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Friday, March 28, 2008
Getachew Alemu named International Correspondent for PMForum in Ethiopia
PMForum is happy to welcome Mr. Getachew Teklemariam Alemu as an International Correspondent in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mr. Alemu is also an Infrastructure Projects Expert in the Development Projects Department of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, government of Ethiopia. This department is responsible for studying and controlling the project planning and management system at the federal level in the country.
Getachew is responsible for monitoring, appraising and reporting on public sector infrastructure projects financed by the Ethiopian government or bilateral and multilateral donors. In particular, he
Mr. Alemu has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection from Mekelle University in Ethiopia. He has also recently attended the following workshops:
Getachew Teklemariam is committed to helping the project management profession grow in his country. Based in Addis Ababa, Getachew speaks Amharic and English. He can be reached at getdam2006@yahoo.com.
Addis Ababa is the capital and largest city in Ethiopia and the center for economic, educational, financial, industrial and political activity in the country. Addis Ababa is also capital of the African Union. With a Population of 3,627,934 in 2007, Addis Ababa is the world's largest city in a landlocked country. As a chartered city, Addis Ababa has the status of both a city and a state. The city has as many as 80 nationalities speaking 80 languages, and Christian, Muslim, and Jewish communities.
The economic activities in Addis Ababa are diverse. According to official statistics from the federal government, some 119,197 people in the city are engaged in trade and commerce; 113,977 in manufacturing and industry; 80,391 homemakers of different variety; 71,186 in civil administration; 50,538 in transport and communication; 42,514 in education, health and social services; 32,685 in hotel and catering services; and 16,602 in agriculture. The city has recently been in a construction boom with tall buildings rising in many places. Also, various luxury services have become available and the construction of shopping malls has recently increased. Some people have labeled the city, "the spa capital of Africa."
Presently there are no rural parts to the city; 100% of the inhabitants are considered urban dwellers. Addis Ababa contains 24% of all urban dwellers in Ethiopia. With an estimated area of 530.14 square kilometers (204.69 sq mi), the city has an estimated density of 5,607.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (14,524.5 /sq mi).
According to Wikipedia, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa that borders Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Djibouti to the northeast, and Somalia to the east. Ethiopia is one of the oldest nations in the world and Africa's second-most populous nation. It has yielded some of the oldest traces of humanity; recent studies claim that the vicinity of present-day Addis Ababa was the point from which human beings migrated around the world.
Ethiopian dynastic history is traditionally held to have begun with the reign of Emperor Menelik I in 1000 BC. The roots of the Ethiopian state are similarly deep, dating with unbroken continuity to at least the Aksumite Empire (which adopted the name "Ethiopia" in the 4th century) and its predecessor state, D`mt (with early 1st millennium BC roots). Having converted during the fourth century AD, it is also the second-oldest country to become officially Christian, after Armenia. Since 1974, it has been secular and has also had a considerable Muslim community since the earliest days of Islam. Today, Ethiopia has a population exceeding 75 million, with over 80 diverse ethnic groups. The country’s population is very poor.
At 435,071 square miles (1,127,127 km²), Ethiopia is the world's 27th-largest country. Historically a relatively isolated mountain empire, Ethiopia by the mid 20th century became a crossroads of global international cooperation. It became a member of the League of Nations in 1923 and was one of the fifty-one original members of the United Nations (UN). The headquarters of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is in Addis Ababa, as is the headquarters of the African Union (formerly the Organisation of African Unity), of which Ethiopia was the principal founder. (For more information about Addis Ababa and Ethiopia please visit http://en.wikipedia.org)
Established in 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and continues to be one of the world’s most popular sources of project management news and information. PMForum is an organization formed to operate and administer the pmforum.org website. PMForum also produces the monthly PM World Today eJournal where articles, papers, stories and viewpoints by leading PM authorities from around the world can be found; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net. PMForum’s global network of International Correspondents provides news and information from around the world of project management. More information about this program can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5.
- Appraises public sector infrastructure projects
- Monitors & evaluates public sector infrastructure projects financed by either the governmental treasury fund, bilateral/multilateral donors, or both of them on cost sharing basis
- Writing full-fledged appraisal reports on infrastructure projects;
- Collecting, analyzing, organizing, monitoring, evaluating information & writing reports;
- Partaking in the prioritization of development projects to be included in the annual governmental budget scheme;
- Participating in join government-Donor steering committees for the follow-up on projects;
- Taking part in research and other activities related to development projects planning and management.
Mr. Alemu has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection from Mekelle University in Ethiopia. He has also recently attended the following workshops:
- Macro Economic Modeling and Infrastructure Development in Developing Countries, China Center for Business Cooperation and Coordination, Beijing, China – April 2007;
- National Economic Parameters and Conversion Factors for Ethiopia, DP, MoFED, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – February 2007;
- Gender and Development Projects, DWA, MoFED, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – March 2007;
- Essentials of Project Management, OTE Academy of Greece, Ethiopian Civil Service College, Ethiopia – February 2008.
The economic activities in Addis Ababa are diverse. According to official statistics from the federal government, some 119,197 people in the city are engaged in trade and commerce; 113,977 in manufacturing and industry; 80,391 homemakers of different variety; 71,186 in civil administration; 50,538 in transport and communication; 42,514 in education, health and social services; 32,685 in hotel and catering services; and 16,602 in agriculture. The city has recently been in a construction boom with tall buildings rising in many places. Also, various luxury services have become available and the construction of shopping malls has recently increased. Some people have labeled the city, "the spa capital of Africa."
Presently there are no rural parts to the city; 100% of the inhabitants are considered urban dwellers. Addis Ababa contains 24% of all urban dwellers in Ethiopia. With an estimated area of 530.14 square kilometers (204.69 sq mi), the city has an estimated density of 5,607.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (14,524.5 /sq mi).
According to Wikipedia, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa that borders Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Djibouti to the northeast, and Somalia to the east. Ethiopia is one of the oldest nations in the world and Africa's second-most populous nation. It has yielded some of the oldest traces of humanity; recent studies claim that the vicinity of present-day Addis Ababa was the point from which human beings migrated around the world.
At 435,071 square miles (1,127,127 km²), Ethiopia is the world's 27th-largest country. Historically a relatively isolated mountain empire, Ethiopia by the mid 20th century became a crossroads of global international cooperation. It became a member of the League of Nations in 1923 and was one of the fifty-one original members of the United Nations (UN). The headquarters of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is in Addis Ababa, as is the headquarters of the African Union (formerly the Organisation of African Unity), of which Ethiopia was the principal founder. (For more information about Addis Ababa and Ethiopia please visit http://en.wikipedia.org)
Established in 1995, www.pmforum.org was the world’s first website devoted to professional project management and continues to be one of the world’s most popular sources of project management news and information. PMForum is an organization formed to operate and administer the pmforum.org website. PMForum also produces the monthly PM World Today eJournal where articles, papers, stories and viewpoints by leading PM authorities from around the world can be found; free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net. PMForum’s global network of International Correspondents provides news and information from around the world of project management. More information about this program can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#5.
