Conference to Discuss Brain
Drain
Leading development and capacity building experts from
Africa and beyond will attend a major regional conference here next
week to assess the impact of the brain drain on Africa’s
development, and to consider how the net loss of intellectual capacity
can be stemmed and harnessed, according to the ECA.
At the Regional Conference on Brain Drain and Capacity
Building in Africa, to take place from 22 to 24 February 2000 at the
UN Conference Center, is a joint initiative of the Economic
Commission for Africa (ECA) and the International Organization
for Migration (IOM), in co-operation with the International
Development Research Center (IDRC) and a number of the other
development partners.
The main objective of the meeting is to examine the issues pertaining to the causes, magnitude and implications of the brain drain in the African region in the context of the current debate about capacity building in the continent.