 Contract
to train Ethiopian Civil Servants
In a world climate dominated
by conflict Ethiopia stands out as a country in transition from conflict
to peace and development.
The Bradford
Centre for International Development (BCID) is making a contribution
to this process by training civil servants across Ethiopia's federal and
regional governments.
Course Directors David Potts
and Dr P.B. Anand won a contract to initially deliver two training courses
to train 40 civil servants in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
last year.
In the evaluation, the participants
rated the courses 'excellent' and the Centre has now been invited to deliver
a further set of six courses, each lasting two weeks.
Up to 24 civil servants from
ministries at federal, regional and local level in Ethiopia will participate
in the course. Many of the candidates have never travelled out of Ethiopia.
Topics in the course include:
issues in development, designing development policies and projects, decision
making in such projects, and participation of stakeholders and civil society.
The courses reflect a 'Bradford approach' and focus on making knowledge
useful for policy and practice.
Anand and David said: "Winning
this contract from an international bidding process has once again demonstrated
that the Centre is at the cutting edge of research and training concerning
project and policy analysis. The main benefit from these courses is in
widening access and creating ambassadors of the University across different
regions in Ethiopia."
6 May
2003
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