RWANDA’s IMPLEMENTATION

OF NEPAD AND PROGRESS

ON APRM

Current unsustainable situation in

Africa

Africa has to graduate from Aid Dependency to trade dependency

Africa represents 12% of world population but as a percentage of Global Economy Africa represents less than 2% (GDP, International trade and FDI)

After over 40 yrs of independence, Intra-Africa trade accounts for only 10% of total trade with rest of the world

Cost of doing business is the highest mainly due to poor infrastructure (including use of ICT)

Africa is the highest indebted continent and has the highest rate of HIV/AIDS cases

Current unsustainable situation

Lowest investment in infrastructure (donors, domestic or FDI)

Regional Integration is yet to be realised and harmonized

Domestic Savings in Africa is still less than 15% of GDP

Domestic investment is still less than 25% of GDP

Africa is the most affected continent by trade barriers (technical, tariff & non-tariff)

Governance situation (Political, economic & Corporate) in Africa still needs to improve to attract investment

Poverty levels in Africa are the highest in the world.

Historical Background NEPAD is the New Partnership for Africa’s

Development.

Merger between MAP + Omega to address thedevelopment challenges in Africa.

Millennium Partnership for African RecoveryProgramme (MAP) arose at the 2000 G8 Summit inOkinawa, Japan, for a concerted internationaldevelopment effort towards African renaissance.

OAU’s Extraordinary Summit in Sirte, Libya, inMarch 2001 merged MAP and OMEGA, the July2001 OAU Summit in Lusaka, Zambia

Endorsement and approval of New AfricanInitiative (NAI) as NEPAD.

Major Principles and Objectives

Ensuring Africa ownership, leadership

and partnership

Poverty Reduction

Making Africa attractive to both domestic

and foreign investors

Achieving and sustaining an average

GDP growth of over 7% per annum over

15 years period

Major Principles and Objectives

(cont’d)

Ensuring that continent achieves MDGs

Promoting sub-regional and continental

integration

Promoting partnership in the implementation of

NEPAD (Private sector, Civil society, RECs)

Promoting partnership with industrialized

countries & multilateral organizations: mutual

commitments, obligations, interest,

contributions and benefits

NEPAD’s Priority Areas

1. Political governance (South Africa/AU)

2. Economic Governance (Nigeria/ECA/AfDB)

3. Market Access and Agriculture

(Egypt/FAO/Secretariat)

4. Human Development (Algeria) – Heath,

Education

5. Infrastructure (including ICT & Science &

Technology) (Senegal/AfDB)

6. Capital Flows – Aid, debt, etc.. (Nigeria/ECA)

NEPAD Structure

African Union

General Assembly

NEPAD steering

Committee

NEPAD

Secretariat

(South Africa) NEPAD Regional

Secretariat

(KENYA)

NEPAD

National Secretariat

(Rwanda)

NEPAD Heads of State Implementation

Committee (HSGIC)

National Stakeholders

Government

Parliament

Private Sector

Development

Partners

Civil Society

Media

HSGIC

West (Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana and Mali)

South (South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana & Angola)

East (Rwanda, Ethiopia, Mauritius and Kenya)

Central (Congo, Cameroon, Gabon and Sao Tome & Principe)

North (Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia & Libya)

NEPAD Programs in Rwanda

The Comprehensive African Agriculture

Development programme (CAADP)

The NEPAD Environment Initiative

NEPAD ICT Programmes

NEPAD Short term Infrastructure Action

Plan (STAP) Projects

CAADP Projects

Land & Water management (2 project proposals

ready)

Rural/Agric. Infrastructure (1 project proposal

ready)

Increasing food supply/Food security (project

identification)

Agric. Research, techn disemination & Adoption

(Pan. African Casava & Nerica Rice initiatives)

CAADP Review

Link with EDPRS

Role of International Policy Research

Institute

Coordination at country/regional level

Participation of COMESA (US resources)

Conditions for the use of the resources (RT

Conference & CAADP Compact)

ENVIRONMENT

Environment – Vast and Complex: Systemic Approach

Note: Consistent with Rwanda’s Policy & programme

Support Project: Complimentary Implementation of Rio Conventions ($358,000 _ GEF)

Regional Programs: 1) Akagera River basin ($12.0m)

2) Lake Victoria basin (Eur 6.6m)

NEPAD ICT PROGRAMS

NEPAD E-Schools project (6 schools): Completed in all 5 regions (Cisco & Microsoft) – 16 countries chosen

