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Strategic Plan Aligned to AUC Strategic Plan– 2014 –

II PAQI Strategic Plan 2014

The PAQI initiative is supported by

IIIPAQI Strategic Plan 2014

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................II

CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................................................. III

LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................................................... IV

1. BACKGROUND.................................................................................................................................................................. 2

1.1 Benefi ts Of A Pan-African Quality Infrastructure To Africa .................................................................... 3

2. PAQI VISION ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3

3. PAQI MISSION ................................................................................................................................................................... 3

4. OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3

5. PAQI PILLARS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4

5.1. Functions of the Pan-African Quality Infrastructure institutions and their mandate .............. 4

5.1.1 ARSO ........................................................................................................................................................... 4

5.1.2 AFRAC ......................................................................................................................................................... 4

5.1.3 AFRIMETS ................................................................................................................................................. 4

5.1.4 AFSEC ......................................................................................................................................................... 4

5.1.5 Image 1: PAQI structure ..................................................................................................................... 5

6. SWOT ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................................... 6

7. PAQI’s CONTRIBUTION TO AU SECTORS ................................................................................................................. 7

7.1 Agriculture sector .................................................................................................................................................... 7

7.2 Infrastructure, Transport and Energy sectors .............................................................................................. 7

7.3 Environmental and natural ressources .......................................................................................................... 8

7.4 Health sector ............................................................................................................................................................. 8

7.5 Trade and Industry Sector .................................................................................................................................... 9

8. RESOURCE MOBILISATION ........................................................................................................................................10

8.1 Internal sources .....................................................................................................................................................10

8.2 External sources ....................................................................................................................................................10

9. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX ................................................................................................................ 10

10. ANNEXES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10

10.1 ANNEX I ............................................................................................................................................................ 10

1. Agriculture sector .................................................................................................................................... 10

2. Infrastructure, Transport and Energy sectors .............................................................................. 11

3. Environmental and natural resources ............................................................................................ 11

4. Health sector ............................................................................................................................................. 12

5. Trade and Industry ................................................................................................................................... 12

10.2 ANNEX II IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX1 ................................................................................................ 14

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LIST OF ACRONYMS

AATF African Agricultural Technology FoundationACBF African Capacity Building FoundationACP Africa-Caribbean-Pacifi cACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the ChildACSRT African Centre for the Study and Research on TerrorismAFCAC African Civil Aviation CommissionAFDB African Development BankAGA African Governance ArchitectureAGRA Alliance for a Green revolution in AfricaAIDA Accelerated Industrial Development of AfricaAMCEN African Ministerial Conference on the EnvironmentAMCOW African Ministers Council on WaterAPSA African Peace and Security ArchitectureATU African Telecommunications UnionAU African UnionAUC African Union CommissionBCW Business council for womenBCP Bureau of the ChairpersonBDCP Bureau of the Deputy ChairpersonBIAT Boosting intra - African TradeBIPM Bureau International des Poids et MesuresBMZ Bundesministerium Fur Wirtschaftliche ZusammenarbeitCAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development ProgrammeCFTA Continental Free Trade AreaCGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural ResearchCIDA Canadian International Development AgencyCIDO Civil Society and DiasporaCOMESA Common Market for East and Southern AfricaCTA Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural CooperationDEA Department of Economic AffairsDFID Department for International DevelopmentDHRST Department of Human Resources Science and TechnologyDIC Department of Information and CommunicationDIE Department of Infrastructure and EnergyDPA Department of Political AffairsDPO Disabled People‘s OrganisationDREA Department Rural Economy and AgricultureDSA Department of Social AffairsDTI Department of Trade and IndustryEAC East African CommunityECA Economic Commission for AfricaECOSOCC Economic, Social and Cultural CouncilE&Y Ernst & YoungFAO Food and Agriculture OrganizationFARA Forum for Agricultural Research in AfricaGIZ Gesellschaftfür Internationale ZusammenarbeitHRST Human Resources Science and TechnologyIAF International Accreditation ForumIAIDA Infrastructure Development in Africa

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ICT Information and Communication TechnologiesIEC International Electrotechnical CommissionIFPRI International Food Policy Research InstituteILAC International laboratory accreditation CooperationISO International Standards OrganisationIWBA International Women Business associationLC Legal CounselMDGs Millennium Development GoalsMFW4A Making Finance Work for AfricaM&E Monitoring & EvaluationMS Member SatesMRA Mutual Recognition AgreementNEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s DevelopmentNGOs Non-Governmental OrganisationsNPCA NEPAD Planning and Coordinating AgencyOIE Organisation for Animal HealthOIML International Organisation for legal metrologyPAPU Pan- African Postal UnionPAQI Pan-African Quality InfrastructurePIDA Program for Infrastructure Development in AfricaPTB Physikalisch Technische BundesanstaltPWDs Persons with DisabilitiesRECs Regional Economic CommunitiesRPPs Regional Partnership ProgrammesRWBA Regional Women business associationSIDA Swedish International Development cooperation AgencySMEs Small and medium-sized enterprisesSPPME-RM Strategic Policy Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Resource MobilisationSRHR Sexual and Reproductive Health and RightsSROs Sub-regional Offi ces of ECASTEM Science, Technology, Engineering and MathematicsTBT Technical Barriers to TradeT&I Trade and IndustryUNDP United Nations Development ProgrammeUNAIDS United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDSUNECA United Nations Economic Commission for AfricaUNEP United Nations Environment ProgramUNIDO United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationUNISDR United Nations International Strategy for Disaster ReductionUPDEA Union of Producers, Transporters and Distributors of Electric Power in AfricaUPU Universal Postal UnionUSAID U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWB World BankWEF World Economic ForumWFP World Food ProgrammeWMO World Meteorological Organization3ADI African Agribusiness and Agro-industries development initiative

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1. BACKGROUND

The critical role of infrastructure in the global economy is now well articulated. As globaliza-tion and liberalization take root, it will be in-creasingly diffi cult for Africa to remain com-petitive if its infrastructure systems continue to be sub-standard. There is therefore, an ur-gent need to put Africa’s infrastructure at ad-vantage point for Africa to be able to address easy use of value addition, given the increased phenomenon of intra-industry trade. Africa needs a deliberate, systematic and concerted effort at the practical level to integrate, upgrade and modernize regional infrastructure so that it becomes the catalyst for Africa’s growth.

In 1991, The Abuja treaty, creating the African Economic Community (AEC) was signed, fulfi ll-ing one of the major requirements of the Lagos plan of Action. The treaty recognises the im-portance of quality Infrastructure in the eco-nomic development of the continent.

According to UNECA’s 2008 report on Africa’s integration, lack of adequate Quality Infrastruc-ture in Africa severely hampers production and sale of goods. It continues to state that in the year 2010, intra-Africa trade remained low de-spite the positive trends in export growth. At the continental level, less than 10per cent of to-tal merchandise exports were destined to Afri-can countries. This low level of intra-Africa trade illustrates the weakness of the continent.

In order to ensure the acceptance of Africa’s goods and services in to the global market, the recognition of Africa’s quality infrastructure as being equivalent to those in the importing countries is essential as this will strengthen the competitiveness of Africa’s goods and ser-vices and contribute towards the industriali-zation of the continent by providing the nec-essary confi dence in ensuring the health and safety of the public and the protection of the environment;. This is the area of expertise of the Pan-African Quality infrastructure fi lls and thus provides support to policy makers of the African union by aligning the PAQI activities with the AUC priorities.

The Pan African Quality Infrastructure (PAQI) consisting of ARSO, AFRAC, AFRIMETS and AF-SEC is in line with international good practices

with regard to Quality Infrastructure, which consists of Standards, Metrology (Measure-ment) and Accreditation. The work of the four PAQI institutions is critical for economic Inte-gration in Africa as envisioned in the planned Free Continental Trade Area (FCTA) by 2017.

The CAMI 20, the Conference of African Min-isters of Industry held in June 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya, made a declaration on quality infra-structure, recognizing the Pan-African Qual-ity Infrastructure (PAQI) as the continental platform for all matters related to standardi-zation, metrology, and accreditation in order to strengthen the competitiveness of Africa’s goods and services and contribute towards the industrialization of the continent and its sus-tainability.

PAQI was offi cially launched in August 2013 by the director of trade and industry, African Un-ion Commission (AUC).

The newly developed PAQI structure, as the latest addition to the AU family is underlined by a shared objective to improve quality in Africa, increase regional integration as well as promote and enhance intra-Africa trade. It will work towards establishing a harmonised policy on standardisation and quality assur-ance on goods and services on the continent. The various Pan African Quality Infrastructure institutions aim to draw on each other’s in-sight and expertise and use quality as a driver towards achieving the common interest goals of the continent in line with the African Union Integration agenda.

The Pan-African Quality Infrastructure made up of the four pillars strengthens Africa’s abili-ty to achieve continental socio-economic goals in line with AUC goals for:

a) Intra-African trade;b) Regional integration;c) Industrial development;d) Promotion of sustainable green economy;e) Infrastructure development;f) Improvement of the competitiveness of Afri-

can goods and services; andg) The protection of the health and safety of

the public and the environment.

3PAQI Strategic Plan 2014

This document sets out the PAQI response to the African Commission priorities and pro-grammes such as PIDA, CAADP, AIDA and 3ADI and shows the alignment between the activi-ties of AFRAC, ARSO, AFSEC and AFRIMETS in order to respond in a manner that is optimal.

1.1 Benefi ts of a Pan-African Quality Infrastructure to Africa

An integrated PAQI will have the following benefi ts to Africa as envisaged in objective 6 of the 2012-2015 AU/NEPAD African Action plan and chapter XI, article 67 of the Abuja Treaty:a) Enhancement of consumer protection and

improvement of living standards of the citi-zens of Africa in line with MDGs;

b) Support of the African technical regulatory framework with a view to removing un-necessary technical barriers to trade relate to standards, measurement, conformity as-sessment and accreditation issues

c) Cost effective standards, measurement, con-formity assessment and accreditation ser-vices in Africa will be realized;

d) It will provide a platform for the partici-pation of African countries in quality In-frastructure activities and exchange to knowledge in the fi elds of interest to boost intra-African industrialisation and trade

e) Support AUC key programmes on Quality Infrastructure such as PIDA, CAADP, AIDA and 3ADI

2. PAQI VISION

To be an effi cient, effective, sustainable and internationally recognized PAQI contributing towards achievement of African socioeco-nomic goals.

3. PAQI MISSION

To strengthen the regional and global com-petitiveness of Africa’s goods and services and contribute towards an improved quality of life for the African people through prudent use of standards, measurements, conformity assess-ment and accreditation.

4. OBJECTIVES

The objectives of Pan-African Quality Infra-structure are the following:

1) To promote the development of a coherent PAQI supporting the objectives of African integration in accordance with the Abuja Treaty;

2) To strengthen the development and imple-mentation of African policies on Standards, Measurement, Conformity Assessment and Accreditation that supports the reali-zation of Africa’s Economic integration and environmental sustainability;

3) To provide timely Standards, Measurement, Conformity Assessment and Accreditation solutions to the region whilst upholding the values of openness, transparency and consensus;

4) To develop effective relations with the AU and RECs in order to promote and reinforce the role of PAQI as a tool for supporting AU policies those enhance intra-African and global trade to improve quality of life;

5) To represent Africa on all matters pertain-ing to standards, metrology, conformity as-sessment and accreditation;

6) To secure adequate funding for the PAQI to support capacity development in Standards, Measurement, Conformity As-sessment and Accreditation in close col-laboration with international partner or-ganizations.


5. PAQI PILLARS

5.1. Functions of the Pan-African Quality Infrastructure institutions and their mandateThe four pillars of Pan-African Quality Infra-structure (PAQI) are equally important and essential for African products and services to be competitive. Products and services that con-form to documentary standards (voluntary or compulsory) are more effi cient, safer, cleaner and can be compared, and are thus nationally and internationally more acceptable.

The following is the brief information on the four pillars of a Pan-African Quality Infrastructure and their functions and infl uence to overcome trade barriers to Africa through prudent use of standards, accreditation and measurements.

