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1. PROMOTING THE AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT AGENDA THROUGH
NEPAD INITIATIVES
“RE-POSITIONING NEPAD FOR BETTER DELIVERY”
Presentation at the Special Briefing Session for African Ambassadors accredited to France
and delegates to the OECD Global Forum VIII on International Investment:
By
Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki
Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD Secretariat
Paris, OECD from 15:00 – 18:00 Room TBA, 8 December 2009
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2. HISTORICAL CONTEXT
 Rationale and Birth of NEPAD in 2001
 2001 Lusaka adoption of NEPAD as flagship program of the African Union
 A home-grown African initiative to address Africa’s main development challenges:
- Poverty; Sustainable Growth & Development; & Halt its global marginalization;
 NEPAD as an integrated strategy and framework for Africa’s development
 Target of attaining MDGs and emphasis on Regional Integration
 NEPAD Core Principles and Values
Today, NEPAD vision, priorities and strategic thrust continue to be relevant:
 African leadership and ownership;
 Promotion of democracy & Good Governance, with the APRM as key instrument;
 Women Empowerment;
 Ideals of Pan-Africanism;
 Building creative Partnerships
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3. Why AU / NEPAD Integration?
The Key Objectives of NEPAD Integration of into AU structures and
Processes as outlined in the Maputo Decision, are to:
 Establish appropriate linkages between AU & NEPAD governance structures;
 Formalize working relations between AU Commission & NEPAD Secretariat by
building greater synergy
 Align and harmonize the conditions of service, rules of recruitment and
accountability of the NEPAD Secretariat with those of the AU Commission
 Develop a sustainable funding mechanism for the NEPAD Secretariat
 Conclude the Host Agreement with South African Government to provide NEPAD
Secretariat with legal status of an AU Office operating outside headquarters;
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4. AU/NEPAD Integration Milestones
 2003 Maputo Declaration on NEPAD Integration into the
African Union structures and processes
 2007 Algiers 13-point conclusions, called for the creation of
the NEPAD Planning & Coordinating Agency as technical
body of the AU, to replace NEPAD Secretariat
 April 2009 Release of Integration Consultancy Study Report
 July 2009 Proposals of the Sirte 21st NEPAD HSGIC Summit
 August 2009 Take-off of the Change Management process
in the NEPAD Secretariat
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5. The Changing Context
Strengthening the leadership and management of the
NEPAD Secretariat: Appointment of CEO in April 2009
Mission: Roadmap to the transition & transformation into
the NEPAD Planning & Coordinating Agency (NPCA)
Urgent need to address immediate issues:
Africa’s policy response to global financial crisis impact
 Climate Change and Africa’s concerns @ Copenhagen
 Africa’s lagging behind @ midpoint to MDGs target
 Low implementing capacities for regional integration
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6. Pillars of the NEPAD Strategic Focus
Priority Setting & New Direction
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7. INTEGRATION PRIORITY
Mandate and Core
Functions of the new
NEPAD institution
Strengthening linkages
between NEPAD and AU
Organs & Institutions
NEPAD Integration into
the African Union
Synergy, Complementarity
& Harmonization in work
programs with AU
Commission
Implementation of the
Roadmap to Integration
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8. Emerging Mandate of new NEPAD
1.Development and implementation of Africa’s priority
programs & projects to promote regional integration
2.Mobilize Partners and resources for Africa’s
integrative programs/projects
3.Conduct Research & Knowledge Management to
support Africa’s development (i.e. think-tank role)
4.Promote Advocacy and Communication on African
Union /NEPAD vision and agenda to all
stakeholders
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9. Implications of the NEPAD Change
 Greater value addition and creation
 Coherence, synergy & harmonization with AUC
 Effective political and technical interface
 Innovative and sustainable sources of funding
 Enhanced and strengthened relationship
 Quality Design and Project Implementation on
results-based management approach
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10. FINANCING THE NEW NEPAD
Innovative and Sustainable Sources of Funding
Proposed main sources of financing the NPCA:
1. Budgetary support from the AU System
2. Continued voluntary contributions of AU States
3. Support by Development Partners
4. Investment by the Private Sector in NEPAD
programs/projects; project fees etc
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11. NEPAD Delivery Process
NEPAD Core
Delivery
Process
Agreed
Continental
Policy
Frameworks
Translating continental policy frameworks into country and regional - level contexts
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12. National
Governments
RECsAUC
NEPAD
Partner
Organisations
Incl. Private sector,
CSOs, Dev Partners
Core NEPAD Implementation –
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13. What has been done so far?
Generally, developing continental policy frameworks for sector program
implementation is a major NEPAD achievement since inception in 2001. Some
of these frameworks are at different stages of implementation including the:
 Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP)
 Short-Term Action Plan on Infrastructure (STAP) and now the
new “Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa” (PIDA)
 Capacity Development Strategic Framework (CDSF)
 Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA - for Science &
Technology)
 Environment Action Plan (EAP) and Sub-regional Environment
Action Plans (SREAPs)
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14. Are there Success Stories?
