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)