5.1.1 ARSOAfrican Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) is Africa’s intergovernmental standards body formed by the OAU (currently AU) and United Nations Economic Commission for Af-rica “UNECA” in 1977 in Accra, Ghana .The fun-damental mandate of ARSO is to develop tools for standards development, standards harmo-nization and implementation of these systems to enhance Africa’s internal trading capacity, increase Africa’s product and service competi-tiveness globally, and uplift the welfare of Af-rican consumers creating a continental stand-ardization forum to infl uence future prospects in international trade referencing for Africa’s benefi t and advantage.

Increased trade and closer economic coopera-tion between developing countries represent a considerable potential for development but re-alizing this potential represents a major chal-lenge especially in creating viable, sustainable and effective continental standardisation in-frastructure.

5.1.2 AFRACThe African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC) was established in 2010 and is a cooperation of accreditation bodies, sub-regional accredita-tion cooperations and stakeholders.

The main objective of AFRAC is to provide ac-creditation support to industry and trade and to Contribute to the protection of health and

safety of the public and the protection of the environment, in Africa and thereby improve Africa’s competitiveness.

The mission of AFRAC is to cooperate in build-ing capacity in African accreditation with the goal of sustaining an internationally accept-able mutual recognition.

5.1.3 AFRIMETSThe Intra-Africa Metrology System (AFRIMETS) was formed in 2006 with membership drawn from the African Sub-regional Metrology Or-ganizations (“SRMO”). The principal members of AFRIMETS are the six Sub-regional metrology organisations, CEMACMET (“CEMAC”), EAMET (“EAC”), MAGMET (“AMU”), NEWMET (“ECOW-AS”, “COMESA”), SADCMET/MEL (“SADC”) and SOAMET (“UEMOA”). Other members include countries or institutes responsible for metrol-ogy in and out of Africa as well as stakeholders.The main mandate of AFRIMETS is to promote harmonisation of scientifi c, industrial and le-gal metrology issues across Africa and to oper-ate as a fully-fl edged RMO, in accordance to the mutual recognition arrangement of the inter-national committee for weights and measures and to facilitate intra Africa trade through the use of accurate measurements and ensuring safety, health of consumers and environmen-tal protection.

5.1.4 AFSECThe African Electrotechnical Standardisation Commission (AFSEC) was established in Febru-ary 2008 as an organised association and has legal status in accordance with Article 24 of the Convention of the African Energy Commis-sion. The members of AFSEC are National Elec-trotechnical Committees from each African Member State and also include Regional Elec-trotechnical Committees; AFSEC is recognised by the IEC though a cooperation agreement signed in 2009.

The African Electrotechnical Standardisation Commission was established in February 2008 and underpinned by the Algiers declaration of the Conference of African Ministers of Energy on 17th February 2008, as a subsidiary body of the African Energy Commission (AFREC) to support of universal access to electricity espe-cially in electricity generation and transmission.


The main objective of AFSEC is to support Af-rican electricity Infrastructure development with standards and conformity assessment services in order to improve access to electric-ity in Africa.

5.1.5 PAQI structurePAQI pillars namely AFRAC, AFRIMETS, AFSEC and ARSO have worked hard and are already recognised by the relevant international or-ganisations in their fi eld of operation. ARSO is recognised by International Standards Or-ganisation (ISO), AFSEC is recognised by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), AFRIMETS is recognised by Bureau Inter-national des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) and the International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) and AFRAC is recognised by the Inter-national Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the International Accreditation Fo-rum (IAF).

Figure 1: PAQI structure

International

Africa

National

Regional Economic Communities

National Metrology Institute; Weights & Measures Dep.

National Electrotechnical Committee

Accreditation Body

NationalStandards Body


6. SWOT ANALYSIS

In this SWOT analysis, PAQI identifi ed its ‘strengths’ and ‘opportunities’ to measure its internal capabilities to be fully utilised and ‘weaknesses and ‘threats’ originate from exter-nal environments to be fully eradicated. Inter-nal attributes are controllable to some extent

Internal factors External factors

Strengthsa) Regionally recognised African quality infra-

structure pillars established b) Co-operation between the pillars formal-

ised thought the establishment of PAQI c) Recognised by the African Union Commis-

sion (AUC)

Weaknessesa) Low level of awareness of the importance

of standardisation; accreditation and measurement issues leading to underin-vestment at national levels

b) Limited appreciated of the role of stand-ards, metrology and accreditation in value addition, industrialisation, market creation and access and the overall augmentation of their economies

c) Weak / limited national quality infrastructures

d) Low level of awareness of policy makers on the benefi t of Quality Infrastructure at the continental, regional and national level

Opportunitiesa) Close cooperation and collaboration with

organisations such as AUC, UNIDO, UNECAb) Close collaboration and cooperation

with international organisations in Quality Infrastructure such as ISO,IEC, ILAC,IAF,BIPM,OIML

c) African economic growth and growth prospects;

d) Close collaboration and cooperation with regional Quality Infrastructures

e) Alignment of PAQI activities with the priorities of the AUC

f) Support the African free trade initiative and regional integration

g) Support industrialisation and economic development

h) Support government to protect the health and safety and environment.

Threatsa) The high cost to establish the necessary

quality infrastructure at national levelsb) The increased demands for export coun-

tries for proof of compliance with regula-tion and standards

by the committee members. Strengths are to be pursued, and weaknesses strategically elim-inated or reduced.

PAQI in developing its SWOT analysis has come up with the following matrix:

Table 1: SWOT Analysis


The situational analysis presented in chapter 3 of the AU strategic plan 2019-2012 shows that despite the progress made in recent times, the African continent is hamstrung by a number of complex challenges that are acting as a break on a continent which is poised for take-off.(AU strategic plan 2012-2019; p.23). These chal-lenges span the economic, political, social, and technological spheres and need to be urgently addressed.

It continues by stating that due to low pro-ductivity and lack of competitiveness, African fi rms are not able to compete on the integrated world market. Thus, the Continent must meet the challenge of up-scaling its value chain and speeding up industrialization and private sec-tor development, by diversifying production and adding value to agricultural, mineral and fi sheries resources, rather than exporting these resources as raw materials.

Africa’s economic growth prospects and pover-ty reduction efforts will very much depend on progress made to preserve, sustain and man-age the continent resources.

The AU in its analysis has come up with some key priority sectors that need to be addressed at the continental level in order to overcome the key challenges of the economic integration of the continent as envisioned in the Abuja treaty. (Annex I).

PAQI will align its work programmes and ac-tivities in line with the key AUC sectors which are: Agriculture, infrastructure, transport, en-ergy, environments, natural resources, health, trade and Industry sectors. In the implementa-tion matrix PAQI assigned its activities to some AUC programmes such as AIDA, PIDA, PMPA and 3ADI which are the programmes that have a great support to the development of Africa.

7.1 Agriculture sector

The PAQI’s contribution in the agriculture sec-tor will focus on the support of Agro food and Agriculture programs which are CAADP and 3ADI programmes through the following key activities:

7. PAQI’S CONTRIBUTION TO AU SECTORS

1) Development of accurate measurement and traceability for nutritional analysis, meat monitoring (antibiotics, diseases, etc.) to assist the development of agro-pro-cessing (increased outputs) and to negate technical barriers to trade

2) Promotion of international acceptance of testing results from the African continent by linking measurements in agro-processing to the international measurement system

3) Establishment of an internationally rec-ognised Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA’s) mechanism through accreditation for the international acceptance of Test, Calibration, Inspection and Certifi cation re-sults, thereby facilitating ease of regional and international market access for our agro processing industry

4) Harmonization of priority standards on ag-riculture and food products

5) Harmonization of standards for fortifi ed food products to address vitamins and mi-cronutrient defi ciencies

6) The adoption/adaption /development of electro technical standards for appropriate small-scale food processing technologies, techniques and machines

7.2 Infrastructure, Transport and Energy sectors

The key areas of support for infrastructure, transport and energy by PAQI include the fol-lowing areas of support:

1) Development of accurate measurement and traceability for the green economy and energy effi ciency (Power and energy, LED lighting, geothermal measurements, solar manufacturing and effi ciency measure-ments, wind power measurements

2) Establishment of an internationally rec-ognised Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA’s) mechanism through accreditation for the international acceptance of Test, Calibration, Inspection and Certifi cation results, thereby facilitating infrastructure development and supporting modern en-ergy services.

3) Harmonization of standards in infrastruc-ture development for: building and con-struction


4) Establishment of linkages with research institutions to foster cooperation between standardization, research and innovation and indigenous knowledge in order to devel-op products suited to the African conditions.

5) Harmonization of standards for energy, renewable energy, energy effi ciency and trans boundary grids and power pools

6) Harmonization of standards for integration and inter-operation of African power pools, and evolution of smart grids using ICT infra-structure and Harmonize standards on in-terconnection of the electricity network

7.3 Environmental and natural ressources

Africa’s natural resource economy contributes greatly to the continent’s built environment, or human-made buildings and structures. The ur-ban areas are directly linked to the production and trade of resources such as water, oil, and minerals. Some of the environmental and natural re-sources key activities of PAQI are :

1) Development of sustainable standards on natural resources i.e.: safety of water, prop-er use of land

2) Development of sustainability standards, referential and guidelines in mining, min-eral valuation and utilization of African natural resources.

3) Promotion of the use of standards, metrol-ogy and accreditation to support mining regulatory regimes (environmental, social, occupational, safety & health)

4) Establishment of international mutual rec-ognition agreement mechanism through accreditation for the international accept-ance of test, calibration, inspection and cer-tifi cation results

5) Development of traceability for measure-ments in the mining sector and establish local testing facilities for mineralogy

6) Promotion of equipment standards and conformity assessment in mining and in particular equipment for use in explosive atmosphere

7) Harmonization of standards for societal protection, risk and crisis management,

disaster preparedness, management and response

8) Development of accurate measurement and traceability for environmental moni-toring including (but not limited to: Cli-mate change parameters (ozone, methane, temperature, etc.), Gas emission testing and monitoring (Nitrates, Sulphur dioxide, etc.), Water quality (pesticides, inorganics, micro biology, etc.)Radiation monitoring, Soil testing (contaminants, moisture, nu-trients

9) The accreditation MRA’s scope will be ex-panded to incorporate the international recognition of Green Economy Certifi ca-tion and Inspection programmes such as required for energy effi ciency and energy management and Green House Gases vali-dation and verifi cation activities. Such pro-grammes would be required to support Af-rica meeting the Climate Change Agenda and the resulting monitoring of the Envi-ronment for Sustainable Development

7.4 Health sector

PAQI will have a contribution in the health sec-tor by supporting the AUC program of Pharma-ceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa (PMPA) through the execution of the following activities:

1) Development of traceability for health care measurements

2) Development and provision of of trace-ability for testing in pharmaceutical labo-ratories

3) Support for local pharmaceutical develop-ment with method development and re-search

4) Promoting the use of accreditation in the pharmaceutical and health sector

5) Elaboration of African standards on Afri-can traditional medicine(ATM)

6) Development of outreach material on the crucial role of African traditional Medicine (ATM) in the health of African peoples and the need to conserve the natural environ-ment from which medicinal plants and or-ganisms are obtained.

7) Elaboration of standards on medical equip-ment and devices.


7.5 Trade and Industry Sector

PAQI wiil align their activities to supporting the AIDA program in order to lead to the devel-opment of trade and industry sectors in Africa. These activities include:

1) Promoting the the use of accreditation in University laboratories to improve re-search results

2) Implementation of African standards edu-cation programme to enable African citi-zens to be aware of standards and its im-portance

3) Organise trainings, seminars and work-shops on standards, metrology and accred-itation in order to improve the knowledge of youth and women on standards.

