Hard work pays off

Dr. Pealore

“We must always put rights and responsibility in all areas of development. That’s the key message we want everybody to take away from this year’s conference,” says Dr Dominic Pealore, AfrEA Board Member in charge of Finance.

Optimistic that participation of local hosts of the on going 6^th AfrEA Conference in Accra will be significant, Dr Pealore is hopeful that the many “participants expected to join in the learning and discussion throughout the week long conference from the various ministries and government departments will take away new concepts and perceptions about M&E.”

Dr Pealore, who was involve in ensuring the smooth planning of the Ghana event, is satisfied with the success of the Conference so far, and particularly excited that all the hard work put in is paying off.

 “I know it is not an easy job in organizing a conference of such magnitude,” he told Reportage on Tuesday, “especially when it involves participants from different continents, but I think we have been up to the task.”

“The conference was initially suggested to take place in Madagascar, however, owing to certain insecurities within that country, the onus fell on Ghana, being the home country of AfreEA, and we had no option than to bring it here. So, the task was thrown to us,” he said.

Having attended several AfrEA meetings in the past, in Niger, South Africa, Cairo, all of which he played some role, he believed that, together with the task team selected to work on the Ghana event, he would be ready to face any challenges.

“Nothing is easy, you have to work hard to achieve everything. We took the challenge and I’m satisfied. Indeed, I am very happy to see so many people attending the conference, and I am also ready to find ways to solve any logistical problems that may arise while we are at it.”