northern and West Africa subregions.
2nd
UNPAN TRAINING WORKSHOP ON E-INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - Dakar,
SENEGAL, 16-20 July 2001
African Itinerant College for Culture and Development (AICCD)
The activities of the project on the Itinerant College on the Cultural Dimensions of Development in Africa (AICCD) had two phases during the 1998/99 academic year. The first involved planning towards the sustainability and viability of the College over the medium and long term horizon and took the form of two interrelated activities: a briefing session on for the diplomatie community and the media, and a donors meeting. The second phase involved implementation of a set of programmed activities for 1999 that had been endorsed at a donors conference and workshops such as:
Subregional Workshop on the Cultural Approach to HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care for Sustainable Development in Africa, 24-28 May 1999, Banket, Zimbabwe
Regional Workshop on Socio-Cultural Impact of Demographic Behaviour on Population Policies and Programmes in Africa, 26-30 July 1999, Douala, Cameroon.
and
the International Conference on the Cultural Approach to Development in Africa, 10-14 December
2001, Dakar - Senegal.
African Futures Node IV Network on Long-term Perspective Studies (NLTPS)
Within the framework of the UNDP-funded African Futures (Phase II) Project on Long-term Perspectives Studies Project, IDEP is the lead node among 10 other institutions in the Node IV network responsible for training and capacity building on LTPS in Africa. Three other networks exist which take responsibility for research (Node I), information management (Node II), and advisory services (Node III).
Recent activities in which IDEP has actually participated include:
(a) organization of the training of trainers (TOT) workshop in Akosombo, Ghana;
(b) an advisory services mission to Namibia;
(c) and preparation and completion of the Revised Strategic Plan for Node IV.
The TOT Workshop in Akosombo, Ghana, 12-16 April 1999
Preparation
& Submission of Node IV Revised Strategic Plan.