4) Advocate for curriculum review to incorpo-rate issues of standards, metrology and ac-creditation in order to collaborate with in-stitutions of learning, Research Institutes, research laboratories, NGOs and other stakeholders in order Foster development through technological improvement

5) Ensure that metrology structures and facil-ities are accessible to the private sector and that it can support private sector develop-ments

6) Mainstream private sector standards into Af-rican harmonized standards to promote the development of the private sector and SMEs

7) Support the Development tools for reduc-ing technical barriers to trade to contribute to BIAT

8) Establishment of the African Trade Sup-port Web-portal to highlight the benefi ts of compliance to standards and technical reg-ulations including providing information on existing standards, technical regula-tions and conformity assessment require-ments in Member States to ease exports

9) Operationalize the African Quality Awards scheme in order to motivate more enter-prises to use standards in their operations.

10) Work with relevant partners to establish and address specifi c standardization needs by women, the youth and PWDs

11) Provision of measurement training to women and youth and PWD to assist with market access

12) Establishment of partnerships with wom-en and youth groups to offer opportunities for engagement in standardization and other forum

13) Establishment of an internationally rec-ognised Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA’s) accredtaion mechanism for the international acceptance of Test, Calibra-tion, Inspection and Certifi cation results, thereby facilitating ease of regional and international market access for African manufacturing industry.


The programmes and activities in this plan will be fi nanced by both internal and external sources:

8.1 Internal sources

Mobilisation of resources will be done through the existing internal resources mobilisation arrangement of individual PAQI institutions namely AFRAC, AFRIMETS, AFSEC and ARSO such as membership subscriptions and expert contributions.

8.2 External sources

PAQI activities are currently supported by Ger-man government through the German Federal Metrology institute (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB).

The mobilisation of resources will be done through a cooperative support of AUC, UNIDO, UNECA, AFDB and other organisations sup-porting the African Union activities.

Other organisations supporting Quality Infra-structure activities will continue to be consult-ed directly by the PAQI institutions through use of social capital. These institutions include ISO, IEC, ILAC, IAF, BIPM, OIML, SIDA, NORAD, USAID etc.

8. RESOURCE MOBILISATION

The key priority sectors those need to be ad-dressed at the continental level in order to overcome the key challenges of the economic integration of the continent as envisioned in the Abuja treaty are

1) The Agricultural sector2) The Infrastructure, Transport and Energy

sectors3) Environmental and natural resources4) Health sector5) Trade and Industry

1. Agriculture sector

Organic agriculture is a sustainable and envi-ronmentally friendly production system that offers African and other developing countries a wide range of economic, environmental, and social. The major challenge to food security in Africa is its underdeveloped agricultural sector that is characterized by over reliance on prima-ry agriculture low fertility soils, minimal use of external farm inputs, environmental deg-radation, signifi cant food crop loss both pre-and post-harvest, minimal value addition and product differentiation and inadequate food storage and preservation that result in signifi -cant commodity price fl uctuation.

In 2003, the New Partnership for Africa’s Devel-opment (NEPAD) and its Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP), were launched to accelerate agricultural growth in the region. Also in 2003, African governments signed the Maputo Declaration committing to a minimum allocation of 10% of their national annual budgets to agriculture. Recent political fore confi rmed the urgent need to secure and increase basic food staples.

AUC introduced the CAADP program in 2003 with the aim of helping African countries to reach a higher path of economic growth through agriculture-led development and this program focuses on four areas: extending the area under sustainable land management and reliable water control systems, Increasing market access through improved rural infra-structure, Increasing food supply and reducing hunger across the region and fi nally Improving agricultural research.

ANNEX I: AUC PRIORITY SECTORS

9. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION MATRIXThe strategic plan will be implemented through the strategic plan implementation matrix.

The matrix consists of seven priorities. Each priority has specifi c strategies and actions to pursue with outcomes and outputs. (Annex ii)The PAQI institutions will include the time-frames and budgets in their specifi c plans


Furthermore AU in observing that time was ripe to make a difference in the lives of mil-lions of farmers in the world’s poorest coun-tries; it introduced the 3ADI program in order to accelerate the development of the agribusi-ness and agro-industries sectors in Africa. The 3ADI stems from the Abuja Declaration, passed at the end of the Abuja Conference, organized by the African Union Council (AUC) on March 2011. The declaration calls upon UNIDO, in co-operation with FAO (Food and Agriculture Or-ganization) and IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) to join efforts in a well-coordinated way, in order to share knowl-edge and harmonize programmes in ways that capture synergies, avoid fragmented efforts, and enhance developmental impacts.

The main goal of the 3ADI is to develop the ag-riculture sector in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and by the year 2020, to have highly pro-ductive and profi table agricultural value chains.

AU in its strategic plan focused on eight key priorities; whereas the second priority focuses on Expanding Agricultural production, devel-oping the Agro-processing and businesses sec-tors, increase market access and attain Africa‘s collective Food self-suffi ciency and nutrition through promotion of smallholder agriculture, sound environment and natural resource man-agement, including climate change.

The AUC expectation on this priority rely on having Policies and institutions for sustain-able development, increased agricultural pro-duction, food and nutrition security through CAADP and 3ADI, expanded value addition and market access, and sound environmental man-agement implemented.

2. Infrastructure, Transport and Energy sectors

Access to sustainable and affordable energy and energy services is a key issue for Africans. With its vast and untapped natural resources, Africa is an ideal place to develop new technol-ogies and renewable energies.

In Africa Promote an inclusive economic devel-opment and industrialization through the ac-

celeration of infrastructure development pro-jects will aid to the economic integration and full utilization of the continent‘s mineral and other natural resources.

In the area of Infrastructure, the AUC, in part-nership with NPCA, ECA, AfDB, has developed the Program on Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) which covers transport, energy, and telecommunication/ICT and water sec-tors. Progress was also registered in developing and sustaining human capabilities through in-creased access to health, education, nutrition, shelter, sanitation and employment.

The AU expectation in the area of Infrastruc-ture relate to the development of a sustainable Infrastructure and environment for inclusive economic development, industrialization, pri-vate sector- led intra-African trade and sus-tainable utilization of natural ressources by accelerating the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa and to enhance access to modern energy service for the majority of the African population.

3. Environmental and natural re-sources

Degradation of natural resources is a serious problem Africa; the region suffers from defor-estation, erosion, loss of soil fertility, soil com-paction and water scarcity.

However natural resources have been the key sectors for economic growth in Africa: the con-tinent has been traditionally driven by exports of agricultural goods and primary products such as minerals and hydro-carbons. Never-theless, some countries dependent on just a few commodities for their revenue are vulner-able to boom and bust cycles as the prices of commodities are subject to wide fl uctuations. Therefore, the need for expanding the benefi ci-ation of such products, and seeking sustainable utilisation where possible, are priorities for Af-rican economic growth and diversifi cation.

Climate change is also considered as present-ing a security challenge more complex than the Cold War. It is now also conventional wis-dom that climate change has already, and will


continue to affect human security (including ecological sustainability), which may result in human rights abuses, and intra and inter-state confl ict and wars. The AU regards climate change as a threat to the continent’s future well-being.

In Africa institutions either private or public organisations should develop Climate security addresses and implement measures to reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on humans and the environment and to achieve sustainable development.

AU expectation: Infrastructure development and environment for inclusive economic de-velopment, industrialization, private sector-led intra-African Trade and sustainable utilization of natural resources created.

4. Health sector

Health care in most of Sub-Saharan Africa re-mains the worst in the world. Most countries in Africa rely heavily on imports for pharmaceu-tical products whether it is for the pandemic diseases or for the overall range of products in countries less affected by the pandemics. This situation which has economic implications regarding use of hard currency is for some a missed opportunity in terms of economic de-velopment and job and wealth creation, and poses a threat for the sustainability of treat-ment programs as and when donor fatigue sets in. It is recognized that developing the phar-maceutical sector has the potential to achieve both public health and economic development benefi ts but that to do this requires industrial development expertise and public health in-volvement. In addition, the region lacks the infrastructure, facilities, and trained personnel necessary to provide and deliver even minimal levels of health services and goods.

In July 2011 the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Industrial De-velopment Organization (UNIDO) agreed to a partnership for the accelerated implemen-tation of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa (PMPA).

AUC and UNIDO had detailed debates to cap-ture the challenges that the pharmaceutical sector in Africa faces, to explore methods that could be applied to facilitate the development of the industry, and to establish a program of work that will enable the partnership to build on this common understanding, consequently designing and implementing a strategy for the PMPA.

Furthermore, the African Ministers of Industry (CAMI) at their conference in Algiers in March 2011 identifi ed the pharmaceutical sector as be-ing a priority for the continent and included it in the Accelerated Industrial Development of Africa Framework, acknowledging the PMPA as the mechanism by which the sector should be supported.

A great infl uence will be on Build Africa‘s hu-man capacity through the prioritization of Pri-mary Health Care and Prevention; Education, skills development and investment in science, research and innovation, access to clean water and sanitation with inclusion of the vulnerable groups.

The AU expectation on this sector relate to hav-ing Policies and Programs to enhance health, education and employable skills underpinned by investment in services, science, research and innovation implemented by Member States.

5. Trade and Industry

There are several reasons for the weak regional trade performance in Africa, one of which is that the approach to regional integration on the continent has so far focused more on the elimination of trade barriers and less on the development of the productive capacities nec-essary for trade. While the elimination of trade barriers is certainly important, it will not have the desired effect if it is not complemented with policy measures to boost supply capaci-ties. The limited role of the private sector in regional integration initiatives and efforts has also contributed to the weak trade perfor-mance of the continent.

The problem in this area is concentrated on poor infrastructure and barriers in penetrating


the market caused by their limited resource base, lack of information, lack of or inadequate support institutions and poor policies in place among other factors. Poor infrastructure liter-ally limits the markets to which farmers can profi tably take their produce by increasing the cost of transportation, and hence also acts as a barrier to market penetration. Other barri-ers include market standards, limited infor-mation, requirements for large initial capital investments, limited product differentiation. The quality aspect of the standards is of major concern and gets more rigid where the food crop is for export. Some of the markets are for zero tolerance on the sub-standards products. All these issues limit African products to access international market.

However, enhancing Africa‘s share of global trade remains a monumental challenge espe-cially with respect to increased exports of val-ue added products, which highlights the nexus between trade policy and industrial policy.

In this regard, the AU has endorsed the Action Plan for the Accelerated Industrial Develop-ment for Africa (AIDA) in 2008 as well as the Action Plan for the Africa Mining Vision which promotes the harnessing of mineral resources for sustainable development.

The 10th Session of the AU Heads of State and Governments in January 2008, adopted the Ac-tion Plan for Accelerated Industrial Develop-ment of Africa (AIDA) for implementation by ASUC.

The 18th CAMI held in October 2008 in Dur-ban, South Africa articulated the Implementa-tion Strategy for AIDA and listed activities into seven bunches covering from industrial policy, Upgrading, Modernization, Infrastructure de-velopment, Enhancement of industrial skills, Promotion of innovation and technology, mo-bilization of resources and promotion of sus-tainable industrial development.

Gender issue such as inequality and women’s empowerment are far from being achieved, although women play a signifi cant role in ag-riculture. Despite their prominent role in food production, market and processing, women have limited access to land, agricultural exten-

sion services, credit, infrastructure, technology and markets that are crucial for enhancing their productivity.

The gender-sensitive approach to trade in-volves a vision of trade as an essential com-ponent of efforts to eradicate poverty and promote sustainable, people-centred develop-ment. This implies that in order to effectively mainstream gender, the current debate on the possible positive or negative effects of trade liberalization on gender equality, and vice-ver-sa, must be understood within a broad context and framed in relation to overall development objectives, such as those defi ned by the MDGs. AU cognizes the importance of addressing gen-der inequality in Africa as a means to reduce poverty and promote inclusive growth .The implication of women and youth in trade area will have a great impact on the development of the region.

AU expectation: Infrastructure development and environment for inclusive economic de-velopment, industrialization, private sector-led intra-African Trade and sustainable utilization of natural resources created through promot-ing policies and Standards to accelerate Con-tinental integration and expand Intra-African Trade and global market access.


