AFRICA CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Sixth Steering Committee Meeting

Project Progress

Presented by Brigitte Norgbey

Overview

Key action points following Dakar meeting:    Getting project fully started Education related support Additional funding for Côte d’Ivoire Brief summary of milestones achieved Sixth PSC Meeting-Banjul-May 2015 1 5/2/2020

Progress towards Disbursement

Burkina Effectiveness Conditions Benin Cameroon The Ghana Nigeria Senegal Faso Gambia

UCAD UGB

Declared Effective

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Opened Accounts

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Developed EEPs Selected Signatories Submitted Declaration of intent Received AAU Letter

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Received WB Co-TTL Letter Submitted Withdrawal Application for DLI 1 Achievement in Client Connection

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Togo

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Submission of Request for Advance on DLI 2

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Disbursement DLI1 DLI2

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Disbursement

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Burkina Faso achieved DLI1

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The Gambia, Disbursed

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Senegal - UGB, DLI1

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Senegal, SAMEF, DLI1

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Capacity Building – Revenue Generation Workshops • • • Senegal: 28 March - 3 April, 2015 • Cameroon: 21-24 April, 2015 Benin: 27-28 April, 2015 Togo: Postponed Overall, workshops in 4 Francophone ACEs went well. A lot more needs to be done. Recommendations: 4 5/2/2020 Sixth PSC Meeting-Banjul-May 2015

Capacity Building – Revenue Generation Workshops – Cont.

     Revenue generation is not more work Develop business plan Develop action plan Next workshops: accreditation, marketing, recruitment & business plan Francophone STEM ACEs need to cooperate 5/2/2020 Sixth PSC Meeting-Banjul-May 2015 5

Additional Financing-Côte d’Ivoire  Call for proposal - News Papers  Call & other documents - AAU Websites  Call & other documents shared  Information and preparation Workshop in Abidjan April 22  Deadline for submission June 12 6 5/2/2020 Sixth PSC Meeting-Banjul-May 2015

Monitoring & Evaluation

 M&E Consultancy – 7 applications  Bibliometric Database Consultancy – 2  17 ACEs submitted RF to date  Reports expected from: CETIC (Yaounde I-Cameroon) & CENTDBF (Ahmadu Bello-Nigeria) 5/2/2020 Sixth PSC Meeting-Banjul-May 2015 7

Monitoring & Evaluation-Cont.

Performance per Indicator

Actual Results vs Annual Targets

10. ACE-Prog. Implementation team mtgs 9. # of partnership agreements btn ACEs & PIs

31% 33%

8. % /# of reg. longer-term ACE students 7. Increase of int'l recognized research publications 6. # of newly or substantially revised curricula

29% 41%

5. # of reg, & nat. faculty trained by ACEs 4. Amt. of externally generated revenue 3. # of Students /faculty with at least 1 month internship 2. # of internationally accredited ACE courses

9% 41% 38% 13%

1b. # of reg. students enrolled in new ACE courses 1. # of reg. & nat. students enrolled in new ACE courses 5/2/2020

33% 35%

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51%

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Conclusion

Substantial progress at national and institutional levels:  All IPs finalized except one  Effectiveness achieved in 6 countries      Preparation for inclusion of CI underway Successful workshop in Abidjan 1 st Disbursement of funds in 3 countries Nigeria to be declared effective soon Parliamentary approval for Ghana working on Performance Contract & Legal Opinion 9 5/2/2020 Sixth PSC Meeting-Banjul-May 2015

Thank You