Collection GB 0101 ICS 85 - Committee on Training in Public Administration for Overseas Countries

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0101 ICS 85

Title

Committee on Training in Public Administration for Overseas Countries

Date(s)

  • 1961-1962 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Committee was set up in December 1961, to advise the Secretary for Technical Co-operation on the training facilities in public administration and related subjects provided in the UK for government servants and other public employees from overseas, and the arrangements for assistance from the UK in building up local facilities in this field; and report on their adequacy for present and forseeable future demand. It met several times over the next year, receiving written and oral evidence from numerous parties, and reported back at the end of 1962.

Archival history

The records are presumed (from internal evidence) to have been accumulated by Mrs EM Chilver, a member of the Committee, and remained in her custody until they were donated to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at an unknown date.
GB 0101 ICS 85 1961-1962 Collection 2 boxes Committee on Training in Public Administration for Overseas Countries

The Committee was set up in December 1961, to advise the Secretary for Technical Co-operation on the training facilities in public administration and related subjects provided in the UK for government servants and other public employees from overseas, and the arrangements for assistance from the UK in building up local facilities in this field; and report on their adequacy for present and forseeable future demand. It met several times over the next year, receiving written and oral evidence from numerous parties, and reported back at the end of 1962.

The records are presumed (from internal evidence) to have been accumulated by Mrs EM Chilver, a member of the Committee, and remained in her custody until they were donated to the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at an unknown date.

Records of the Committee on Training in Public Administration for Overseas Countries, 1961-1962: comprising records of planning of work, and draft reports; draft minutes of Committee meetings; general memoranda and notes; memoranda and reports relating to training in Britain from organisations, institutions and individuals; memoranda and reports relating to overseas training from organisations, institutions and individuals; general papers, and miscellaneous correspondence, publications and reports.

The papers are divided according to the type of record. The first section comprises papers concerning the planning and reporting of work undertaken by the Committee; the second contains minutes of meetings; and the remainder are series of correspondence received.

Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or Freedom of Information legislation.

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the ICS Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or quote from original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager. Much of the material is in Crown Copyright.
English

Catalogued to item level (see link to repository catalogue).

Official records of the Committee are available at the Public Record Office, Kew (ref OD19); many of the items in the set at ICS are duplicates of these.

Compiled 2000, revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. Created 20/06/2000 ICS Archives 1, modified 17/07/2001 Committee on Training in Public Administration for Overseas Countries Government Public administration

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Committee on Training in Public Administration for Overseas Countries, 1961-1962: comprising records of planning of work, and draft reports; draft minutes of Committee meetings; general memoranda and notes; memoranda and reports relating to training in Britain from organisations, institutions and individuals; memoranda and reports relating to overseas training from organisations, institutions and individuals; general papers, and miscellaneous correspondence, publications and reports.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The papers are divided according to the type of record. The first section comprises papers concerning the planning and reporting of work undertaken by the Committee; the second contains minutes of meetings; and the remainder are series of correspondence received.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or Freedom of Information legislation.

Conditions governing reproduction

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the ICS Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or quote from original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager. Much of the material is in Crown Copyright.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Catalogued to item level (see link to repository catalogue).

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Official records of the Committee are available at the Public Record Office, Kew (ref OD19); many of the items in the set at ICS are duplicates of these.

Related descriptions

Publication note

Notes area

Note

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), 2nd edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

    Accession area