Key

prio

rity

1. E

xpan

d A

gric

ult

ura

l pro

duct

ion

, dev

elop

ing

the

Agr

o-pr

oces

sin

g an

d bu

sin

esse

s se

ctor

s, in

crea

se m

arke

t ac

cess

an

d at

tain

Afr

ica’

s co

llect

ive

Food

sel

f-su

ffi c

ien

cy a

nd

nu

trit

ion

th

rou

gh p

rom

otio

n o

f sm

allh

olde

r ag

ricu

ltu

re, s

oun

d en

viro

nm

ent

and

nat

ura

l res

ourc

e m

anag

emen

t, a

nd

clim

ate

chan

ge.

Ou

tcom

eO

utc

ome

2: P

olic

ies

and

inst

itu

tion

s fo

r su

stai

nab

le d

evel

opm

ent,

incr

ease

d ag

ricu

ltu

ral p

rodu

ctio

n, f

ood

and

nu

trit

ion

sec

uri

ty, e

xpan

ded

valu

e ad

diti

on a

nd

mar

ket

acce

ss, a

nd

sou

nd

envi

ron

men

tal

man

agem

ent

impl

emen

ted

An

nex

II: I

MPL

EMEN

TATI

ON

MAT

RIX

Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 2.

1: M

S im

plem

en-

tati

on o

f CA

AD

P pr

iori

ty

prog

ram

mes

incl

udi

ng

anim

al re

sou

rces

as

an

inst

rum

ent

to b

oost

ag-

ricu

ltu

ral p

rodu

ctio

n a

nd

prod

uct

ivit

y fo

r fo

od a

nd

nu

trit

ion

sec

uri

ty, a

nd

elim

inat

ing

hu

nge

r an

d re

duci

ng

pove

rty

is s

up-

port

ed

1. A

ccel

erat

e im

plem

en-

tati

on o

f CA

AD

P as

an

in

stru

men

t fo

r agr

icu

ltu

ral

grow

th, t

ran

sfor

mat

ion

an

d el

imin

atin

g h

un

ger

and

redu

cin

g po

vert

y

2. P

rom

ote/

faci

litat

e im

plem

enta

tion

of A

fric

a N

utr

itio

nal

Str

ateg

y, a

nd

addr

ess

the

risk

s of

vu

lner

-ab

ility

, res

ilien

ce a

nd

risk

m

anag

emen

t

3. P

rom

ote

and

faci

litat

e th

e ge

ner

atio

n a

nd

dis-

sem

inat

ion

of k

now

ledg

e,

inn

ovat

ion

an

d te

chn

olog

y fo

r ag

ricu

ltu

ral t

ran

sfor

-m

atio

n

4. M

ain

stre

am s

ocia

l pro

-te

ctio

n in

CA

AD

P

5. H

arn

ess

the

pote

ntia

l of

anim

al re

sou

rces

dev

elop

-m

ent

for

wea

lth

cre

atio

n

and

to c

ontr

ibu

te t

owar

ds

enh

ance

d fo

od a

nd

nu

tri-

tion

sel

f-su

ffi c

ien

cy

LEA

D D

EPT:

DRE

A

COO

PERA

TIN

G D

EPTS

: N

PCA

, DIC

, DSA

, Gen

der,

Peac

e &

Sec

uri

ty, T

rade

&

Indu

stry

, HRS

T, P

olit

ical

A

ffai

rs

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

REC

s, F

AO

, IFP

RI, W

B, W

FP,

ECA

, AfD

B, E

U, U

SAID

, DfI

D,

GIZ

, CTA

, CID

A, N

ETH

ER-

LAN

DS,

FA

RA, S

ROs,

CG

IAR,

A

ATF,

AG

RA, O

IE

1. D

evel

op a

ccu

rate

mea

-su

rem

ent

and

trac

eabi

lity

(Met

rolo

gy) f

or n

utr

itio

nal

an

alys

is, m

eat

mon

itor

ing

(ant

ibio

tics

, dis

ease

s, e

tc.)

to a

ssis

t th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

agr

o-p

roce

ssin

g (i

n-

crea

sed

outp

uts

) an

d to

n

egat

e te

chn

ical

bar

rier

s to

tra

de (e

nsu

re e

xpor

ts)

(AID

A a

nd

CAA

DP)

2. P

rom

ote

the

inte

r-n

atio

nal

acc

epta

nce

of

test

ing

resu

lts

from

th

e A

fric

an c

onti

nen

t b

y lin

kin

g m

easu

rem

ents

in

agro

-pro

cess

ing

to t

he

in-

tern

atio

nal

mea

sure

men

t sy

stem

(CA

AD

P)

3. P

rom

ote

colla

bora

tion

in

accu

rate

mea

sure

men

t in

ag

ro-p

roce

ssin

g be

twee

n

sub

-reg

ion

s an

d RE

Cs

(CA

AD

P)

1. A

FRA

C w

ill e

stab

lish

ed

an in

tern

atio

nal

ly re

c-og

nis

ed M

utu

al R

ecog

ni-

tion

Agr

eem

ent

(MRA

’s)

mec

han

ism

for

the

inte

rnat

ion

al a

ccep

tan

ce

of T

est,

Cal

ibra

tion

, In

-sp

ecti

on a

nd

Cer

tifi

cati

on

resu

lts,

th

ereb

y fa

cilit

atin

g ea

se o

f reg

ion

al a

nd

inte

r-n

atio

nal

mar

ket

acce

ss

for

our

agro

pro

cess

ing

in-

dust

ry (A

IDA

an

d CA

AD

P)

1. C

onti

nu

ed h

arm

oni-

zati

on o

f p

rior

ity

stan

-da

rds

on a

gric

ult

ure

an

d fo

od p

rodu

cts

(CA

AD

-P&

3AD

I&A

IDA

)

(a) H

arm

oniz

e cu

rren

t st

anda

rds

for

cere

als

and

puls

es (C

AA

D-

P&3A

DI&

AID

A)

(b) H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

for

cass

ava

and

oth

er

root

s an

d tu

ber

food

pr

odu

cts,

yam

s, b

anan

as

and

plan

tain

s (C

AA

D-

P&3A

DI&

AID

A)

(c) H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

for

fort

ifi ed

food

pro

duct

s to

add

ress

vit

amin

s an

d m

icro

nu

trie

nt d

efi c

ien

cies

(C

AA

DP&

3AD

I&A

IDA

)

(d) H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

for

fi sh

erie

s, a

quac

ult

ure

an

d liv

esto

ck p

rodu

cts

(CA

AD

P&3A

DI&

AID

A)

(e) H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

for

food

saf

ety

syst

ems,

fo

od p

acka

gin

g an

d la

bel-

ling

(CA

AD

P&3A

DI&

AID

A

1. A

nal

yse

the

pote

ntia

l n

eeds

an

d ga

ps fo

r har

mo-

niz

atio

n o

f ele

ctro

tec

hn

i-ca

l sta

nda

rds

and

con

for-

mit

y as

sess

men

t sy

stem

s th

at c

an s

upp

ort

this

key

pr

iori

ty. e

.g. e

ffi c

ient

an

d su

stai

nab

le a

gro–

pro-

cess

ing

equ

ipm

ent

for

smal

lhol

der

agri

cult

ure

(3

AD

I&A

IDA

)

2. In

con

jun

ctio

n w

ith

pa

rtn

ers,

ado

pt/a

dapt

/de

velo

p el

ectr

o te

chn

ical

st

anda

rds

for a

ppro

pria

te

smal

l-sc

ale

food

pro

-ce

ssin

g te

chn

olog

ies,

te

chn

iqu

es a

nd

mac

hin

es

(AID

A&

3AD

I)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

6. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

advo

-ca

cy c

ampa

ign

s an

d th

e-m

atic

med

ia p

lan

s to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

ensu

re

stak

ehol

ders

info

rmat

ion

an

d ci

tize

ns’

invo

lvem

ent

and

own

ersh

ip

7. E

nsu

re t

hat

agr

icu

ltu

ral

and

lives

tock

pro

gram

mes

in

clu

din

g th

e Pa

n A

fric

an

Tset

se a

nd

Tryp

anos

omia

-si

s Er

adic

atio

n C

ampa

ign

(P

ATTE

C) I

nit

iati

ve a

re w

ell

inte

grat

ed in

th

e C

AA

DP

fram

ewor

k an

d su

cces

sfu

l-ly

impl

emen

ted

8. H

arn

ess

the

pote

ntia

l of

anim

al re

sou

rces

dev

elop

-m

ent

for

wea

lth

cre

atio

n

and

to c

ontr

ibu

te t

owar

ds

enh

ance

d fo

od a

nd

nu

tri-

tion

sel

f-su

ffi c

ien

cy

(f) H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

for

valu

e ad

diti

on o

f far

m

prod

uce

to

mee

t m

arke

t re

quir

emen

ts (C

AA

D-

P&3A

DI&

AID

A)

(g) H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

for

good

agr

icu

ltu

ral p

rac-

tice

s w

ith

aim

of i

nco

r-po

rati

ng

resi

lien

ce a

nd

clim

ate

chan

ge a

dapt

atio

n

(CA

AD

P&3A

DI&

AID

A)

2. O

rgan

ize

trai

nin

g on

se

ctor

spe

cifi

c va

lue

chai

n p

roce

sses

tar

geti

ng

prio

rity

agr

icu

ltu

re a

nd

food

pro

duct

s (C

AA

D-

P&3A

DI&

AID

A)

3. In

con

jun

ctio

n w

ith

p

artn

ers,

dev

elop

sta

n-

dard

s fo

r ap

pro

pri

ate

smal

l-sc

ale

food

pro

-ce

ssin

g te

chn

olog

ies,

te

chn

iqu

es a

nd

mac

hin

es

(CA

AD

P&3A

DI&

AID

A)

4. D

evel

opm

ent

of o

ut-

reac

h m

ater

ials

in o

rder

to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

on

stan

dard

s of

Afr

ican

pr

odu

cts

to e

nsu

re

qual

ity

assu

ran

ce (C

AA

D-

P&3A

DI&

AID

A)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 2.

2: Im

plem

en-

tati

on o

f Pri

orit

y pr

o-gr

amm

es o

n E

nvi

ron

men

t an

d N

atu

ral R

esou

rces

an

d C

limat

e C

han

ge fa

cilit

ated

1. P

rom

ote/

faci

litat

e su

stai

nab

le m

anag

emen

t of

th

e en

viro

nm

ent

and

nat

ura

l res

ourc

es, i

ncl

ud-

ing

wat

er, l

and,

bio

dive

r-si

ty, e

tc.

2. P

ut

in p

lace

mea

sure

s to

faci

litat

e pr

ogre

ss in

th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

Afr

ica

Clim

ate

Ch

ange

A

gen

da, i

ncl

udi

ng

Gre

en

Econ

omy

3. F

acili

tate

th

e Im

plem

en-

tati

on o

f th

e G

reat

Gre

en

Wal

l for

th

e Sa

har

a an

d Sa

hel

Init

iati

ve

4. F

acili

tate

th

e re

alis

atio

n

of t

he

Afr

ica

Wat

er V

isio

n

2020

5. F

acili

tate

th

e im

plem

en-

tati

on o

f th

e A

fric

an R

e-gi

onal

Str

ateg

y on

Dis

aste

r Ri

sk R

edu

ctio

n

6. F

acili

tate

th

e im

plem

en-

tati

on o

f th

e pr

ogra

mm

e on

Mon

itor

ing

of t

he

En-

viro

nm

ent

for

Sust

ain

able

D

evel

opm

ent

7. F

acili

tate

Mem

ber

Stat

es c

apac

ity

stre

ngt

h-

enin

g th

rou

gh im

plem

en-

tati

on o

f th

e M

ult

ilate

ral

Envi

ron

men

tal A

gree

-m

ents

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

D

REA

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

ART

-M

ENTS

: I&

E, D

IC, P

eace

&

Secu

rity

, Pol

itic

al A

ffai

rs,

DSA

, Leg

al A

ffai

rs, H

RST

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

AM

CEN

, AM

CO

W, R

ECS,

W

MO

, UN

ISD

R, U

NEP

, EU

, A

CP,

EC

A, A

FDB

1. D

evel

op a

ccu

rate

mea

-su

rem

ent

and

trac

eabi

lity

for

envi

ron

men

tal m

oni-

tori

ng

incl

udi

ng

(bu

t n

ot

limit

ed t

o):

• C

limat

e ch

ange

par

am-

eter

s (o

zon

e, m

eth

ane,

te

mpe

ratu

re, e

tc.)

