Transcript Document - Infrastructure and Energy

African
Union
Department of Infrastructure and
Energy
DIABY Moustapha Mamy
Senior Telecommunications Development Policy Officer
African Union Commission
Outline
 Introduction
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Structure of the Department
Mandate and Core Functions
Institutional Arrangements
 AU Infrastructure Programme
 Overall Framework
 Sector and sub-sector programmes
 Transport
 Tourism
 Energy
 Telecommunications/ICT & Posts
 EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure
 Conclusion
Structure (1)
THREE (3) DIVISIONS:
Transport & Tourism; Energy; Telecom + ICT & Posts
1) Transport & Tourism
 Transport
− Air Transport
− Maritime Transport
− Railway Transport
− Road Transport
 Tourism
Structure (2)
2) Energy
 Hydrocarbons (Oil, Gas and Coal)
 Renewable Energy (Hydropower, wind, solar, bio-energy,
geothermal)
3) Telecommunications, ICT & Posts
 Telecommunications
 Postal Services
Structure (3): ORGANIGRAM
Institutional Arrangements
(with African Partners)
1. African Union (AU):
i.
NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (NPCA)
ii. Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
iii. Specialised (Technical) Agencies:
− AFCAC, UAR, ATU, PAPU, AFREC
2. African Development Bank (ADB)
3. United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
(UNECA)
Mandate and Core Functions
Mandate:
“To facilitate Regional and Continental efforts for accelerated
development of integrated infrastructure and effective and
sustainable deployment of energy resources ".
Core Functions:
 Harmonisation of sector policies, strategies and regulations;
 Facilitation, monitoring and evaluation of implementation of policies,
strategies and major continental integration infrastructure projects;
 Contribution to mobilisation of resources for infrastructure dev.;
 Capacity building: training, research and exchange of experiences
 Strengthening cooperation and partnerships; and
 Advocacy for Africa’s interests in matters of infrastructure
development.
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AU Vision on Infrastructure
Integrated, efficient, reliable, cost-effective,
environment
friendly
infrastructure
and
services for the development and physical
integration of Africa.
AU Infrastructure Programme:
Overall Framework (1): COMPONENTS
1. The AUC 2009-2012 Strategic Plan: to accelerate
implementation of the African vision of NEPAD
2. 2009 Declaration of AU Assembly on Infrastructure
Development in Africa
3. Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
4. Coordination Mechanism and Institutional Architecture
5. Sector and sub-sector Plans of Actions
AU Infrastructure Programme:
Overall Framework (2): COORDINATION
 A Coordination Mechanism (CM) has been put in place to bring about
coherence, avoid duplication of efforts, wastage of resources
 The CM defines the roles of various actors at national, regional and
continental levels in the various infrastructure activities
 Aims at ensuring that Africa speaks with one voice on the priorities of the
continent and on their implementation
 Study on an African Institutional Architecture for Infrastructure
Development in Africa (IAIDA) has been initiated to:
– diagnose weaknesses and propose ways of strengthening
institutional capacities of all key stakeholder organisations
– identify best practices and propose a suitable model for an efficient
and effective institutional architecture for infrastructure development
in Africa
Partnerships
 Besides forging close cooperation with various organisations within
Africa for the implementation of infrastructure programmes, the AU
Commission is working with international partners through bilateral
and multilateral partnership arrangements in this area, the most
notable being:
1. EU-Africa Infrastructure Partnership - (EU)
2. EU-Africa Energy Partnership (EU) – (EU)
3. Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) – (G8)
 MOUs also have been signed with various international organisations
including United Nations agencies dealing with infrastructure sectors
 All recognised institutions are invited to participate in the work of the
Commission in formulating and facilitating strategies for the
implementation of infrastructure programmes for Africa
AFRICAN UNION
UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
P. O. Box 3243 Telephone : 011-551 7700 Fax : 011-551 7844
website : www. africa-union.org
The EU-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
• A joint EU)Africa response to the AU-NEPAD Infrastructure
Plan
• A framework for interconnecting Africa – country with
country, region with region & Africa with the rest of the
world
• A Partnership that works at three levels – continental,
regional and country – using the principle of subsidiarity
• Financing Infrastructure - transport, energy, water & ICT –
and support for regulatory frameworks that facilitate trade
and services
• Coordination with other international initiatives paramount,
e.g. Infrastructure Consortium for Africa & WB Africa Action
Plan. EC membership of ICA will facilitate coordination.
UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
The EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure
was lunched on the 25th on October 2007 in
Addis Ababa , Ethiopia.
UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
Objectives
• To Stimulate sustainable economic growth
• To Promote competitive trade
• To Foster regional integration
• To Contribute effectively to poverty reduction and Africa’s
MDGs
Strategy: regional & country complementarity
• Support programmes that
continental & regional level
facilitate
interconnectivity
at
• Support programmes coherent with national poverty reduction
strategies and infrastructure sector strategies
UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
The Partners
European Commission, inc.
Delegations
• Leadership of EU-side of
Partnership,
• coordinate with MS, ICA, AfDB
• securing finance
European Member States
• Financiers of NIPs/RIPs and cofinanciers of theTrust Fund
Africa Union Commission & Sectoral
Partners
• Political leadership of AU-side of
the Partnership
African Regional Institutions – NEPAD
AfDB, RECs
• Technical leadership of AU-side of
Partnership
African Member Countries
• Owners of Partnership projects –
key to sustainability
European Investment Bank & EU MS
Development Banks, EDFIs
African Development Bank, DBSA, DFIs
• Promoters and co-financiers of
projects
• Potential project promoters and cofinanciers
• Administration of Trust Fund (EIB)
UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
How it works?
• AU with its continental-wide political mandate will facilitate
dialogue at REC level and between RECs
• AU ensures continental ownership at all levels providing policy
guidance & ensuring the integrity of the continental vision
• RECs ensure regional ownership by reaching consensus on
regional priorities with their Member countries, facilitating
implementation of regional projects, regional & international
protocols etc. linked to Economic Partnership Agreements
(EPAs)
• African country ownership - project owners - align national &
regional priorities, enforce regional & international agreements
UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
What it finances?
All Infrastructure sectors
Planning & prioritisation of investments, capacity
building, harmonisation & implementation of
international & regional agreements, regulatory
reform....
Financing Levels are:
Continental, Regional and National
UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
The Financial Instruments
•
National and Regional Indicative Programmes
(EDF)
•
Intra-ACP resources (EDF)
Grant-to-grant financing (capacity building,
regional initiatives and facilitation programmes;
support to
African Infrastructure sectors)
•
EU-Infrastructure Trust Fund for Africa (EDF)
open to all EU MS
True co-financing EIB, EDFIs, AfDB
Operationalization of the EU-Africa
Partnership on Infrastructure
Port-Moresby Agreement
The Port-Moresby Agreement signed on the
21th December 2007 between the ACP and EC
aims at supporting the AUC in the Preparatory
Actions and Studies : Technical Assistance for
formulation,
preparation
and
service
management for Regional Infrastructure priority
projects in the fields of Transport, Energy and
ICT.
The total amount of the
agreement is 10,000,000.00 USD.
Port-Moresby
Implementation of the Port-Moresby
Agreement
An international Bidding process was lunched
to select a firm to provide the necessary
Technical Assistance to the AUC. Egis-Bceom
International was awarded the contract.
The Technical Assistance started activities on
February 2010 under an agreement with the
identification
contract
number
EuropAid/125741/C/SER/ACP
and
as
contracting firm
Implementation of the AUC-EC, PortMoresby Agreement
The Priory Projects were identified
for the 3 Sectors
Priority Projects for other Sectors under the
Port-Moresby Agreement
Progress status
Seven were successful: Energy (1) and
Transport (6) and the contracts are going
to be signed today 20th of December 2010
in Addis Ababa.
Conclusions
 The Department of Infrastructure and Energy, in collaboration with
African and international partners, is making all the necessary efforts to
realise the AU’s vision in the development of Africa’s infrastructure
 Enhancement of efficiency and effectiveness in our work is the key to
success
Areas of focus:
1. Coordination of actions within the Commission
2. Clarity of roles among the different departments and units
3. Efficient support services: administration, finance, protocol,
conference services, legal, etc.
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