Hi folks, FYI. And please pardon the cross-posting. Katim CIPE News wrote: > More than 60 representatives of think tanks and other economic development > institutions from 19 African countries gathered to discuss the > institutional challenges they face and priority policy issues on the Sub > Continent. The conference entitled, "Think Tanks As Policy Catalysts in > Africa: A Capacity Building Workshop," was held in Harare, Zimbabwe, March > 8-10, 1999. It was co-sponsored by the Center for International Private > Enterprise (CIPE), Secretariat for Institutional Support for Economic > Research in Africa (SISERA), World Bank Institute (formerly the Economic > Development Institute) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). > > The first two days focused on operational issues such as board governance, > think tank models and fund raising, while the third day addressed policy > issues such as budget transparency, democracy and good governance. Alan > Gelb, Chief Economist for Africa at the World Bank gave the keynote > address, and case studies from Germany, Poland and Lebanon were presented. > > As a follow-up to the conference, a Web site has been established to post a > number of documents related to the event including: agenda, participant > list, speaker biographies, organization descriptions, conference papers, > speeches, and eventually the conference report. The Internet address for > this site is: > > http://www.cipe.org/events/conf/africa/index.html > > Three highlights of the site include: > > 1.) Erik C. Johnson - Mr. Johnson's paper entitled, "Nongovernmental Think > Tanks in Sub Saharan Africa: Surveying the Landscape" encapsulates the > findings of an extensive institutional capabilities survey of think tanks > in Africa, the first of its kind. Mr. Johnson highlighted major trends in > the work of African think tanks including comparative advantages, research > priorities, and outreach strategies. > > 1.) Alan Gelb - In his speech entitled, "What Should Think Tanks Think > About As Africa Enters the 21st Century?" Dr. Gelb outlined four strategies > which African think tanks could concentrate on in the future: demography, > savings and growth; conflict and poverty; the economic structure of global > integration; issues surrounding institutions, transparency, accountability, > and incentives. > > 1.) Crispin Gregoire - In his conference paper entitled, "Governance and > Management Strategies for African Think Tanks," Mr. Gregoire focussed on > the role of the board of directors in governing a nonprofit organization. > He outlined ten major responsibilities of the board including selecting the > chief executive, ensuring adequate resources, and recruiting and orienting > new board members. > > In the future, CIPE will also be posting speeches and papers by other > prominent reformers such as Sam Wangwe of the Economic and Social Research > Foundation in Tanzania, Betty Maina of the Institute for Economic Affairs > in Kenya and Prof. Akin L. Mabogunje of the Development Policy Center in > Nigeria. > > ============================================================================ > THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISE > 1155 15th Street NW; Washington DC 20005 > telephone: 202 721-9200; fax: 202 721-9250; email: [log in to unmask] > Visit CIPE's Web site: http://www.cipe.org > ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------