• G

as e

mis

sion

tes

tin

g an

d m

onit

orin

g (N

itra

tes,

Su

lph

ur

diox

ide,

etc

.)•

Wat

er q

ual

ity

(pes

tici

des,

in

orga

nic

s, m

icro

bio

logy

, et

c.)

• Ra

diat

ion

mon

itor

ing

• So

il te

stin

g (c

onta

mi-

nan

ts, m

oist

ure

, nu

tri-

tien

ts, e

tc.)

CAA

DP

2. D

evel

op L

egal

met

rolo

gy

in a

ll m

embe

r co

unt

ries

in

supp

ort

of e

nvi

ron

men

tal

hea

lth

an

d sa

fety

(sta

nd-

alon

e)

1. A

FRA

C’s

MRA

’s s

cope

w

ill b

e ex

pan

ded

to in

cor-

pora

te t

he

inte

rnat

ion

al

reco

gnit

ion

of G

reen

Ec

onom

y C

erti

fi ca

tion

an

d In

spec

tion

pro

gram

mes

su

ch a

s re

quir

ed fo

r en

er-

gy e

ffi c

ien

cy a

nd

ener

gy

man

agem

ent

and

Gre

en

Hou

se G

ases

val

idat

ion

an

d ve

rifi

cati

on a

ctiv

itie

s.

Such

pro

gram

mes

wou

ld

be re

quir

ed t

o su

ppor

t A

fric

a m

eeti

ng

the

Cli-

mat

e C

han

ge A

gen

da a

nd

the

resu

ltin

g m

onit

orin

g of

th

e En

viro

nm

ent

for

Sust

ain

able

Dev

elop

men

t (c

ross

cu

ttin

g on

clim

ate

chan

ge)

1. H

arm

oniz

e en

viro

n-

men

tal a

nd

sust

ain

abili

ty

stan

dard

s ta

rget

ing

pri-

orit

y se

ctor

s su

ch a

s ag

ri-

cult

ure

; fi s

her

ies;

tou

rism

; fo

rest

ry; m

inin

g; t

exti

les

and

leat

her

(AID

A)

2. G

uid

ing

on s

ust

ain

-ab

ility

pro

gram

s in

Afr

ica

(Su

ppor

t im

plem

enta

tion

of

Afr

ican

Eco

-lab

ellin

g M

ech

anis

m…

) (cr

oss

cut-

tin

g)

3. H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

for

soci

etal

pro

tect

ion

, ri

sk a

nd

cris

is m

anag

e-m

ent,

dis

aste

r pr

epar

ed-

nes

s, m

anag

emen

t an

d re

spon

se (c

ross

cu

ttin

g)

4. D

evel

opin

g su

stai

nab

le

stan

dard

s on

nat

ura

l re

sou

rces

i.e.

: saf

ety

of

wat

er, p

rope

r u

se o

f lan

d (A

IDA

)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 2.

3: P

rogr

ams

for

enh

ance

men

t of

agr

ibu

si-

nes

s in

clu

din

g ac

cess

to

prod

uct

ive

reso

urc

es a

nd

capa

city

of W

omen

, You

th

and

pers

ons

wit

h d

isab

ili-

ties

su

ppor

ted

1. P

rom

ote

mea

sure

s to

en

han

ce a

cces

s of

wom

en,

you

th a

nd

pers

ons

wit

h

disa

bilit

ies

to L

and

and

oth

er A

gric

ult

ura

l Pro

duc-

tive

Ass

ets

2. C

onti

nu

e to

Impl

emen

t an

d m

anag

e pr

ojec

ts

un

der

the

Fun

d fo

r A

fric

an

Wom

en b

y th

eme

as s

ec-

tor

desi

gnat

ed

3. C

onti

nu

e to

roll

out

the

Afr

ican

Wom

en D

ecad

e Th

emes

th

rou

gh re

leva

nt

depa

rtm

ent

and

Dir

ec-

tora

tes

4. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

advo

-ca

cy c

ampa

ign

s an

d th

e-m

atic

med

ia p

lan

s to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

ensu

re

stak

ehol

ders

’ in

form

atio

n

and

citi

zen

s’ in

volv

emen

t an

d ow

ner

ship

LEA

D D

EPT:

DRE

A

COO

PERA

TIN

G D

EPTS

: G

END

ER ,

HRS

T, D

IC, P

EAC

E &

SEC

URI

TY, D

SA

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

UN

DP,

For

d Fo

un

dati

on,

Mas

ter

Car

d

1. P

rom

ote

Un

ion

wid

e pr

ogra

mm

es fo

r Tra

inin

g in

bas

ic m

easu

rem

ent

in

agri

cult

ure

to

assi

st w

om-

en a

nd

you

th t

o be

com

e pr

odu

ctiv

e in

agr

icu

ltu

re

(AID

A)

1. S

upp

ort

and

faci

litat

e kn

owle

dge

and

inn

ovat

ion

an

d te

chn

olog

ical

lear

nin

g to

wom

en a

nd

you

th in

th

e A

gric

ult

ure

sec

tor

to

deve

lop

bett

er m

eth

ods

of

agri

cult

ure

(AID

A)

2. P

rom

otin

g Yo

uth

Ent

re-

pren

eurs

hip

an

d Bu

sin

ess

Inn

ovat

ion

in t

he

Regi

on

(AID

A)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 2.

4: S

tren

gth

en-

ing

of in

fras

tru

ctu

re fo

r m

arke

t ac

cess

an

d tr

ade

in a

gric

ult

ura

l pro

duct

s pr

omot

ed

1. D

esig

n a

nd

supp

ort

impl

emen

tati

on o

f pr

ogra

mm

es o

n r

ura

l in

fras

tru

ctu

re a

nd

valu

e ad

diti

on

2. S

upp

ort

prog

ram

mes

sp

ecifi

cally

des

ign

ed t

o as

sist

wom

en, y

outh

an

d pe

rson

s w

ith

dis

abili

ties

u

nde

rtak

e va

lue-

addi

tion

of

agr

icu

ltu

ral p

rodu

cts;

3. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

advo

-ca

cy c

ampa

ign

s an

d th

e-m

atic

med

ia p

lan

s to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

ensu

re

stak

ehol

ders

’ in

form

atio

n

and

citi

zen

s’ in

volv

emen

t an

d ow

ner

ship

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

D

REA

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

ART

-M

ENTS

: T&

I; N

CPA

, DIC

, D

SA, H

RST

REA

CH

(EX

TER

NA

L PA

RT-

NER

S): U

NID

O, A

fDB,

U

ND

P, E

CA

, WEF

, MFW

4A

1. P

rom

ote

Un

ion

wid

e pr

ogra

mm

es fo

r Tra

inin

g in

bas

ic m

easu

rem

ent

in

agri

cult

ure

to

assi

st w

om-

en a

nd

you

th t

o be

com

e pr

odu

ctiv

e in

agr

icu

ltu

re,

deve

lopm

ent

of b

asic

m

easu

rem

ent

devi

ces

for

use

in r

ura

l are

as (A

IDA

)

1. A

FRA

C w

ill e

stab

lish

ed

an in

tern

atio

nal

ly re

c-og

nis

ed M

utu

al R

ecog

ni-

tion

Agr

eem

ent

(MRA

’s)

mec

han

ism

for

the

inte

rnat

ion

al a

ccep

tan

ce

of T

est,

Cal

ibra

tion

, In

-sp

ecti

on a

nd

Cer

tifi

cati

on

resu

lts,

ther

eby

faci

litat

ing

ease

of r

egio

nal

an

d in

ter-

nat

ion

al m

arke

t ac

cess

for

ou

r ag

ro p

roce

ssin

g in

dus-

try

(AID

A&

CAA

DP&

3AD

I)

1. D

evel

op t

rain

ing

mat

e-ri

als

on s

tan

dard

izat

ion

su

itab

le fo

r pr

omot

ing

valu

e ad

diti

on fo

r pr

e-do

min

antl

y ru

ral p

rodu

cts

(AID

A&

CAA

DP&

3AD

I)

2. E

nsu

re p

arti

cipa

tion

of

you

th in

sta

nda

rdiz

atio

n

thro

ugh

the

qual

ity

essa

ys

(AID

A&

CAA

DP&

3AD

I)

3. T

rain

ing

on t

he

food

sa

fety

refe

rent

ial,

TBT,

an

d re

late

d st

anda

rds

to

faci

litat

e m

arke

t ac

cess

of

agr

icu

ltu

ral p

rodu

cts

(AID

A&

CAA

DP&

3AD

I)

1. R

ura

l ele

ctri

fi ca

tion

us-

ing

the

ren

ewab

le e

ner

gy

equ

ipm

ent

(AID

A)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 3.

1: E

nab

ling

polic

y fr

amew

orks

for

incl

usi

ve d

evel

opm

ent

form

ula

ted,

pro

mot

ed a

nd

impl

emen

tati

on c

apac

ity

of M

S en

han

ced

1. D

esig

n a

nd

impl

emen

t po

licie

s an

d pr

ogra

mm

es

for

prom

otin

g in

clu

sive

gr

owth

an

d p

over

ty r

e-du

ctio

n

2. P

rom

ote

mea

sure

s to

ac

cele

rate

pro

gres

s to

-w

ards

impl

emen

tati

on o

f M

DG

s an

d th

e Po

st 2

015

Age

nda

3. P

rom

ote

polic

ies

de-

sign

ed t

o re

duce

an

d/or

elim

inat

e ec

onom

ic

mar

gin

aliz

atio

n a

nd

soci

al

vuln

erab

iliti

es t

hro

ugh

im

plem

enta

tion

of t

he

Soci

al P

olic

y Fr

amew

ork

for

Afr

ica

4. F

acili

tate

impl

emen

ta-

tion

of t

he

2004

Pla

n o

f A

ctio

n o

f Ou

agad

ougo

u o

n

Empl

oym

ent

Prom

otio

n

and

Pove

rty

Alle

viat

ion

5. P

rom

ote

acce

ss o

f th

e in

form

al e

con

omy

and

rura

l wor

kers

to

affo

rdab

le

and

appr

opri

ate

soci

al

secu

rity

sch

emes

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

D

EA/D

SA

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

TS:

T&I,

DIC

, DRE

A, H

RST

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

UN

-sys

tem

an

d Sp

ecia

l-iz

ed A

gen

cies

, AfD

B

1. A

ssis

t po

licy

deve

lop-

men

t by

pro

vidi

ng

advi

ce

on a

ccu

rate

mea

sure

men

t an

d re

quir

emen

ts re

gard

-in

g m

easu

rem

ent

equ

ip-

men

t an

d pr

e-pa

ckag

es

(Leg

al m

etro

logy

) iss

ues

to

polic

y m

aker

s (A

IDA

)

1. A

FRA

C w

ill e

stab

lish

ed

an in

tern

atio

nal

ly re

c-og

nis

ed M

utu

al R

ecog

ni-

tion

Agr

eem

ent

(MRA

’s)

mec

han

ism

for

the

inte

rnat

ion

al a

ccep

tan

ce

of T

est,

Cal

ibra

tion

, In

-sp

ecti

on a

nd

Cer

tifi

cati

on

resu

lts,

th

ereb

y fa

cilit

atin

g ea

se o

f reg

iona

l and

inte

r-na

tion

al m

arke

t acc

ess

for

our m

anuf

actu

ring

indu

stry

(A

IDA

)

1. M

ain

stre

am p

riva

te s

ec-

tor

stan

dard

s in

to A

fric

an

har

mon

ized

sta

nda

rds

to

prom

ote

the

deve

lopm

ent

of t

he

priv

ate

sect

or a

nd

SMEs

(AID

A)

2. C

arry

ou

t as

sess

men

t of

in

fras

tru

ctu

re s

tan

dard

s re

quir

ed a

nd

deve

lop

just

ifi ca

tion

for

reso

urc

e m

obili

zati

on (P

IDA

)

1. M

ain

stre

am p

riva

te s

ec-

tor

stan

dard

s in

to A

fric

an

har

mon

ized

sta

nda

rds

to

prom

ote

the

deve

lopm

ent

of t

he

priv

ate

sect

or a

nd

SMEs

(AID

A)

2. C

arry

ou

t as

sess

men

t of

in

fras

tru

ctu

re s

tan

dard

s re

quir

ed a

nd

deve

lop

just

ifi ca

tion

for

reso

urc

e m

obili

zati

on (P

IDA

)

Key

prio

rity

3. P

rom

ote

incl

usi

ve e

con

omic

dev

elop

men

t an

d in

dust

rial

izat

ion

th

rou

gh t

he

acce

lera

tion

of i

nfr

astr

uct

ure

dev

elop

men

t pr

ojec

ts t

hat

will

aid

eco

nom

ic in

tegr

atio

n a

nd

uti

lizat

ion

of t

he

cont

inen

t’s

min

eral

an

d ot

her

nat

ura

l res

ourc

es.

