(Mar. 21) – Today, at the Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa, will be celebrated the closing of the first cycle of training in Geomatics, part of an Italo-Ethiopian project named “Rafforzamento della pianificazione regionale per lo sviluppo nella regione di Oromia.” The Italian Ambassador in Ethiopia, Renzo Rosso, will participate the ceremony. The project, started in 2010 and supported by the Italian Development Cooperation, aims to strengthen the planning capacity of the Oromia region’s institutions, making the regional and local development consistent with the needs of the population and the resources’ availability of the region. The course was mainly designed for the staff of the Department of Regional Planning and Statistical Information and the Department of the Office of Finance and Economic Development. The training, which began last December, was conducted by the Italian company Lotti with the work of 23 teachers came from Italian institutions. The beneficiaries of this initiative, which aims to collect data related to health, education, agriculture, water and natural resources to achieve geographical and statistical reports, are the inhabitants of Oromia. (Ram/Peg)
