The
African Forum for Utility Regulators
holds its 6th Annual Conference and General
Assembly under the theme: Pro-Poor Regulation:
Meeting the Millennium Development Goals
for Infrastructure Services in Africa
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On
22–24 April 2009, the African Forum
for Utility Regulators (AFUR) held its
6th Annual Conference and General Assembly
in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
An ACBF delegation comprising Dr. Edwin
Forlemu (Executive Secretary a.i) and Dr.
Samba Ka (Manager, Operations Department
III), attended the event. |
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| ACBF takes
part in the 12th General Conference of
the Association of African Universities
(AAU) |
On 4-9 May 2009,
in Abuja, Nigeria, a delegation of the
African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
took part in the 12th General Conference
of the Association of African Universities
(AAU). The ACBF delegation comprised the
following persons: Edwin N. Forlemu, Executive
Secretary a.i.; Emmie Wade, Program Officer,
Training Operations Department; and Dickson
Antwi, Program Officer, Operations Department
III. |
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ACBF
provides a US$1.9 million grant to the
ECOWAS Commission |
On 6 May 2009,
in Abuja, Nigeria, the African Capacity
Building Foundation (ACBF) and the Commission
of the Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS) signed a US$ 1.92 million
Grant Agreement that will support human
and institutional capacity building efforts
in the Commission through the establishment
of an Economic Policy Analysis Unit (EPAU). |
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ACBF
meets with the British Council |
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On
18 May 2009, ACBF management and staff
met with officials from the British Council.
The meeting provided an opportunity for
both institutions to exchange information
on their activities and priorities. |
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TRAINING
OF TRAINERS WORKSHOP FOR MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
INSTITUTES:
PUBLIC
SECTOR MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMME
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On
18 May 2009 in Harare, Zimbabwe, the
Executive Secretary a.i. of ACBF, Edwin
N. Forlemu, delivered a keynote address
at the official opening ceremony of a
two-week training of trainers workshop
for Management Development Institutes
(MDIs), under the auspices of the Public
Sector Management Training Program at
Africa University (PSMTP – AU). |
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KMD
Releases Occasional Paper No.8: Public
Financial Management Reforms in Developing
Countries – Lessons of Experience
from Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda |
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ACBF Knowledge
Management Department is pleased to announce
the release of ACBF Occasional Paper No.
8 titled Public Financial Management Reforms
in Developing Countries: Lessons of Experience
from Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda. The paper
reviews the growing interest in the quality
of public financial management in developing
countries, the emergence of a new set of
objectives for public financial management,
following the rise of the “new public
management”... |
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| Forthcoming
Publication: Gender Budgeting
as a Tool for Poverty Reduction |
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Budgets are not
gender neutral. They affect women and men
in different ways, reflecting the uneven
distribution of power within society as
economic disparities, different living
conditions, and ascribed social roles. |
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| ACBF Signs
Memorandum of Understanding with The United
Nations Institute for Training and Research |
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On
2 March 2009, the African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF) signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with the United Nations
Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. |
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