CM/Res.880 (XXXVII)
RESOLUTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL MANPOWER IN AFRICA
The Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity meeting in its Thirty- seventh Ordinary Session in Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 26 June 1981,
Recalling Resolution CM/569 (XXIX) of the Twenty-ninth Ordinary Session of the OAU Council of Ministers held in Libreville in June 1977 on the Scientific, Technological Research and Development Activities of the Executive Secretariat of OAU in Lagos, OAU/STRC,
Noting the Report of the Sixth Session of the Scientific Council of Africa (CSA) Document CM/1145 (XXXVII),
Recalling further the decision of the UNIDO Industrial Development Board to hold a Global Consultation Meeting on Industrial Training in 1982:
NOTES WITH APPRECIATION the co-operation between the OAU and UNIDO and other international organizations in the area of Industrial and Technological Research in Africa;
CALLS for the expansion of this co-operation to include The African Regional Centre for Technology (ARCT) and the African Association of Industrial Technology Organization (AAITO);
REQUESTS Member States of the OAU, which have not yet done so, to send their comments on the draft study on “The development of Industrial Technological Manpower in Africa: A Proposed Framework of Action” to the OAU/STRC – Lagos, and to actively participate in the UNIDO Global Consultation Meeting on Industrial Training;
DIRECTS the Secretary-General to seek the assistance of international organizations especially the UNDP and UNIDO, to facilitate the participation of African countries, particularly the least developed countries in the Consultation Meeting;
CALLS UPON the OAU Secretary-General in co-operation with UNIDO, the African Regional Centre for Technology (ARCT), ECA and AAITO to organize a regional meeting on Industrial Training in 1983 to formulate proposals for follow up action on the Global Consultations Meeting on Industrial Training;
FURTHER CALLS UPON the OAU Secretary-General in cooperation with the African Regional Centre for Technology (ARCT), UNDP, UNESCO, ECA and UNIDO, to take urgent action for the production of the list of African Scientists and Engineers;
REQUESTS the OAU Secretary-General, in co-operation with UNIDO to report on the above mentioned issues to the Forty-first Ordinary Session of the OAU Council of Ministers.