E-Tourism Initiative (Web-based tourism, World cup, SIMTEL, infrastructure for electronic payment)

The NEPAD E-Parliament Initiative: Rwanda first to implement (Cisco & Microsoft) - completed

ICT Broad Band Infrastructure Programme: Roll out is ongoing throughout the country (TERRACOM)

The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) –Rwanda Headquarters, SPV, SC (10)

NEPAD E-SCHOOLS IN

RWANDA

Lycee de

Zaza

GS Muhura

Collège Christ-Rois

E.S.Shyangi

ESSA GisenyiCollège ST André

Infrastructure Programs

NEPAD Agenda is Regional Integration – Continental

Infrastructure is the cornerstone to Integration

Adoption of the STAP – Every region

Rwanda STAPs include.

Kampala – Kigali Oil Pipeline (WB resources)

Isaka – Kigali railway (ADB resources)

Rusumo Hydro Power Project

Rehabilitation of North & Central Corridors

APRM

APRM is an instrument voluntarily acceded to by Member States of the African Union as a self-monitoring mechanism.

Based on the Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance –Endorsed by the Durban AU Summit in July 2002.

APRM is a self-assessment, self monitoring mechanism

It leads to the adoption of best policies, practices, standards and codes.

It also involves peer learning and peer pressure (where necessary).

The Declaration on Democracy, Political,

Economic & Corporate Governance

Recognizes that one of the fundamental

issues underlying the problems in Africa is

that of Governance;

Lists a set of Codes and Standards;

Identifies four areas of focus:

– Democracy & Political Governance

– Economic Governance

– Corporate Governance

– Socio-economic Development

Structure of APRM

APR Forum

(Participating Heads of State & Government

APR Panel

(Panel of Eminent Persons

APR SecretariatAPR Team

(Country Review Team)APR Partner Institutions

Stages of the APR Process

Stage 1: Analysis of the Governance and development environment in the country to be reviewed based on existing self-assessment and monitoring

Stage 2: Country Review Visit: Wide consultations with government officials, political parties, parliamentarians, representatives of civil society including media, academia, trade unions, business community & Professional bodies

Stage 3: Preparation of APR Team’s Report: the report is based on the findings of Stages one and Two .

Stages of the APR Process

Cont…

Stage 4: Report is submitted to the APR Forum. The considerations and adoption of the final report by the APR Forum

Stage 5: Public Release of review report. The report is publicly tabled in Key regional and continental structures such as the Pan African Parliament, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, the Peace & Security council.

APR PREPARATION

THE NATIONAL COMMISSION & FOCAL POINT

SELF-ASSESMENT IN LINE WITH GUIDELINES

THE EXTERNAL REVIEW

RWANDA’S PROGRAMME OF ACTION (PoA)

PEER LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE SHARING

Countries that have Acceded to

APRM (25) Algeria

Angola

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Congo Brazaville

Ethiopia

Mozambique

Nigeria

Ghana Kenya

Tanzania

Sierra Leone

Rwanda

Senegal

Uganda

Gabon

Mauritius

Mali

Malawi

South Africa

Egypt

Lesotho

Benin

Namibia

Sudan

Update on APRM

implementation in Rwanda

Rwanda signed the MOU to accede to APRM on 9th March 2003;

The first APR Summit took place in Kigali in Feb 2004;

First national stakeholders’ workshop took place on 25th and 26th March 2004);

This was followed by retreats and validation workshops (March – May 2004);

APR support mission visit to Rwanda (led by the Mrs. Angelique Savane) took place on 21-24 June 2004. The mission approved the national plan for completing APR self-assessment;

Rwanda APRM Update Cont’d Establishment of APR National Commission (50),

Focal Point Office and Consultation mechanism;

July– December 2004 – consultations with all stakeholders, sensitisation, workshops, conferences;

APR experience sharing (Nov. 2004);

APR Self-assessment report (December 2004);

Rwanda APRM Update Cont’d

Quality control by AIPA (Feb. 2005) APR Country review team (April 2005) Country comments and Draft report

presented to 3rd Summit of APR Forum (June 2005)

Final APR report ready for adoption by APR Forum (Dec. 2005)

Africa Governance Forum (AGF VI) to share experience (May 2006).

Adoption of Rwanda APR Report (July 2006)

Africa Governance Forum (AGF) AGF - a joint initiative of the UNDP and the ECA

AGF I : 1997 (Addis Ababa) – multiplicity of issues that included constitutional reforms, the media, capacity building, and decentralization.

