Training in Public Administration for Overseas1 Government Servants
| Date | 01 April 1961 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1002/j.1099-162X.1961.tb01268.x |
| Published date | 01 April 1961 |
| Author | A. S. Livingstone |
Training
in
Public
Administration
for
Ooerseas'
Government
Servants
A
ONE-YEAR
COURSE
IN
THE
UNIVERSITY
OF
MANCHESTER.
by A. S.
LIVINGSTONE,
Director
of Training
IN
the
summer
of
1958, largely
through
the
initiative
of
the
British Council,
the
British
Government
sought
the
assistance
of
the
Manchester
University in
meeting arequest from the
Laotian
Government
for
the
administrative
training
in Britain of
ten
of
its civil servants.
The
course introduced experimentally for
this purpose
at
the
University has continued
and
broadened
its scope, meeting
further requests from governments overseas. Since 1958,
government
servants
have
been
accepted from
the
Philippines, Indonesia,
Malaya,
Laos,
Thailand,
Burma,
Saudi
Arabia,
Iran,
the
Sudan,
Ethiopia, Nigeria, Barbados,
and
Costa Rica.
In
the present session ten countries
of
Asia
and
Africa
are
repre-
sented in
the
fifteen students enrolled.
The
course,
of
one
academic
year, is
designed
primarily
to
meet
the
needs of experienced civil servants
of
normally
not
less
than
seven to
ten
years experience in Asia, Africa,
and
similar areas,
who
have completed some
academic
studies in their
own
countries. With some
important
exceptions, students
are
accepted mainly within
the
age
range
of
25 to 40 years.
The
course will introduce students to
the
practice of
public
administration
in western countries,
and
will seek to relate this knowledge to
the
very different problems
of
planning
and
development in countries overseas.
Programme
The
formal training
programme
is
conducted
from
mid-September
to
mid-
July
of
the
next year, following in the
main
the
normal
university terms
and
vacations. After
the
completion
of
the
Course in
Manchester
a visit
may
be
arranged
to a
public
development
programme
in
Europe,
ending
by roughly
the
middle
of
July.
This
visit is no
part
of
the
formal
training
programme
and
will be
arranged
only
if
later
circumstances
make
it possible.
The
number
of
students in
any
year
is limited to fifteen,
and
the
course is
open
to
both
men
and
women. Students accepted will
not
be
permitted
to enrol for, or engage in,
any
other
studies
during
their
period in Britain, except in
the
following case: those
students who
are
considered eligible by
the
University,
and
who elect to do so,
may
apply
for registration in
the
course for
the
Diploma
in Public Adminis-
tration
conducted by
the
Faculty
of Economic
and
Social Studies. Students
who
are
permitted
to register for this
diploma
will follow a
training
programme
basically similar to
that
taken
by
the
other
students,
with
certain
subject
content
substituted to
meet
the
requirements
of
the
diploma.
The
course so far has
been
concerned
with
two
major
objectives: (a) to define
the
form
of
adm~nistrative
training
in
Britain
that
might
best assist
public
I
There
is no
adequate
inclusive
term
to describe all those countries outside
the
western
area.
Where
the
words 'Asia'
and
'Africa'
are
used
throughout
this article,
they
should
be
taken
to
imply
other
similar
areas-the
Middle
East
countries,
the
West Indies, some
South
American
states,
the
Pacific Islands, etc.
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