Ou

tcom

eO

utc

ome

3: In

fras

tru

ctu

re d

evel

opm

ent

and

envi

ron

men

t fo

r in

clu

sive

eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent,

indu

stri

aliz

atio

n, p

riva

te s

ecto

r-le

d in

tra-

Afr

ican

Tra

de a

nd

sust

ain

able

uti

lizat

ion

of n

atu

ral r

esou

rces

cr

eate

d


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

6. S

upp

ort

impr

ovem

ent

of la

bou

r-re

late

d st

atis

tics

an

d in

form

atio

n s

yste

ms

7. P

rom

ote

acce

ss t

o fi

-n

anci

al s

ervi

ces

by m

icro

an

d sm

all s

cale

ent

erpr

ises

th

rou

gh e

stab

lish

men

t of

Afr

ican

Mic

ro F

inan

cial

En

terp

rise

s

8. P

rom

ote

the

priv

ate

sect

or t

hro

ugh

incr

ease

d in

vest

men

t ra

tes

and

enh

ance

d pr

odu

ctiv

ity

9. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

advo

-ca

cy c

ampa

ign

s an

d th

e-m

atic

med

ia p

lan

s to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

ensu

re

stak

ehol

ders

’ in

form

atio

n

and

citi

zen

s’ in

volv

emen

t an

d ow

ner

ship


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Out

put 3

.2: T

he P

rogr

amm

e fo

r In

fras

tru

ctu

re D

evel

op-

men

t in

Afr

ica

faci

litat

ed

1. F

acili

tate

th

e op

era-

tion

aliz

atio

n o

f th

e IA

IDA

G

over

nan

ce s

tru

ctu

res/

ag

enda

2. P

rom

ote

impl

emen

ta-

tion

of M

issi

ng

Lin

ks fo

r Tr

ansp

ort

and

ICT

Infr

a-st

ruct

ure

pro

ject

s

3. P

rom

ote

adop

tion

of f

C

omm

on t

ran

spor

t Po

li-ci

es, s

trat

egie

s an

d re

gula

-to

ry fr

amew

orks

4. A

cces

s to

inte

grat

ed

digi

tal e

con

omy

and

reli-

able

, an

d af

ford

able

ICT

Net

wor

ks a

nd

serv

ices

5. In

tegr

ated

tra

ns

bou

nd-

ary

wat

er re

sou

rce

man

-ag

emen

t fo

r co

ntin

enta

l de

velo

pmen

t

6. E

ner

gy In

fras

tru

ctu

re

Dev

elop

men

t an

d A

cces

s

7. P

olic

y gu

idel

ines

on

fo

ssil

fuel

(oil

and

gas)

de

velo

ped

and

prom

oted

to

con

trib

ute

to

soci

o ec

o-n

omic

dev

elop

men

t

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

IE

D

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

TS:

DEA

, T&

I, N

PCA

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

REC

s M

embe

r St

ates

, A

fDB,

Spe

cial

ized

Age

nci

es,

UN

ECA

, Pri

vate

Sec

tor,

Inte

rnat

ion

al a

nd

Afr

ican

Fi

nan

cin

g In

stit

uti

ons

1. D

evel

op a

ccu

rate

mea

-su

rem

ent

and

trac

eabi

l-it

y fo

r co

mm

un

icat

ion

te

chn

olog

ies

–bro

adba

nd

com

mu

nic

atio

n, s

atel

lite

com

mu

nic

atio

n, e

tc (P

IDA

)

2. D

evel

op t

race

abili

ty

for

wat

er re

sou

rce

and

fos-

sil f

uel

rela

ted

test

ing

and

rese

arch

(CA

AD

P&A

IDA

)

1. A

FRA

C w

ill e

stab

lish

ed

an in

tern

atio

nal

ly re

c-og

nis

ed M

utu

al R

ecog

ni-

tion

Agr

eem

ent

(MRA

’s)

mec

han

ism

for t

he

inte

rna-

tion

al a

ccep

tan

ce o

f Tes

t, C

alib

rati

on, I

nsp

ecti

on a

nd

Cert

ifi ca

tion

resu

lts,

ther

e-by

faci

litat

ing

infr

astr

uc-

ture

dev

elop

men

t (P

IDA

)

1. H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

in in

fras

tru

ctu

re d

evel

-op

men

t fo

r: b

uild

ing

and

con

stru

ctio

n (P

IDA

)

2. E

stab

lish

lin

kage

s w

ith

re

sear

ch in

stit

uti

ons

to

fost

er c

oope

rati

on b

e-tw

een

sta

nda

rdiz

atio

n, r

e-se

arch

an

d in

nov

atio

n a

nd

indi

gen

ous

know

ledg

e in

or

der

to d

evel

op p

rodu

cts

suit

ed t

o th

e A

fric

an c

on-

diti

ons.

(AID

A) c

omm

on t

o PA

QI i

nst

itu

tion

s

1. H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

in in

fras

tru

ctu

re d

evel

-op

men

t fo

r: b

uild

ing

and

con

stru

ctio

n (s

mar

t ci

ty…

)

2. E

stab

lish

lin

kage

s w

ith

re

sear

ch in

stit

uti

ons

to fo

s-te

r coo

pera

tion

bet

wee

n

stan

dard

izat

ion

, res

earc

h

and

inn

ovat

ion

an

d in

dig-

enou

s kn

owle

dge

in o

rder

to

dev

elop

pro

duct

s su

ited

to

th

e A

fric

an c

ondi

tion

s

3. H

arm

oniz

ed s

tan

dard

s fo

r in

tegr

atio

n a

nd

in-

tero

pera

tion

of A

fric

an

pow

er p

ools

, an

d ev

olu

tion

of

sm

art

grid

s u

sin

g IC

T in

fras

tru

ctu

re (P

IDA

)

• H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

on

inte

rcon

nec

tion

of t

he

elec

tric

ity

net

wor

k

4. H

arm

oniz

ed s

tan

dard

s

and

con

form

ity

asse

ss-

men

t sy

stem

s fo

r

• ex

ten

sion

of e

lect

rici

ty

dist

ribu

tion

net

wor

ks•

min

i-gr

ids

• st

and-

alon

e h

ome/

sch

ool/

clin

ic e

lect

rica

l sy

stem

s•

mat

eria

l an

d eq

uip

men

t (A

IDA

&PI

DA

)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 3.

3: A

cces

s to

m

oder

n e

ner

gy s

ervi

ces

for

the

maj

orit

y of

th

e A

fric

an

popu

lati

on e

nh

ance

d

1. A

ccel

erat

e de

velo

pmen

t of

ren

ewab

le e

ner

gy a

nd

oth

ers

Sou

rce

2. F

acili

tate

regi

onal

an

d co

ntin

enta

l cle

an p

ower

ge

ner

atio

n a

nd

tran

smis

-si

on p

roje

cts;

3. D

evel

op g

uid

elin

es o

n

ren

ewab

le e

ner

gy (G

eo-

ther

mal

, Hyd

ro, s

olar

, bi

oen

ergy

an

d w

ind)

to

cont

ribu

te t

o so

cio-

eco-

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

IE

D

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

TS:

DEA

, T&

I, N

PCA

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

REC

s M

embe

r St

ates

, A

fDB,

Spe

cial

ized

Age

nci

es,

UN

ECA

, Pri

vate

Sec

tor,

Inte

rnat

ion

al a

nd

Afr

ican

Fi

nan

cial

Inst

itu

tion

s

1. D

evel

op a

ccu

rate

mea

-su

rem

ent

and

trac

eabi

lity

for

the

gree

n e

con

omy

and

ener

gy e

ffi c

ien

cy (P

ower

an

d en

ergy

, LED

ligh

tin

g,

geot

her

mal

mea

sure

-m

ents

, sol

ar m

anu

fact

ur-

ing

and

effi

cien

cy m

ea-

sure

men

ts, w

ind

pow

er

mea

sure

men

ts, e

tc.)

(AID

A

& P

IDA

)

1. A

FRA

C w

ill e

stab

lish

ed

an in

tern

atio

nal

ly re

c-og

nis

ed M

utu

al R

ecog

ni-

tion

Agr

eem

ent

(MRA

’s)

mec

han

ism

for

the

inte

r-n

atio

nal

acc

epta

nce

of

Test

, Cal

ibra

tion

, In

spec

-ti

on a

nd

Cer

tifi

cati

on re

-su

lts,

th

ere

by s

upp

orti

ng

mod

ern

en

ergy

ser

vice

s (P

IDA

)

1. E

stab

lish

th

rou

gh d

ata

anal

ysis

th

e sc

ope

of s

tan

-da

rds

requ

ired

for

vari

ous

ener

gy t

ech

nol

ogie

s in

clu

din

g th

ose

suit

able

fo

r ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

itie

s of

ru

ral c

omm

un

itie

s, S

MEs

an

d lo

cal i

nn

ovat

ion

in

uti

lizat

ion

an

d pu

t on

di

ssem

inat

ion

mec

han

ism

(A

IDA

&PI

DA

)

2. H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

for

ener

gy, r

enew

able

en

-er

gy, e

ner

gy e

ffi c

ien

cy a

nd

tran

s bo

un

dary

gri

ds a

nd

pow

er p

ools

(AID

A&

PID

A)

3. D

evel

op s

ust

ain

abili

ty

crit

eria

for

bioe

ner

gy in

A

fric

a to

com

plem

ent

inte

rnat

ion

al in

itia

tive

s w

hile

add

ress

ing

Afr

ican

co

ndi

tion

s (A

IDA

&PI

DA

)

1. E

stab

lish

th

rou

gh d

ata

anal

ysis

th

e sc

ope

of s

tan

-da

rds

requ

ired

for

vari

ous

ener

gy t

ech

nol

ogie

s in

clu

din

g th

ose

suit

able

fo

r ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

itie

s of

ru

ral c

omm

un

itie

s, S

MEs

an

d lo

cal i

nn

ovat

ion

in

uti

lizat

ion

an

d pu

t on

di

ssem

inat

ion

mec

han

ism

(A

IDA

&PI

DA

)

2. H

arm

oniz

e st

anda

rds

for

ener

gy, r

enew

able

en

-er

gy, e

ner

gy e

ffi c

ien

cy a

nd

tran

s bo

un

dary

gri

ds a

nd

pow

er p

ools

(AID

A&

PID

A)

3. D

evel

op s

ust

ain

abili

ty

crit

eria

for

bioe

ner

gy in

A

fric

a to

com

plem

ent

inte

rnat

ion

al in

itia

tive

s w

hile

add

ress

ing

Afr

ican

co

ndi

tion

s (A

IDA

&PI

DA

)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 3.

