WCPS Network Archive

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Australia
3. Barbados
4. Botswana
5. Brazil
6. Canada
7. Chile
8. China
9. Costa Rica
10. Egypt
11. Ethiopia
12. Estonia
13. Finland
14. France
15. Germany
16. Ghana
17. Greece
18. Iceland
19. India
20. Indonesia
21. Israel
22. Ivory Coast
23. Japan
24. Latvia
25. Malaysia
26. Mauritius
27. Nepal
28. New Zealand
29. Nigeria
30. Norway
31. Phillipines
32. Poland
33. Singapore
34. South Africa
35. Spain
36. Sri Lanka
37. Sweden
38. Tanzania
39. Turkey
40. Ukraine
41. United Kingdom
42. USA
43. Zambia
44. Other Networking Activity

Other Networking Activity

WCPS and WAPS were acknowledged supporters of the 3^rd International Conference of Productivity & Quality Research in February 1991 in Miami, Florida, USA - organised by Dr. D.J. Sumanth of the University of Miami.

WCPS and WAPS endorsed the establishment of the Pan-African Productivity Association (PAPA), the subject of discussions at the 7^th World Congress in Malaysia (November, 1990). At the Congress the six African nations that were represented created and signed a Declaration aspiring to the creation of a pan-African productivity body. The organisation was officially formed on 5^th November, 1992 with John Parsons (who chaired the steering committee that had brought the organisation into being and oversaw early development) as the first President and Dr. Akuoko-Frimpong (of Ghana's Management Development and Productivity Institute) as Vice President. Initially on the steering committee were:

John Parsons, South Africa Chairman
Mr Lepetu Setshwaelu, Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland
Mr Asheber Aberra, Ethiopia
Dr. Henry Akuoko-Frimpong, Ghana
Mr Akinola Coker, Nigeria
Mr Nikubuka Shimwela, Tanzania
Dr. P.G.Menen, Tanzania

The secretariat was provided by the NPI, South Africa.

The first significant event was an Assembly in November 1992 held at the ESKOM Conference Centre, Midrand, Johannesburg under the title: Productivity Africa: Co-operating for Prosperity. The Assembly was formally dedicated to the late Dr. Krish Pennathur, the first President of WAPS. Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, South Africa and Tanzania were represented. WCPS was represented by Jean Claude Lauzon, Vice President WCPS, by Brita Borge, the Director of National Chapter Development, by Candy Johnson Rausch, Secretary-General, WCPS and by Dr. Tor Dahl who gave a presentation. Also there was Joseph Prokopenko of the International Labour Office (ILO).

Dr. Henry Akuoko-Frimpong, the Vice President of PAPA, died suddenly in November 1995. In 1996, PAPA produced its first Newsletter, dedicated to Henry.

In 1996, PAPA was awarded 'permanent observer status' with the Labour commission of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).

In the second newsletter in November, 1996, the Executive council of PAPA was given as:

Dr. Jan Visser, President
Dr. Theo Wereko, Ghana, as Vice-President for West Africa
Dr. P.G.Menen, Tanzania, as Vice-President for East Africa
Mr. Lepetu Setshwaelo, Botswana
Mr. Mezabeh Bekele, Ethipioia.

Secretariat: Monica Sprong, NPI, South Africa.