PROGRESS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

NEPAD

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Working for Africa’s Prosperity

Presentation at the Briefing to UN Member States on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD):

65th UN General Assembly, 11 October 2010

By

Dr. Ibrahim Assane MayakiChief Executive Officer, NEPAD Agency

• NEPAD - A programme of the African Union

• NEPAD’s Core Principles and Values

• Road to the establishment of the NPCA

• Mandate and Core Functions of NPCA

• NPCA Strategic Direction: 2010-2012

• Obtained Results – Delivery on Thematic Priorities

• The Way Ahead

Content

NEPAD IS A PROGRAMME OF THE AFRICAN UNION

Africa’s Integrated strategy and framework for development

NEPAD’S VISION• Promote sustainable growth and development; and• Halt Africa’s marginalization

AU & NEPAD’s Core Principles & Values

- African Leadership & Ownership

- Good Governance, Peace & Security

- Regional & Continental Integration

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• Facilitate and coordinate the implementation of continental and regional priority programmes and projects

• Mobilize resources and partners in support of programmes and projects implementation

•Conduct and coordinate research and knowledge management

•Monitor and Evaluate the implementation of programmes and projects

•Advocate on the AU and NEPAD vision, mission and core principles/values

ROAD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NPCA

MANDATE AND CORE FUNCTIONS OF NPCAMANDATE AND CORE FUNCTIONS OF NPCA

NPCA

NPCA THEMATIC PRIORITIESNPCA THEMATIC PRIORITIES

Agriculture and Food Security

Agriculture and Food Security

Climate Change & Natural Resources

Management

Climate Change & Natural Resources

Management

Regional Integration and Infrastructure

Regional Integration and Infrastructure

Human Development

Human Development

Economic and Corporate

Governance

Economic and Corporate

Governance

COMPELLING AGENDACOMPELLING AGENDA

Member states and RECs implement quality investment

programmes and projects

Member states and RECs implement quality investment

programmes and projects

Private sector, Civil Society and other non-state actors are engaged & empowered

Private sector, Civil Society and other non-state actors are engaged & empowered

AU Member states drive continental development

processes

AU Member states drive continental development

processes

Crosscutting Issues:

Gender, CD & ICT

Crosscutting Issues:

Gender, CD & ICT

Strategy and Knowledge Management

Policy Alignment & Programme Development

Programme Implementation

Coordination

Partnerships, Resource

Mobilization & Communications

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NPCA Programmatic approach and deliveryNPCA Value chain

NPCA is the technical body of the African UnionNPCA is the technical body of the African Union

• 23 countries have signed the CAADP compactand One regional Compact (ECOWAS)

• 10 national investment plans technically reviewed

1. Agriculture and Food Security

OBTAINED RESULTSOBTAINED RESULTS

• 10 countries have surpassed the 10% mark

• Over 20 countries have achieved agriculturalgrowth rates of 6% or more.

Regional compact

Partnership for African Fisheries (PAF) Programme

•Working groups have been established in three key policy areas

•Establishment of $60m Fisheries seed fund in West, Central and Southern Africa

Good GovernanceIllegal Fishing and

Aquaculture development

Trade and access to markets

• Progress on Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Study in collaboration with AUC, RECs and AfDB,

•Implementation of AU/NEPAD African Action Plan: 2010-2015

•Development of Joint AUC/NEPAD Priority Infrastructure Projectsfor 2010 -2015 in African Action Plan (AAP)

2. Regional Integration and Infrastructure

a. ICT

• 100 schools in fifteen countries have had computers andprinters and internet connectivity installed.

NEPAD e-Schools Project

• Nine countries have already officially launched the NEPAD e-Schools Project in demonstration phase

NEPAD e-Africa Programme

• Launch of the African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE) as Regional Nodal Centre in Burkina Faso (April 2010), to provide:

– Technical assistance to government ministries

– Policy Analysis

– Training of Regulators

3. Climate Change and Natural Resources Management

- 14 countries have been peer reviewed to date

- 30 countries have acceded to the APRM

- Renewed role for NEPAD in implementation of the National Programs of Action (NPoAs)

5. Human Development - Education

Education and Training

•Completion of Framework for Teacher Development through open and distance learning project

•Three RECs (SADC, EAC and ECAS) are involved in Nursing and Midwifery Education Project

•Framework for Youth Entrepreneurship Project for SADC and EAC has been completed

4. Economic and Corporate Governance

6. Crosscutting Themes

a. Capacity Development

•NEPAD Capacity Development Strategic Framework (CDSF) adopted by 14th AU Summit- Setup of NEPAD Capacity Development Continental Steering Group

•Capacity Enhancement of Key African Institutions

– African Tertiary and Research Institutions

– CD Support Program for RECs • Formation of Africa Platform on Aid Effectiveness, South/South Cooperation & Capacity Dev

– An integrated Community of Practice for formal launch by end of 2010

• Additional resources mobilized under the Fund • Focus on microcredit schemes set up in 7 countries

• Research studies on challenges facing women entrepreneurs carried out

• Women in Rwanda mobilized to undertake reforestation projects

NEPAD/Spanish Fund for African Women Empowerment

b. Gender

• Accelerating implementation and coordination of regional programs/ projects

• Scale-up in mobilizing partners & resources for NEPAD implementation

• Capacity enhancement of key African Institutions, especially RECs

• Having African CSOs and Private Sector entities as critical partners in NEPAD

• NPCA as the major networker and mobilizer for social formation & action

• NPCA as the future Knowledge hub and prominent think tank in Africa

• Critical support of the international community through the UN

• Beyond Aid ---

THE WAY AHEAD

Thanks for your attention

………Merci………..