Title: An analysis of basic manpower training for sanitation services in developing countries: the Ghanaian perspective

Authors: Peter Appiah Obeng, Walter Leal Filho

Addresses: Water and Sanitation Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. ' Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Research and Transfer Centre 'Applications of Life Sciences', Lohbrugger Kirschstr. 65, D-21033 Hamburg, Germany

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to provide inputs for consideration in the development of curriculum and institutional framework for manpower training for the sanitation sector in the developing world, using Ghana as a reference case. The approach of the paper is to link competence requirements to sanitation sector objectives and existing challenges in developing countries and identify the curriculum components and institutional framework which may equip training beneficiaries with the required competences. The paper identifies the need to equip all prospective recruits into the sanitation sector with a basic technical competence in areas such as social marketing and community mobilisation, reporting and basic computing skills. The paper also identifies an institutional framework which may be replicated and hence ensure effective manpower training for sanitation services in developing countries.

Keywords: manpower training; sanitation services; institutional framework; developing countries; Ghana; competences; competence requirements.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2010.036086

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 2010 Vol.10 No.4, pp.310 - 326

Received: 30 Jan 2009
Accepted: 25 Feb 2010
Published online: 18 Oct 2010 *

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