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practical prcblews and vith troukieshooti~g technf~es would be
most beneficial.
English-language training should be made a continuous
program for all project counterparts. AZf equipment and
vehicles provided are &erPcan-aade, and all aperations and
~aintenance manuals %re w ritten i~ English. rnfortunately, not
a21 counrerparts prcvided have sufficient working knowledsa sf
English to allow t2em ts research parts and supplies in the
%anufactuxersT manuaZs. Nearly all countvrparts , however,
express a desire ta learn EagLZsh.
2.3. Planning U2it
Assistance in the estabfishxext of a Pianning Department
within WDA was t. lnajor feature of the institationaf support
abjectives of the project extension phase sf tke CGDP. During
the first three yezrs of the project, considerable progress had
been made towards establishing a site selection and community
participation process- This process involved baseline data
csXlectian features- Two econonlc analyses of the project were
also completed. The main objective of the Planning Department,
in additim to other elements described in detail below, was to
ins~itutio?alize 2nd build upon this work.
Presider~tiai a2proval was revired to formally establish a
new departnent within WDA, azd while this was pehdfng, WDA
decided ta create a Plzming Szlt, The Unit was formed at the
beginning of 1485, acd technical assistance to the Unit was
provided fron Mcrzh of t5at year.
This section of the report ourirnes the initial objectives
of the Plahning Unit, and the assu~ptians on which they were
fomulated, As the war2 of e Czit progressed, initial
assrwptians proved incorrect, In particular w ith regard to the
resources available to the CnFt. AS a reszlt, the original
objectives were zodified to reflsst she realistic capabilities
of the Unit.
The ectual achieve~ents of rhe Unit are dccumented bel~w.
In addltiac, a five-yerr strateg to develop a viable Planning
Depart~ect for KDA is oztlined which takes inta zccount planning
activir2es proposed far other branzkes of the ,WX.
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The init~ai objective of tke 3Ltnnixg C~it was to
; rC ". . , -,&&grate zeck~ical, ssclo2ogical, arid maintenance
pla3s ... net only en the selectiaz of well sites, but also on the
use af WDA resoxrces (financiaf, huzan, ar.d nateriaf) in order
to belp isprove overall XZA operatio~s." !YSATD Project Paper,