4: P

olic

ies

and

Stan

dard

s to

pro

mot

e C

onti

nen

tal i

nteg

rati

on

faci

litat

ed

1. S

upp

ort

Har

mon

izat

ion

an

d co

ordi

nat

ion

of M

acro

Ec

onom

ic P

olic

ies

2. S

upp

ort

the

oper

atio

n-

aliz

atio

n o

f Pan

-Afr

ican

Fi

nan

cial

an

d M

onet

ary

Inst

itu

tion

s

3. P

rom

ote

Stan

dard

izat

ion

an

d H

arm

oniz

atio

n of

Sta

-tis

tics

thro

ugh

the

Afric

an

Stat

istic

al C

hart

er a

nd o

ther

M

easu

res

4. T

ake

mea

sure

s to

acc

eler

-at

e im

plem

enta

tion

of M

IP

(Min

imum

Inte

grat

ion

Pro-

gram

me)

thro

ugh

putt

ing

in

plac

e th

e In

tegr

atio

n Fu

nd

5. P

ut in

pla

ce th

e O

bser

va-

tory

on

Inte

grat

ion

(M&

E/D

ata

base

) for

the

inte

gra-

tion

proc

ess

6. E

nhan

ce a

war

enes

s,

deliv

ery,

coor

dina

tion

and

ac

coun

tabi

lity

for t

he in

te-

grat

ion

proc

ess

7. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mun

icat

ion

and

advo

ca-

cy c

ampa

igns

and

them

atic

m

edia

pla

ns to

rais

e aw

are-

ness

and

ens

ure

stak

ehol

d-er

s’ in

form

atio

n an

d ci

tizen

s’ in

volv

emen

t and

ow

ners

hip

8. P

rom

ote

polic

y an

d gu

ide-

lines

to s

uppo

rt e

nerg

y,

tran

spor

t and

ICT

regi

onal

an

d co

ntin

enta

l pro

gram

s

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

D

EA

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

ART

-M

ENTS

: T&

I, H

RST,

DPS

, D

REA

, DEA

, AFR

EC a

nd

NPC

A, D

SA, D

IE

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

AfD

B, U

NEC

A, R

ECs,

ATU

, PA

PU, A

FCA

C, R

PPs,

UPD

EA,

ITU

, EU

, UPU

, Ger

man

BM

Z, U

SAID

, Wor

ld B

ank

1. P

AQ

I bod

ies

to d

evel

op

join

t ou

trea

ch m

ater

ial t

o h

igh

light

th

e im

port

ance

fo

r A

U/A

UC

an

d af

fi lia

ted

orga

niz

atio

ns

to u

tiliz

e st

anda

rds,

met

rolo

gy, c

on-

form

ity

asse

ssm

ent

and

accr

edit

atio

n t

o pr

omot

e th

e in

tegr

atio

n a

gen

da

(AID

A)

2. P

rom

ote

th

e u

se o

f ac

cred

itat

ion

to

redu

cin

g te

chn

ical

bar

rier

s to

tra

de

(AID

A&

CAA

DP)

3. P

rovi

de in

put

into

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

Afr

ican

po

licy

guid

elin

es re

fl ec

tin

g on

acc

redi

tati

on a

spec

ts

(AID

A&

CAA

DP&

PID

A)

1. P

AQ

I bod

ies

to d

evel

op

join

t ou

trea

ch m

ater

ial t

o h

igh

light

th

e im

port

ance

fo

r A

U/A

UC

an

d af

fi lia

ted

orga

niz

atio

ns

to u

tiliz

e st

anda

rds,

met

rolo

gy, c

on-

form

ity

asse

ssm

ent

and

accr

edit

atio

n t

o pr

omot

e th

e in

tegr

atio

n a

gen

da

(AID

A)

2. P

rom

ote

th

e u

se o

f ac

cred

itat

ion

to

redu

cin

g te

chn

ical

bar

rier

s to

tra

de

(AID

A&

CAA

DP)

3. P

rovi

de in

put

into

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

Afr

ican

po

licy

guid

elin

es re

fl ec

tin

g on

acc

redi

tati

on a

spec

ts

(AID

A&

CAA

DP&

PID

A)

1. P

AQ

I bod

ies

to d

evel

op

join

t ou

trea

ch m

ater

ial t

o h

igh

light

th

e im

port

ance

fo

r A

U/A

UC

an

d af

fi lia

ted

orga

niz

atio

ns

to u

tiliz

e st

anda

rds,

met

rolo

gy, c

on-

form

ity

asse

ssm

ent

and

accr

edit

atio

n t

o pr

omot

e th

e in

tegr

atio

n a

gen

da

(AID

A)

2. P

rom

ote

th

e u

se o

f ac

cred

itat

ion

to

redu

cin

g te

chn

ical

bar

rier

s to

tra

de

(AID

A&

CAA

DP)

3. P

rovi

de in

put

into

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

Afr

ican

po

licy

guid

elin

es re

fl ec

tin

g on

acc

redi

tati

on a

spec

ts

(AID

A&

CAA

DP&

PID

A)

1. P

AQ

I bod

ies

to d

evel

op

join

t ou

trea

ch m

ater

ial t

o h

igh

light

th

e im

port

ance

fo

r A

U/A

UC

an

d af

fi lia

ted

orga

niz

atio

ns

to u

tiliz

e st

anda

rds,

met

rolo

gy, c

on-

form

ity

asse

ssm

ent

and

accr

edit

atio

n t

o pr

omot

e th

e in

tegr

atio

n a

gen

da

(AID

A)

2. P

rom

ote

th

e u

se o

f ac

cred

itat

ion

to

redu

cin

g te

chn

ical

bar

rier

s to

tra

de

(AID

A&

CAA

DP)

3. P

rovi

de in

put

into

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

Afr

ican

po

licy

guid

elin

es re

fl ec

tin

g on

acc

redi

tati

on a

spec

ts

(AID

A&

CAA

DP&

PID

A)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 3.

5: T

rade

an

d C

us-

tom

s fa

cilit

atio

n p

olic

ies

deve

lope

d an

d pr

omot

ed

and

CFT

A n

egot

iati

ons

faci

litat

ed

1. Im

plem

ent

Init

iati

ves

Rela

ted

to B

oost

ing

intr

a-

Afr

ican

Tra

de (B

IAT)

2. D

esig

n a

nd

Impl

emen

t Po

licie

s an

d Pr

ogra

mm

es

on T

rade

, In

dust

ry a

nd

Cu

stom

s to

en

han

ce M

ar-

ket

Acc

ess

– at

con

tin

enta

l an

d gl

obal

leve

ls

3. A

ccel

erat

e Pr

ogre

ss

Tow

ards

Est

ablis

hm

ent

of

the

Con

tin

enta

l Fre

e Tr

ade

Are

a (C

FTA

)

4. D

esig

n a

nd

impl

emen

t pr

ogra

mm

es a

imed

at

boos

tin

g m

arke

t ac

cess

(c

onti

nen

tal,

glob

al) f

or

wom

en a

nd

you

th e

ntre

-pr

eneu

rs

5. P

rom

ote

labo

ur

mig

ra-

tion

to

supp

ort

cros

s-bo

r-de

r in

vest

men

t an

d to

fi ll

the

skill

s ga

p

Set

up

and

impl

emen

t co

mm

un

icat

ion

an

d ad

vo-

cacy

cam

paig

ns

and

the-

mat

ic m

edia

pla

ns

to ra

ise

awar

enes

s an

d en

sure

st

akeh

olde

rs’ i

nfo

rmat

ion

an

d ci

tize

ns’

invo

lvem

ent

and

own

ersh

ip

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

T&

I

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

TS:

DEA

, DIC

, Pol

itic

al A

ffai

rs,

DSA

, Gen

der,

DRE

A, H

RST,

I&

E

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

REC

s, A

fric

an B

usi

nes

s Ro

un

dtab

le, U

N S

yste

ms,

W

orld

Ban

k

1. H

arm

onis

e Le

gal (

Trad

e)

Met

rolo

gy im

plem

enta

-ti

on a

nd

adop

tion

of i

nter

-n

atio

nal

sta

nda

rds

acro

ss

the

cont

inen

t in

su

ppor

t of

in

tra-

Afr

ican

tra

de (A

IDA

)

2. P

rovi

de in

put

on t

esti

ng

requ

irem

ents

at

bord

ers

to

pol

icy

mak

ers

and

assi

st

wit

h t

he

deve

lopm

ent

of

mu

tual

ly re

cogn

ised

tes

t-in

g be

twee

n R

ECs

(AID

A)

1. P

AQ

I bod

ies

to d

evel

op

join

t ou

trea

ch m

ater

ials

to

hig

hlig

ht t

he

impo

rtan

ce

for

AU

/AU

C a

nd

affi

liate

d or

gan

izat

ion

s to

uti

lize

stan

dard

s, m

etro

logy

, con

-fo

rmit

y as

sess

men

t an

d ac

cred

itat

ion

to

prom

ote

the

inte

grat

ion

age

nda

(AID

A, P

IDA

,CA

AD

P, 3

AD

I)

2. P

rom

ote

the

use

of

accr

edit

atio

n a

s a

tool

for

elim

inat

ing

tech

nic

al b

ar-

rier

s to

tra

de t

o co

ntri

bute

to

BIA

T (A

IDA

, PID

A,C

AA

DP,

3A

DI)

3. T

oget

her

wit

h P

AQ

I bo

dies

, par

tici

pate

in t

he

neg

otia

tion

s fo

r th

e es

tab

-lis

hm

ent

of t

he

CFT

A a

nd

prov

ide

requ

isit

e in

put

on s

tan

dard

s, m

etro

logy

, co

nfo

rmit

y as

sess

men

t an

d ac

cred

itat

ion

(AID

A,

PID

A,C

AA

DP,

3A

DI)

4. T

oget

her

wit

h P

AQ

I bo

dies

, adv

ocat

e fo

r th

e re

aliz

atio

n o

f th

e A

fric

an

Prot

ocol

on

Sta

nda

rdis

a-ti

on, Q

ual

ity

Ass

ura

nce

an

d M

easu

rem

ent

Sys-

tem

s as

en

visa

ged

in A

r-ti

cle

67 o

f th

e A

EC T

reat

y,

1991

an

d an

chor

th

erei

n

PAQ

I bod

ies

in t

he

Afr

ican

in

tegr

atio

n s

yste

m (A

IDA

, PI

DA

,CA

AD

P, 3

AD

I)

1. P

AQ

I bod

ies

to d

evel

op

join

t ou

trea

ch b

roch

ure

to

hig

hlig

ht t

he

impo

rtan

ce

for

AU

/AU

C a

nd

affi

liate

d or

gan

izat

ion

s to

uti

lize

stan

dard

s, m

etro

logy

, con

-fo

rmit

y as

sess

men

t an

d ac

cred

itat

ion

to

prom

ote

the

inte

grat

ion

age

nda

(A

IDA

, PID

A,C

AA

DP,

3A

DI)

2. D

evel

op t

ools

for

elim

-in

atin

g te

chn

ical

bar

rier

s to

tra

de t

o co

ntri

bute

to

BIA

T (A

IDA

, PID

A,C

AA

DP,

3A

DI)

3. T

oget

her

wit

h P

AQ

I bo

dies

, par

tici

pate

in t

he

neg

otia

tion

s fo

r th

e es

tab

-lis

hm

ent

of t

he

CFT

A a

nd

prov

ide

requ

isit

e in

put

on s

tan

dard

s, m

etro

logy

, co

nfo

rmit

y as

sess

men

t an

d ac

cred

itat

ion

(AID

A,

PID

A,C

AA

DP,

3A

DI)

4. T

oget

her

wit

h P

AQ

I bo

dies

, adv

ocat

e fo

r th

e re

aliz

atio

n o

f th

e A

fric

an

Prot

ocol

on

Sta

nda

rdis

a-ti

on, Q

ual

ity

Ass

ura

nce

an

d M

easu

rem

ent

Sys-

tem

s as

en

visa

ged

in A

r-ti

cle

67 o

f th

e A

EC T

reat

y,

1991

an

d an

chor

th

erei

n

PAQ

I bod

ies

in t

he

Afr

ican

in

tegr

atio

n s

yste

m (A

IDA

, PI

DA

,CA

AD

P, 3

AD

I)

