1. THE GAMBIA ACE SECRETARIAT 2ND COMPONENT – PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES FROM THE ACES
UPDATE
NOVEMBER, 2016

2. OUTLINE SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS – GAINS & CHALLENGES SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
THE WAY FORWARD / RECCOMMENDATIONS

3. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS – FINANCES

4. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS – ANNUAL ENROLMENTS

5. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS – ENROLMENT BY PROGRAMME AREA

6. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS – ENROLMENT BY DISCIPLINE & AWARD

7. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS – ENROLMENT BY CENTRES & GENDER

8. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS – ENROLMENT BY TRAINING CENTRES

9. SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
The sustainability of the gains of this project was premised on the facts that:
Long and medium term: consistent supply of manpower in the sectors of education, health and agriculture
A plan on creating a niche for a sustainable supply of manpower was laid down against the backdrop of possible brain-drain; thus, UTG, GTTI and GC were identified for academic staff capacity building; and,
Short term/Immediate needs: specialists such data analysts, ICT technicians, health and agriculture professionals requirements to drive the processes of growth
Adopted bonding mechanism – titled deeds and/or sureties with conditions that a trained staff will serve the parent institution for, at least, twice the period spent on the training

10. GAINS & CHALLENGES Gains:
The Gambia Technical Training Institute will be able to offer programmes at Advanced Diploma and Bachelors levels. A component of the future School of Engineering
The masters programmes in nursing and public health at University of The Gambia will be strengthened, as well as ICT and Mathematics at masters level
The planning capacity of ministries, departments and agencies will be strengthened. Also, the capacity to kick off the e-government initiative is created
The water engineers and other agricultural experts will drive significantly the food self-sufficiency initiative

11. GAINS & CHALLENGES Challenges:
Inadequate stipends and the lack of laptops for the MSc students
The inability to provide adequate training for University of The Gambia and Gambia College, especially in the areas of medicine, physics, chemistry and biology
Absence of students’ progress report
Inappropriate procurement process in hiring services from the Centres of Excellence

12. THE WAY FORWARD / RECOMMENDATIONS
Addition Financing to send more students!
Possibly expand students to Eastern Africa-ACE 2
Regular monitoring and supervision of Gambian at ACEs-MOHEST
Possibly simplify procurement process for selecting ACEs for Gambian students

13. THANK YOU