UNCRD-TARDA Training Workshop on Data Collection and Analysis for Integrated Regional Development Planning and Plan Preparation for Tana and Athi Rivers Basin
- Event Date
- From 27 Nov 2012 to 29 Nov 2012
- Time
- From 5:00am to 5:00am (UTC)
- Location
- Masinga Dam, Kenya
Dates: 27-29 November 2012
Place: Masinga Dam, Kenya
Background
UNCRD Africa Office responded to a request by the Government of Kenya through Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (TARDA) for technical assistance to design and implement a training programme towards building TARDA’s institutional capacity for integrated regional development and plan preparation in implementing national policies in the basin. As a follow-up to the first training workshop held in April 2012, UNCRD Africa Office jointly with TARDA, organized a training workshop on data collection and analysis for regional development planning and plan preparation. Sixty-nine regional planners from TARDA region; Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030; and Ministry of Lands attended the training workshop.
Outputs of the Workshop
- Sixty-nine regional planners trained in data collection methods for river basin development planning and plan preparation
- Regional planners trained in data analysis for regional plan preparation
- Regional planners’ skills on census data projection improved
- Skills on projection of future regional development scenarios acquired by the planners
(Office: UNCRD Africa Office)