Hello Sidi, Could you kindly mail me details of the ADB/Japan fellowship programme and an Application Form as soon as possible. I just learnt this information from a friend , but he could not give me anymore details. Anyway, Hoping to hear from you soon. Name: Swaibou Barry, 26 Eversleigh Rd, Eastham, London, England E6 1HQ. >From: Sidi Sanneh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: ADB/JAPAN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME (Progress Report) >Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 11:32:05 -0400 > >Responses to my solicitation have been numerous. Inquiries from Africa, >including The Gambia, Europe, America and Asia have been received and >application forms despatched. I hope that it will reach you in time to >beat the deadline of 25th July 2000. Good luck to this year's applicants. > >According to my records, 3 (three) Gambians have already benefited from the >programme since the inception of the programme 5 years ago making Gambia >the biggest single beneficiary. Not bad when you are competing with the >Nigerias, Ghanas etc. As far as I am aware, two of the three have >successfully completed their Masters and have since returned home. One is >a medical demographer presently employed at the MRC. I have lost track of >the other. > >On the rec >ruitment drive, the last vacancy notice I posted on the L netted >The Gambia one post (Financial Analyst) bringing the total of Gambians at >the ADB to eleven, ten professionals and one general staff. Gambians >constitute one per cent of total Bank staff, while our stockholding >represent only 0.133 per cent of total stock. > > >Sidi Sanneh > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------