ECOWAS PPDU PRESENTATION: ICA PPF NETWORK MEETING

Tunis 17th June, 2014

ECOWAS Project Preparation and Development Unit (PPDU)

The objective of the PPDU is to equip

ECOWAS with the required capacity

to quickly prepare bankable

infrastructure investment projects

which will attract private and public

sector financing

“Closing Africa’s infrastructure financing gap is critical to the region’s prosperity” –

AICD study

• Africa's infrastructure

services are twice as

expensive as elsewhere –

YET Infrastructure

contributed over half of

Africa's improved growth

performance

• Project financing is scarce

and in high demand – YET a

large share of Africa's

infrastructure is

domestically financed

• We have deficit

Infrastructure BUT it can be

increased by creating the

right institutional, regulatory,

and administrative

environment for investment

(public/private)

ECOWAS Main projects

ENERGY: WAPP revised Master Plan adopted in

2012, 60 regional projects for 27 billions USD

Regional railway Master Plan adopted in 2008: 17

missing links for 26 billions USD

21 PIDA-PAP projects in which 5 flagships: Dakar-

Lagos corridor, Dakar-Ndjamena Corridor, etc...

PPDU Operation and Management

A ‘Honest Broker’ unit supported by a Fund for

project preparation to be split into two windows;

One to be used to stimulate private sector led

Infrastructure initiatives (IDCF), whilst the other used to

support public sector projects (AF)

A governance structure consisting of a Board

(composed by ECOWAS, MS, Dev’t Partners and

Private Sector representatives) and a Management

team

In order to respond adequately to public and private

sector demands/requirements.

Project Preparation & Development: Priority Studies for 2014

1. ECOWAN market analysis and business model – ICT

2. ECOWAS Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan – ALL SECTORS

3. Lagos-Dakar Corridor missing links – INFRASTRUCTURE/ TRANSPORT

4. Development of airport infrastructure in West Africa – INFRASTRUCTURE/ TRANSPORT

5. Development of rural and peri-urban electrification in West Africa – ENERGY

6. Development of a postal service Master Plan in West Africa – ICT

7. Feasibility Studies for Railways master plan new links – INFRASTRUCTURE/ TRANSPORT

8. Study for the Extension of the West Africa gas pipeline project – ENERGY

9. Development of the ECOWAS maritime master plan – INFRASTRUCTURE/ TRANSPORT

Special Projects

10. Abidjan-Lagos Highway Development project – INFRASTRUCTURE/ TRANSPORT

11. Feasibility Study for new Joint border posts construction – INFRASTRUCTURE/ TRANSPORT

Project Preparation & Development: Priority Studies for 2014

Way Forward

Complete staff recruitment

Unit set up and operational

Finalized MoU with Spain/AECID

PPDU Steering Committee set up and in place

Complete ongoing feasibility studies(11) on priority regional infrastructure projects;

Resource mobilization for project preparation: OMVG, MRU, Abidjan-Lagos highway, Dakar-Abidjan, etc....

Finalizing Study and Setting up FODETE-ECOWAS

Partnerships with other institutions

Muito Obrigado

Je vous remercie

Thank you