Assessing the Role of the Private Sector and Civil Society in NEPAD Implementation:

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Assessing the Role of the Private Sector and
Civil Society in NEPAD Implementation Towards
true African Ownership of continents development
agenda
Bankole Adeoye Coordinator (External Relations
Partnerships) NEPAD Secretariat, Midrand, South
Africa Presented at the Expert Group Meeting on
The Assessment of the role of the Private Sector
Civil Society in NEPAD Implementation Way
Forward, Addis Ababa, May 28-29, 2009
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Introduction Action Areas

• What role did NEPAD ascribe to Non-state Actors
  (Private Sector Civil Society) in its founding
  framework? FAQs
• Is NEPAD - a regional development model
  strategy, pro-PS CS? What diagnostic
  assessment tools do we adopt to gauge the
  contributions of PS and CS to NEPAD
  Implementation?
• What specific role/task did NEPAD Initiators
  assign to Non-State Actors? What is strategic
  thrust of the role/function?
• Who owns NEPAD? The people or Government?
• How will NEPAD benefit the ordinary man?
• My presentation is premised on changing the
  perception that NEPAD is solely a public /
  government initiative for public sector action!
  Is this true?
• What role should PS CS play in a new NEPAD?

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Entry Points / Mandate - NEPAD Vision strategy
for PS and CS
Para1NEPAD is anchored on the determination of
AFRICANS to extricate themselves continent from
the malaise of underdevelopment
marginalization Para7 Across the continent,
Africans declare that we will no longer allow
ourselves to be conditioned by circumstances....Af
rican peoples have begun to demonstrate their
refusal to accept poor economic and political
leadership
October 2001, NEPAD Founding Framework
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People-oriented NEPAD Objectives

• Restoration of peace and security
• Eradication of wide-spread poverty
• Empowerment of Women
• Promotion of accelerated growth and
• sustainable development
• Halting marginalization of Africa globally
• Promote an active role for Africa in a
  globalizing world

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NEPAD Core Principles

• Fostering regional and continental Integration
• African-leadership, ownership, management of
  the continents development agenda
• Internalization of the NEPAD ethos
• Accountability, transparency and peer review
• Good governance, democracy/human rights
• Self-reliance and reduced dependency
• People-centred development Accountable
  leadership
• Promotion of gender equality
• Building partnerships based on mutual respect

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NEPAD Implementation Core Players
NEPAD structures
National Governments
RECs
African Union
Partners Stakeholders Incl. Private Sector,
Civil Society DPs, Parliamentarians
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Core programmes of NEPAD
Science and Technology
Agriculture Food Security
GG Democracy, Peace Security - APRM
Trade, Industry Market Access
The NEPAD Core Action Areas
Capacity Development
Gender
Environment Tourism
Infrastructure
Human resource Educ Health
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Envisaged Role By Africans

• Africa Indispensable Resource Base
• Four components a) Natural Endowments b)
  Ecological lung c) Archaeological Evidence d)
  Cultural Richness
• Creativity of African People
• Para 14 Reconstruction of Africa should be
  understood and valued by Africans themselves
• Para27 No longer are we wards of benevolent
  guardians, rather Architects of sustained
  upliftment!
• Para 39 40 Partnership with PS in shaping the
  form, content and course of development case
  for strong role

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Private Sector/CS - Expected Role

• Para 41 Commitment of Govts, PS CS to global
  integration
• Para 43 Popular participation as core element
• Para 45 Acknowledgement of reinforcing voices of
  CS, include Media, women/youth g
• Agenda of renewal for Africa, based on national
  /regional priorities thro people involvement
• Paras 50-58 Appeal to African Peoples
• We call on African peoples to take up the
  challenge of mobilizing support for the
  implementation of the NEPAD Initiative

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NEPAD Programs/Projects Opportunities for PS CS

• Specific Units devoted to PS Development CSOs
  in the NEPAD Secretariat
• Secondment of PS Expert to NS (2002-2005)
• Signing of MoU between NEPAD ABR
• African Leaders inspired the creation of NEPAD
  Business Groups (NBG)

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Peoples Role in NEPAD Successes

