Pan African Development Information System (PADIS)
Centre de coordination du système panafricain de documentation et d'informatique
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1980-01-30 Addis Ababa Ethiopia
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Assist African States in strengthening national capacities for collection, storage and utilization of data on development through advisory services, training and user services; promote exchange of information for development among African member States; establish a system to improve access to both published and unpublished documents produced in Africa on questions relating to economic, social, scientific and technological aspects of the development; promote the creation of statistical and other numerical databanks on fields of importance to development in the region; promote the improvement of information infrastructure in African member States in order to strengthen bibliographic control of national development information output; train information specialists at national, subregional and regional levels in order to upgrade skills and introduce modern methods of information handling; promote the utilization of common norms and standards of information handling in the Region and ensure compatibility with international information systems.
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PADIS Institutional participating centres:
- H-XD6432 - African Accounting Council (AAC);
- E-XE9708 - African Minerals and Geosciences Centre (AMGC);
- E-XE6038 - African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO);
- H-XE6264 - African Regional Centre for Engineering Design and Manufacturing (ARCEDEM);
- E-XE8763 - African Regional Centre of Technology (ARCT);
- E-XE9638 - African Regional Institute for Geospatial Information Science and Technology (AFRIGIST);
- D-XD0023 - African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO);
- E-XD4634 - African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development (CAFRAD);
- D-XD5526 - Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD);
- D-XD7213 - Association of African Trade Promotion Organizations (AATPO);
- H-XE0088 - Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Africa (CIRDAFRICA);
- U-XE8320 - Centre régional d'énergie solaire (CRES);
- F-XF5516 - Communauté économique des pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL);
- E-XF0363 - Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI);
- D-XD4308 - Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS);
- E-XE8248 - Institut de formation et de recherche démographiques (IFORD);
- H-XE0554 - Institut sous-régional multisectoriel de technologie appliquée, de planification et d'évaluation de projets (ISTA);
- F-XF4199 - Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD);
- E-XD4496 - Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC);
- H-XD7430 - Organization for the Management and Development of the Kagera River Basin (KBO);
- H-XF7987 - Pan-African News Agency (PANA);
- D-XD4305 - Pan African Postal Union (PAPU);
- H-XF6602 - Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States (PTA);
- E-XE0071 - Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD);
- H-XE8777 - Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS);
- H-XD0228 - Union douanière et économique de l'Afrique centrale (UDEAC);
- E-XE3628 - United Nations African Institute for Economic Development and Planning.
Also links with:
- E-XE6282 - African Centre for Applied Research and Training in Social Development (ACARTSOD);
- D-XD0017 - African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC);
- H-XD4014 - African Cultural Institute (ACI);
- U-XE2451 - African Institute for Higher Technical Training and Research (AIHTTR);
- H-XD6329 - African Organization of Cartography and Remote Sensing (AOCRS);
- D-XD4491 - Association of African Central Banks (AACB);
- F-XD3462 - Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
- D-XD0868 - European Space Agency (ESA);
- B-XB2183 - ILO;
- D-XD6438 - Commission de l'Océan Indien (COI);
- D-XD1040 - Inter-African Coffee Organization (IACO);
- H-XD4433 - Inter-African Committee for Hydraulic Studies (ICHS);
- E-XE2297 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI);
- C-XD8574 - Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO);
- H-XD4476 - Lagos-Mombasa Trans-African Highway Authority (TAHA);
- E-XD3036 - Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal (OMVS);
- H-XD6524 - Pan-African Telecommunication Union (PATU);
- D-XD4382 - Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa (PMAESA);
- H-XE1758 - Regional Remote Sensing Centre, Ouagadougou;
- H-XF8391 - Sahelian Scientific and Technological Information and Documentation Network;
- H-XE3304 - Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA);
- D-XD4386 - Union of African Railways (UAR);
- E-XE6121 - United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI);
- H-XF4799 - West African Clearing House (WACH).
Links indicated by: D-XD0013 - African Intellectual Property Organization; U-XF0836 - African Network of Administrative Information (ANAI); H-XE0102 - International Centre for the Bantu Civilizations.
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of: U-XF1317 - International Center for Economic Growth (ICEG). Institutional participating centres:
- F-XF2467 - African Economic Research Consortium (AERC);
- F-XF0543 - African Network for Integrated Development (ANID);
- D-XD0117 - Association of African Universities (AAU);
- D-XD0006 - Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA);
- F-XD0066 - Development Innovations and Networks;
- F-XF0429 - Eastern and Southern African Universities Research Programme (ESAURP);
- H-XD0086 - Federation of African Chambers of Commerce (FACC);
- E-XC4494 - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE);
- F-XF4962 - International Energy Foundation (IEF);
- E-XD3046 - Pan African Institute for Development (PAID);
- H-XD0816 - Pan African Union of Science and Technology (PUST);
- U-XE0080 - Regional Centre for Trade Information and Documentation;
- F-XF3036 - Service d'appui aux initiatives locales de développement (SAILD);
- U-XE3324 - Southern Africa Regional Institute for Policy Studies (SARIPS);
- H-XD0111 - Southern African Development Research Association (SADRA);
- Women Research and Documentation Project, Dar es Salaam University.
Also links with:
- E-XE2330 - Africa Regional Centre for Information Science (ARCIS);
- U-XE8592 - African Centre for Monetary Studies (ACMS);
- U-XG4601 - Central African Ministerial Resources Development Centre, Brazzaville;
- F-XF0258 - East African School of Library and Information Science (EASLIS);
- U-XF8562 - Global Population Information Network (POPIN);
- H-XB1823 - International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID);
- U-XF2303 - NGOnet Africa;
- D-XD4769 - North African Port Management Association (NAPMA);
- U-XE0432 - Population Information Network for Africa (POPIN-Africa);
- U-XF1192 - Women, Environment and Development Network (WEDNET).
Links indicated by: G-XG1389 - African Studies Association (ASA); U-XK0273 - COMNET Foundation for ICT Development.
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- Fundamental Sciences → Statistics
- Information → Bibliography
- Information → Documentation
- Information → Information
- Information → Data, Codes
- Control → Systems
- Development → Development
UIA Org ID
XF4723
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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