Roles

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Roles Responsibilities vs. STAP Implementation
2
Historical Perspective

• STAP was put together in 2002 in order to kick
  start the NEPAD process in infrastructure
• In a context where multinational / regional
  projects are the most difficult initiatives to
  implement
• With limited track record of cooperation between
  countries
• STAP proved successful in building the NEPAD
  brand name and fostering donors attention
• and led to regional physical projects being
  implemented in all sectors across the continent
• STAP focuses on regional infrastructure projects
  and programmes
• 4 years later, pending the outcome of the MLSTF,
  it is necessary to agree on a flexible framework
  for moving regional infrastructure forward,
  within the NEPAD framework

Need to rethink roles responsibilities and
project selection
3
ICA Key Stakeholders and Mandate

• Key roles to be played by the Consortium
• Based on African priorities,
• Help members pool efforts and improve aid
  effectiveness
• Advocate for more resources in the sector
• Act as a platform to broker more donor financing
• Promote capacity building support to the RECs,
  NEPAD Secretariat and the AU
• Help consolidate good governance principles,
  regulatory mechanisms
• Work with countries to help overcome political
  barriers to progress
• Support data gathering
• Foster development of appropriate financial
  instruments

• Stakeholders involvement with ICA
• A tripartite relationship (bilateral donors,
  multilateral agencies, African institutions)
• Membership on the African side
• Led by AfDB
• Participants sub-regional development Banks
  chosen by AU
• Observers AU Commission, NEPAD, RECs
• Private sector will be engaged through
  information and best practice sharing
• ICA is open to others who make significant
  contributions
• October 6th 2005 communiqué

4
AfDBs Mandate

• The Banks mandate to support infrastructure
  development in RMCs is informed by the need to
  bridge the infrastructure deficit
• This mandate has received greater impetus from
  the NEPAD Initiative, and is guided by 5
  Strategic Priorities
• Improving impact on economic competitiveness and
  poverty reduction in RMCs
• Support for sector reforms and institutional
  strengthening
• Development of regional infrastructure linkages
• Increasing Private Sector Participation in
  infrastructure development and financing, and
• Enhancing the development impact of projects
  through Economic and Sector Work, other analytic
  inputs for project preparation, and effective
  supervision of the portfolio

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AU, NEPAD, REC levels issues proposals
Commitment
Key issues

• Hidden bottlenecks due to overlapping / unclear
  roles and responsibilities
• AU and NEPAD Secretariat
• NEPAD Secretariat and RECs
• Duplication of efforts / wasting resources
• Miscommunication / seeking visibility (e.g.,
  STAP vs. REC Action Plan vs. AU Action Plan vs.)
• Geographical overlap amongst RECs
• Country REC ownership struggle
• Power to change rests with member states
• No alignment of priorities
• Limited
• Program management skills
• Strategy for reform adoption
• Plan, stepping stones, monitoring
• Project ownership

Africa Partnership Forum, May 2006 Need for AU
to clarify the division of responsibilities with
NEPAD, RECs and countries
Suggested pointers to AU / NEPAD

• AU to communicate to next Consortium meeting in
  November 2006. They will
• Clarify relationships between AU, NEPAD, 8
  building block RECs, other regional
  organisations, countries
• Address delegation of authority / supranational
  power transfers
• Agree on recourse mechanisms, monitoring
• Agree on rationalization action plan for
  geographical overlap issue
• Agree on coordinated process to prioritize
  projects

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Which perspectives for the RECs?
Back Up

• RECs are viewed as stepping-stones towards the
  realization of African integration. In that
  context,
• How much of investment effort should be directed
  at building their capacities ?
• To what extent should the capacities existing in
  them be duplicated at the AU level?
• If they must exist side-by-side with the AU, how
  can their roles, mandates and capacity needs be
  made to complement those of the AU?
•  AU/NEPAD and RECs, some burning
  questions Excerpt from Draft Report of ACBF on
  REC Capacity Building