Evelyn A. DAPAAH
Former Intern January 2006
Student - International University in Geneva, Switzerland

My internship with the Debt and Financial Management Programme at UNITAR has truly been an enriching experience, in both theoretical and practical aspects as I got to know more about UNITAR’s e-Learning programme. This experience has been unique in terms of cultural understanding and learning to work in multicultural environment. The major assignments I undertook beside the day-to-day activities were:

• Compiling a Report of the Joint UNITAR/WAIFEM Workshop on Negotiation of Financial Transactions for Anglophone, West Africa, Banjul, The Gambia (5-9 September 05) and the Joint UNITAR/AusAID Workshop on Legal Aspects of public debt management and drafting clauses of loan agreement, Jakarta, Indonesia (21-25 November 05);
  
  
• Establishing a database for Indonesian Loan Agreements on UNITAR’s intranet and a database of relevant legislation (Companies Act and Securities Act) of sub-Saharan African countries;
  
  
• Reviewing UNITAR’s e-Learning course ‘Legal aspects of public debt management’, which is an introductory course intended for government officials from developing countries;
  
  
• Assisting in compiling an online course assessment report on ‘Fundamentals of Capital Market Development and Regulation (August 15-Sept 23 2005)’ and the assessment report on ‘Negotiation of Financial Transactions (September 5-October 14 2005)’;
  
  
• Internet research of images for UNITAR’s e-Learning course ‘Effective Public Debt Management’; and
  
  
• Assisting in the day-to-day activities like faxing, preparation of hard copies of assessment reports, etc.

I could work independently and had a lot of responsibility, so I was always very motivated and gained substantial knowledge. I want to thank Mr. Kamal for the great supervision and useful feedbacks and Mr. Adalla for his helpful support. I really enjoyed the friendly, open and funny atmosphere within UNITAR.