BNSC plans budgeting and strategy course

MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent | Friday February 1, 2008 00:00

The first phase kicks-off on Monday and ends on Friday when the second phase starts. The BNSC said the course is targeted but not limited to treasurers and secretaries general of affiliate bodies. Over 20 delegates divided into two batches have been selected for the course. The first batch will attend the opening phase while the second batch will attend the last phase. The course is aimed at giving affiliates the knowledge to run their affairs more effectively. It will help bridge the gulf between the BNSC secretariat and affiliates. Consultants from Business Development Centre will conduct the course.

The BNSC skills development facilitator Steady Basupang will oversee the course. He said they decided to take the course to Lobatse because most courses are run in the north.

He said they have extended the registration deadline to cater for those who will be released late from work. Only 23 of the 31 affiliates are said to have registered two members each. Basupang said affiliates requested for the Lobatse course at last year's Ordinary General Meeting (OGM). A similar one will be run in October in the north. He hopes that affiliates would have learnt budgeting and finance management strategies at the end of the course because it is evident they are the most common weaknesses.

Basupang hailed the course saying it has made positive impact on many administrators since its inception in 2005.