1. Good Governance & African Peer Review Mechanism
2. Deepening of African ownership and leadership
3. Changing the paradigm to reflect the Africa sector priorities
4. Mobilizing resources to implement NEPAD programs
5. Building partnerships with the G8, G20, UN, OECD & CSOs
6. Global Buy-in for NEPAD as Africa’s flagship program
7. Support for the creation of Special Facilities/Initiatives e.g.
a. NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (IPPF), located at AfDB
b. Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) also housed at AfDB;
c. Investment Climate Facility (ICF);
d. NEPAD/OECD African Investment Initiative
e. NEPAD Business Groupings
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15. NEPAD Implementation Outlook
 Implementation is focus of 2nd Phase of NEPAD, especially the
coordination of implementing priority projects:
Identify, define and promote
Intra-regional
Projects
Inter-regional
Projects
Continental
Projects
Arrange the investment search
Monitor and supervise implementation
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16. Recent NEPAD Programmatic Milestones - 1
Agriculture & Food Security
• Increased ECOWAS support for CAADP & signing
of Compacts by Ghana, Togo, Benin, B. Faso
•Global approach to Food Security & L’Aquila G8
•Outcomes of 5th CAADP Partnership Platform, Abuja
Finalization of the AU/NEPAD African Action Plan
Revised AAP: 2010-2015; with technical & financial
support of the AfDB & UNECA (Sept. 2009);
Gender
€50 million MOU signed for next 5 years of NEPAD/
Spanish Fund for African Women Empowerment
(June 2009)
Science & Technology
US$10.4 million Grant Agreement signing with Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation
Roll-Out of NEPAD Capacity Development
Strategic Framework (CDSF)
•CDSF as first-ever Africa-wide CD strategy & tool
for effective implementing capacities
•2010 Launch of CD Continental Steering Group
South/South Cooperation & Aid Effectiveness
NEPAD coordination role in Africa for the Task
Team on SSC & Capacity Development in context
of Aid Effectiveness for 2010 Bogota & 2011 Seoul
Climate Change
Outcomes of the Addis Ababa Special Session of
the African Partnership Forum (APF) in Sept. 2009
on Climate Change, co-organized with UNECA;
Active NEPAD role in coalition building between
Africa and Development Partners on Copenhagen
agenda and negotiations
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17. KEY PROGRAMMATIC MILESTONES - 2
NEPAD e-Schools
Completion of Demonstration Phase of NEPAD e-
Schools in 10 out of 16 countries;
NEPAD working with Oracle Corporation towards
the development of the NEPAD e-Schools Portal;
AUC/NEPAD Work Program Harmonization
AUC & NEPAD Work Program Harmonization
Session on Nov 3, 2009 in Addis Ababa,
Bio-Energy Centre establsihed in Burkina Faso
NEPAD Secretariat assisted in the recent take-off
of the Bio-Energy Centre in Ouagadougou in
promoting the implementation of CPA
Infrastructure
Support for Program of Infrastructure Development in
Africa (PIDA) on regional infrastructure in
collaboration with AUC, AfDB and RECs;
NEPAD Transport Summit, Johannesburg, Nov 2009
Private Sector Development
Outcomes of High Level Roundtable/Expert Meeting of
the NEPAD/OECD Africa Investment Initiative held in
Johannesburg, South Africa in November 2009;
UN System-wide Support for NEPAD
Strengthening UN Regional Coordination Mechanism
(RCM) for effective UN support to NEPAD
implementation - 10th RCM Meeting of Nov 2009;
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18. NEPAD Transformation
• Functions & Structure
• Strategic Thinking for
new NPCA: A Compelling Agenda
• Human Resources / Admin &
Finance Systems
Change
Management
Process to the
new NEPAD
Planning &
Coordinating
Agency
(NPCA)
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19. Emerging CONTEXT
 VALUE ADDITION thro’ NEPAD serving as
the Implementation arm of AU SYSTEM
 RAPID RESPONSE TO CONTINENT’S
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
 RESULTS-BASED MANAGEMENT
APPROACH
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20. Expected Headlines
1. RE-ENERGIZING REGIONAL INTEGRATION
2. COHERENT PROGRAM & PROJECT COORDINATION
3. MOBILIZING PARTNERS & RESOURCES
4. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM & THINK TANK ROLE
5. STRENTHENING ADVOCACY & COMMUNICATION
6. STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT WITH AFRICAN STAKEHOLDERS
ESPECIALLY PRIVATE SECTOR & CSOs
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22. THANK YOU….
Merci…..
 Special thanks to the African Ambassadors’ Group in
Paris and OECD for organizing this Briefing Session
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