AGF II: 1998 (Accra) - Accountability and Transparency.

AGF III: 1999 (Bamako) - Good Governance and Conflict Management.

AGF IV: 2000 (Kampala) - Contribution of the Parliamentary Process in Strengthening Good Governance in Africa.

AGF V: 2001 (Maputo) - Local governance for poverty reduction in Africa.

AGF VI: 2006 (Kigali) – Implementing APRM

APRM implementation Challenges

Facilitating broad participation

Creating linkages between the APR and existing national initiatives as PRSP, MDGs, etc

Awareness creation and deepening stakeholders participation

Time constraint

Logistical problems

Consultation fatigue (HIV/AIDS, Gacaca, Sector Strategies, Corruption, U&R, PRSP, Youth & Women Programs)

Lack of conceptual clarity about APRM process and its objectives

Solutions

• Created four APR working sub-commissions

• Enlarged the national APR technical review teams (involvement of stakeholders)

• targeted specialized groups

• Use of foreign expertise from Kenya and SouthAfrica

• Regularly informed the donor community onAPR process (DPCG)

• Used the media to promote NEPAD and APRM

• Established a NEPAD trust fund with thesupport of UNDP

• High level political commitment

Support to NEPAD & APRM in

Rwanda

FAO (CAADP)

UNIFEM

UNICEF

Canada

Support through NEPAD Trust Fund include:

– UNDP

– DFID

International Commitment to

NEPAD To achieve MDGs (worldwide) and reduce

poverty requires $50 billion of additional development assistance. Key Commitments:

- EU is to increase $ 7 billion per year from 2006

- USA to provide extra $5 billion from 2006

- At G8 Kananaskis, June 2002, pledged at least 50% of additional ODA to go Africa

- Canada: CAN$500 million from 2003

- UK: at WSSD, to raise by 2006 Development Aid to Africa by £1billion per year and overall assistance for all countries by 50%

Commitment to NEPAD Cont… $500 million from World Bank- Multi-

country Agricultural Productivity Programme (MAPP) in research and technology in Africa

$580 million from AfDB and $570 million from World Bank approved for Infrastructure programmes

C$30 million from Canada Africa Fund for research laboratory for bioscience

C$10 million from Canada Africa fund for NEPAD Infrastructure Preparatory Facility

International Commitment to

NEPAD Cont….. UK: through International Financing Facility (IFF)

to source $50 billion to complement ODA

resources, in order to meet MDGs and poverty

reduction

World Bank: to provide extra grants of $23 billion

EU pledged a water fund $1 billion under

EU/ACP agreement

Japan: through TICAD process, pledged $1 billion

to support NEPAD programmes

UN: NADAF to close and be structured in

accordance with the NEPAD framework

International Commitment to

NEPAD Cont…..

Commitments at G8 Summit (2005) include:

Doubling of Aid by 2010

Full access to education and basic health care by 2015

Close to Universal Access to HIV treatment by 2010

Multilateral debt cancellation for poor countries (owed to IMF, WB & ADB) of more than $55 billion

Funds for Private Sector Investment in

Africa

EU investment promotion scheme (E110 million)

Investment facility managed by EIB (E2.2 billion)

Franco-British initiative for private investment in

developing countries, especially Africa (E200

million)

Canada’s investment fund for Africa (C$ 100

million)

Japan’s overseas investment loans for Africa ($300

million over five years)

Funds for Private Sector Investment in

Africa (cont’d)

USA’s Private Investment Corporation ($700 million to Africa since 2001)

Italy’s joint venture fund (E50 million)

Japan’s Infrastructure fund ($1 billion from 2003)

UK’s $305 million private investment for Africa

Energy Fund by Escom (R1 billion Rands)

General Observations and

Recommendations

Key problem in the above pledges is lack of honouring commitments;

Need to go beyond Monterrey, Kananaskis and J’burg and take concrete action on existing Commitments, rather than a new list of commitments;

Delivery on Aid commitment of 0.7% of GNP;

Support to International Financing Facility (IFF);

Review of HIPC DSA mechanism;

Address the issue of Post-HIPC debt financing;

General Observations and

Recommendations

Framework for mutual accountability on Aid

quality and efficiency (flexible, untied, long-

term, more predictable and aligned behind

national programs).

Stakeholder coordination (RECs, IFIs, APF,

Donors, Private sector, civil society, etc.. The

central role of NEPAD Secretariat and AU

member countries is crucial!!!!!!

Thank you for your attention

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