• Sectoral Policy frameworks/Vehicles CAADP, STAP,
  MLTSF/PIDA NEPAD/Spanish Fund
• Developing a NEPAD SME Strategy (not completed)
• NEPAD IPPF ICF ICA AFFM CAADP TRUST FUND
• REVIVAL OF CS FORUM GENDER TASK FORCE
• AU/NEPAD African Action Plan (AAP) APF
• SADC REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON NEPAD IMPLEM.
• COUNTRY PROCESSES SADC, now ECOWAS
• NEPAD/OECD Africa Investment Initiative

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NEPAD Strategic Stakeholders

• NEPAD philosophy, vision, agenda, policies and
  programmatic activities are packaged for better
  advocacy with stakeholders
• Pan-African Parliament
• Organized Private Sector Institutions
• African International Civil Society
• African Universities Research Institutions
• Women Youth groupings NEPAD Spanish Fund
• International networks of Universities, etc

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NEPAD - PROVISION OF PUBLIC GOODS

• NEPAD ACTIONS

• STRATEGIES

• Private Financing For NEPAD Projects
• Community User Involvement
• Nurture PPP as vehicle for Resource Mobiliz
• Partnership Platforms country Roundtables
• Regional Centres and Networks of Excellence

• Creation of the Pan-African Infrastructure
  Development Fund (PAIDF) in July 2007
• Multi-Stakeholder Engagements, e.g. Workshops
  with CSOs
• CAADP PPs Country Small-holder Farmers
• Bio-Sciences/Educ and new CD-TRIP

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Recent Landmark Moves

• NEPAD Action Aid International co-host of the
  Dialogue on All-Inclusive African Response to the
  global financial crisis Midrand, Feb.2009
• UN Regional Media Dialogue on NEPAD in Vaal, SA
  Feb. 2009 (The Vaal Consensus)
• Ongoing collaboration with ABR/NBF on PS
  development
• Proposed CD-TRIP Workshop with Assoc. of African
  Universities

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Overview - Looking Ahead

• Evidence-based provision to feed into policy
  making Application of sectoral policies on the
  ground and at grassroots (stakeholders link) and
  engaging RECs
• Sustainable investment in capacity building for
  African Parliamentarians, thro Research
  development for Parliaments
• Re-focus on CSO Forum/Gender Task Force
• Business Leadership/Summit-NEPAD Projects
• Policy advocacy in support of NEPAD

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Way Forward 2 Potential Areas

• Campaign against HIV/AIDS
• Regular conversation around topical African
  development issues- e.g. High food Prices, impact
  of the Global financial crisis
• Establish adoption of more participatory
  processes in NEPAD programmatic work
• Africans in the Diaspora
• Empowering African people Indigenous Knowledge
  Community leadership

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Paradigm Change

• Partnering CS PS in promoting sustainable
  financing for development models RMM to GCC,
  NEPAD Capital Flows (Fund-raise _at_ domestic and
  FDI levels APCI RECs Strengthen Business
  Chambers Dialogue between PS Gov
• PS CS to expand their work to sectoral areas in
  AU/NEPAD priorities e.g. Infrastructure CC,
  Informal economic sector/SMMEs
• Promote capacity of Africa countries in
  International negotiations i.e. WTO, UNFCCC

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Related Challenges

• Coordination, harmonization, synchronization of
  partnering PS and CS Hesitant Pol Will?
• Low-level Involvement of Africas Private Sector,
  CSOs in the sectoral work of AU N
• Whats the value addition of such partnership
• Clarifying NEPADs identity and niche
• Diversity of the CS in Africa and un-organized
  nature of the Private Sector
• Slow pace in the Integration of NEPAD into AU
  structures processes/ Lack of resources

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CONCLUSION

• Prospects for creative partnerships between NEPAD
  and the Private Sector Civil Society are very
  bright
• NEPAD in transition and transformation stage with
  the AU/NEPAD Integration incoming NEPAD
  Planning Coordinating Authority
• Here and now, NEPAD pledges a more coordinated,
  coherent engagement with Non-State Actors

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Thank you for your attention
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