Presented at the 7th ICA Annual Meeting

Paris, France

By

Mr. Adama Deen

Head of Infrastructure Programs & Projects

NEPAD Planning & Coordinating Agency (NPCA)

Midrand, South Africa

16-18 May 2011

• Outline: Brief overview of NPCA

The AU/NEPAD Infrastructure flagship programs:

AAPPICI (Zuma Initiative)

Challenges…Expected role of ICA

2Adama Deen, Head of Infrastructure

Programs & Projects, NPCA, adamad@nepad.org

• Established by Decision 14 of the AU Assembly of January 2010.

[Assembly/AU/14 (XIV) ]

• as the Technical Body of the African Union (AU), with the following functions:

Mandate and functions of NPCA 1. Facilitate and coordinate the

implementation of the continental and regional priority and projects; programs

2. Mobilize resources and partners in support of the implementation of Africa’s priority programs and projects;

3. Conduct and coordinate research and knowledge management;

4. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of programs and projects; and

5. Advocate on the AU and NEPAD vision, mission and core principles/values;

3Adama Deen, Head of Infrastructure

Programs & Projects, NPCA, adamad@nepad.org

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STAP – Short Term Action Plan (2002-2010)

African Action Plan (AAP) 2010-2015 (Infrastructure component)

Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI) (2010-2015)

PIDA (2010-2040)

IAIDA (2010-2040)

5 key programs/initiatives

Adama Deen, Head of Infrastructure Programs & Projects, NPCA,

adamad@nepad.org

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The African Action Plan: short term priority program (2010-2015)

23 Infrastructure Projects Energy (5) Transport (9) ICT (6) Transboundary water (3)

Net resource requirement US$9.3 billion To financial close on the 23 priority

projects

Key AAP: high impact and result projects

Stage 4 level: Kenya–Ethiopia

Interconnection OMVG Energy generation

and interconnection Zambia–Tanzania–Kenya

Interconnection

Stage 4 level: Gambia Bridge project Kazungula Bridge Project

Implementation of the Yamoussoukro Decision

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1. Develop Advocacy Strategy

2. Develop resource mobilization strategy led by the AUC, NPCA, AfDB

3. Undertake advocacy road shows to seek buy-in from Stakeholders:

RECs, national governments CSOs Partners in support of key AAP low hanging fruit

projects4. Investment Roundtable

To mobilize the net resources of US$9.3 billion required to financial close on the AAP priority projects, in collaboration with ICA++.

Congo-DRC RRBRep. du Congo

Nigeria-Algeria Gas pipeline

Nigeria

Dkr-Ndjamena-Djibouti RR

Senegal

North-South Corridor RRSouth Africa

Missing links of the trans-Saharan

highwayAlgeria

Great lakes optical fibre network

Rwanda

Adama Deen, Head of Infrastructure Programs & projects, NPCA/NEPAD, South

Africa

Egypt: no project

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Ministerial Group

NPCA (NEPAD)

Champion state focal point/Footprint states coordinators

AU AssemblyNEPAD HSGOC

Technical Task Team (TTT)

Presidential champions

Presidential projects (7)

ChampionsSA (chair)

NPCA (NEPAD)(Technical Task Team)

Project implementation

AU AssemblyHSGOC (Projects selected)

Champion state/Footprint states AfDB/ICA++IPPFs

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Min

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rial

Gro

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ADF/ICA++/Private sector

NEPAD IPPF;DBSA/AFD PPF;

RECs PPFs

Half-yearly/Annual report

1. Technical issues

2. Institutional issues

3. Political issues

4. Financial issues

Implementation challenges…

• Right of Way Issues• Technical Policies harmonization• Technical Capacity of States

• Who does what?• Roles Definition• Policy Harmonization

• Prioritization of Projects• Ownership• Commitment• Leadership

• Closure of Funding Gaps• Resource Mobilization• Effective PPP participation

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• TTT meeting May/June

• Ministerial Group meeting May/June

• Presidential champions meeting May/June

HSGOC meeting – AU Summit – 29th June 2011

Next steps

1. Preparation of the PICI projects status report

2. Consideration of draft PICI projects status report

3. Approval of draft PICI projects status report

4. PICI Chair reports to HSGOC; HSGOC Chair reports to AU Assembly

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