1. P

AQ

I bod

ies

to d

evel

op

join

t ou

trea

ch b

roch

ure

to

hig

hlig

ht t

he

impo

rtan

ce

for

AU

/AU

C a

nd

affi

liate

d or

gan

izat

ion

s to

uti

lize

stan

dard

s, m

etro

logy

, con

-fo

rmit

y as

sess

men

t an

d ac

cred

itat

ion

to

prom

ote

the

inte

grat

ion

age

nda

(A

IDA

, PID

A,C

AA

DP,

3A

DI)

2. D

evel

op t

ools

for

elim

-in

atin

g te

chn

ical

bar

rier

s to

tra

de t

o co

ntri

bute

to

BIA

T (A

IDA

, PID

A,C

AA

DP,

3A

DI)

3. T

oget

her

wit

h P

AQ

I bo

dies

, par

tici

pate

in t

he

neg

otia

tion

s fo

r th

e es

tab

-lis

hm

ent

of t

he

CFT

A a

nd

prov

ide

requ

isit

e in

put

on s

tan

dard

s, m

etro

logy

, co

nfo

rmit

y as

sess

men

t an

d ac

cred

itat

ion

(AID

A,

PID

A,C

AA

DP,

3A

DI)

4. T

oget

her

wit

h P

AQ

I bo

dies

, adv

ocat

e fo

r th

e re

aliz

atio

n o

f th

e A

fric

an

Prot

ocol

on

Sta

nda

rdis

a-ti

on, Q

ual

ity

Ass

ura

nce

an

d M

easu

rem

ent

Sys-

tem

s as

en

visa

ged

in A

r-ti

cle

67 o

f th

e A

EC T

reat

y,

1991

an

d an

chor

th

erei

n

PAQ

I bod

ies

in t

he

Afr

ican

in

tegr

atio

n s

yste

m (A

IDA

, PI

DA

,CA

AD

P, 3

AD

I)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 3.

6: P

olic

ies

for

Priv

ate

sect

or e

nga

gem

ent

and

impr

oved

Bu

sin

ess

Cli-

mat

e in

Afr

ica

deve

lope

d an

d pr

omot

ed

1. Im

plem

ent

mea

sure

s to

su

ppor

t pr

ivat

e se

ctor

de

velo

pmen

t in

Afr

ica

2. Im

plem

ent

mea

sure

s to

su

ppor

t im

prov

ed b

usi

-n

ess

clim

ate

in A

fric

a

3. Im

plem

ent

the

Afr

ican

Pr

odu

ctiv

ity

Age

nda

4. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

advo

-ca

cy c

ampa

ign

s an

d th

e-m

atic

med

ia p

lan

s to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

ensu

re

stak

ehol

ders

’ in

form

atio

n

and

citi

zen

s’ in

volv

emen

t an

d ow

ner

ship

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

EA

D

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

TS:

T&I,

PA, D

IC, D

SA, D

REA

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

UN

DP,

UN

ECA

,REC

s, E

U,

FICC

I (Fe

dera

tion

of I

ndi

an

Ch

ambe

rs o

f Com

mer

ce

and

Indu

stry

), K

FFSE

D

Kuw

ait

Fun

d fo

r so

cial

an

d Ec

onom

ic D

evel

opm

ent)

; SD

F (S

audi

Dev

elop

men

t Fu

nd)

, ID

B (Is

lam

ic D

e-ve

lopm

ent

Ban

k) a

nd

ITC

(In

tern

atio

nal

Tra

de C

entr

e)

1. E

nsu

re t

hat

met

rolo

gy

stru

ctu

res

and

faci

litie

s ar

e ac

cess

ible

to

the

pri-

vate

sec

tor

and

that

it c

an

supp

ort

priv

ate

sect

or

deve

lopm

ents

(AID

A)

2. P

rovi

de m

easu

rem

ent

trac

eabi

lity

to In

dust

ry

(AID

A)

1. A

FRA

C w

ill e

stab

lish

ed

an in

tern

atio

nal

ly re

c-og

nis

ed M

utu

al R

ecog

ni-

tion

Agr

eem

ent

(MRA

’s)

mec

han

ism

for

the

inte

rnat

ion

al a

ccep

tan

ce

of T

est,

Cal

ibra

tion

, In

-sp

ecti

on a

nd

Cer

tifi

cati

on

resu

lts,

th

ereb

y fa

cilit

atin

g ea

se o

f reg

ion

al a

nd

inte

r-n

atio

nal

mar

ket

acce

ss f

or

our

man

ufa

ctu

rin

g in

dus-

try

(AID

A&

3AD

I)

1. M

ain

stre

am p

riva

te s

ec-

tor

stan

dard

s in

to A

fric

an

har

mon

ized

sta

nda

rds

to

prom

ote

the

deve

lopm

ent

of t

he

priv

ate

sect

or a

nd

SMEs

(AID

A)

2. P

AQ

I org

anis

atio

n t

o su

ppor

t th

e D

evel

opm

ent

tool

s fo

r re

duci

ng

tech

-n

ical

bar

rier

s to

tra

de t

o co

ntri

bute

to

BIA

T (A

IDA

)

3. E

stab

lish

th

e A

fric

an

Trad

e Su

ppor

t W

eb-p

orta

l to

hig

hlig

ht t

he

ben

efi t

s of

co

mpl

ian

ce t

o st

anda

rds

and

tech

nic

al re

gula

tion

s in

clu

din

g pr

ovid

ing

in-

form

atio

n o

n e

xist

ing

stan

dard

s, t

ech

nic

al re

g-u

lati

ons

and

con

form

ity

asse

ssm

ent

requ

irem

ents

in

Mem

ber

Stat

es t

o ea

se

expo

rts

(AID

A)

4. O

pera

tion

aliz

e th

e A

fric

an Q

ual

ity

Aw

ards

sc

hem

e in

ord

er t

o m

o-ti

vate

mor

e en

terp

rise

s to

use

sta

nda

rds

in t

hei

r op

erat

ion

s (A

IDA

)

1. M

ain

stre

am p

riva

te s

ec-

tor

stan

dard

s in

to A

fric

an

har

mon

ized

sta

nda

rds

to

prom

ote

the

deve

lopm

ent

of t

he

priv

ate

sect

or a

nd

SMEs

2. P

AQ

I org

anis

atio

n t

o su

ppor

t th

e D

evel

opm

ent

tool

s fo

r re

duci

ng

tech

-n

ical

bar

rier

s to

tra

de t

o co

ntri

bute

to

BIA

T (A

IDA

)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 3.

7: W

omen

, You

th

and

pers

ons

wit

h d

isab

il-it

ies

entr

epre

neu

rsh

ip

prom

oted

, an

d su

ppor

ted

1. D

esig

n, P

rom

ote

and

Impl

emen

t po

licie

s an

d pr

ogra

mm

es o

n W

omen

En

trep

ren

eurs

hip

2. D

esig

n, P

rom

ote

and

Impl

emen

t po

licie

s an

d pr

ogra

mm

es o

n Y

outh

En

trep

ren

eurs

hip

3. D

esig

n, P

rom

ote

and

Imp

lem

ent

pol

icie

s an

d p

rogr

amm

es o

n E

ntr

epre

-n

eurs

hip

for

per

son

s w

ith

D

isab

iliti

es, i

ncl

udi

ng

the

pro

tect

ion

of

inte

llect

ual

p

rop

erti

es/w

orks

of

PWD

, to

en

han

ce t

hei

r p

ossi

bil-

itie

s to

cre

ate

job

op

por

-tu

nit

ies

and

self

-em

plo

y-m

ent

4. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

advo

-ca

cy c

ampa

ign

s an

d th

e-m

atic

med

ia p

lan

s to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

ensu

re

stak

ehol

ders

’ in

form

atio

n

and

citi

zen

s’ in

volv

emen

t an

d ow

ner

ship

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

D

EA/H

RST

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

TS:

Gen

der,

DIC

, DSA

, I&

T

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

IWBA

(Int

ern

atio

nal

Wom

-en

Bu

sin

ess

asso

ciat

ion

);

RWBA

(Reg

ion

al W

omen

bu

sin

ess

asso

ciat

ion

);

BCW

(Bu

sin

ess

cou

nci

l for

w

omen

), RE

Cs,

For

d Fo

un

-da

tion

, UN

Sys

tem

s, A

CB

F,

US-

AU

/USA

ID, E

uro

pean

U

nio

n

1. P

rovi

de m

easu

rem

ent

trai

nin

g to

wom

en a

nd

you

than

d PW

D t

o as

sist

w

ith

mar

ket

acce

ss (A

IDA

)

1. W

ork

wit

h re

leva

nt

part

ner

s to

est

ablis

h a

nd

addr

ess

spec

ifi c

stan

dard

-iz

atio

n n

eeds

by

wom

en,

the

you

th a

nd

PWD

s (A

IDA

)

2. E

stab

lish

par

tner

ship

s w

ith

wom

en a

nd

you

th

grou

ps t

o of

fer

oppo

rtu

-n

itie

s fo

r en

gage

men

t in

st

anda

rdiz

atio

n (A

IDA

)

1. W

ork

wit

h re

leva

nt

part

ner

s to

est

ablis

h a

nd

addr

ess

spec

ifi c

stan

dard

-iz

atio

n n

eeds

by

wom

en,

the

you

th a

nd

PWD

s (A

IDA

)

2. E

stab

lish

par

tner

ship

s w

ith

wom

en a

nd

you

th

grou

ps t

o of

fer

oppo

rtu

-n

itie

s fo

r en

gage

men

t in

st

anda

rdiz

atio

n a

nd

oth

er

foru

m (A

IDA

)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 3.

8: P

olic

ies

for

the

sust

ain

able

uti

lizat

ion

of

the

cont

inen

t’s m

iner

al

and

oth

er re

sou

rces

dev

el-

oped

an

d pr

omot

ed

1. Im

plem

ent

prog

ram

mes

in

th

e fr

amew

ork

of t

he

Afr

ican

Min

ing

Vis

ion

A

ctio

n P

lan

for

impr

oved

go

vern

ance

an

d va

lue

addi

tion

to

Afr

ica’

s m

iner

al

reso

urc

es

2. F

acili

tate

th

e Es

tabl

ish

-m

ent

of t

he

Afr

ican

Min

er-

als

Dev

elop

men

t C

entr

e

3. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

advo

-ca

cy c

ampa

ign

s an

d th

e-m

atic

med

ia p

lan

s to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

ensu

re

stak

ehol

ders

’ in

form

atio

n

and

citi

zen

s’ in

volv

emen

t an

d ow

ner

ship

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

T&

I

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

TS:

DRE

A, D

IC, I

ED, N

PCA

, P&

S,

DPA

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

UN

ECA

, FA

O, I

FAD

1. D

evel

op t

race

abili

ty

for

mea

sure

men

ts in

th

e m

inin

g se

ctor

an

d es

tab

-lis

h lo

cal t

esti

ng

faci

litie

s fo

r m

iner

alog

y (A

IDA

)

2. S

upp

ort

loca

l ben

efi c

i-at

ion

by

deve

lopi

ng

mea

-su

rem

ent

met

hod

s(A

IDA

)

1. E

stab

lish

an

d in

tern

a-ti

onal

mu

tual

reco

gnit

ion

ag

reem

ent

mec

han

ism

for

the

inte

rnat

ion

al a

ccep

-ta

nce

of t

est,

cal

ibra

tion

, in

spec

tion

an

d ce

rtifi

ca-

tion

resu

lts

(AID

A)

1. D

evel

opin

g su

stai

nab

il-it

y st

anda

rds,

refe

rent

ial

and

guid

elin

es in

min

ing

, m

iner

al v

alu

atio

n a

nd

uti

-liz

atio

n o

f Afr

ican

nat

ura

l re

sou

rces

(AID

A)

2. P

AQ

I in

stit

uti

on t

o pr

omot

e th

e u

se o

f sta

n-

dard

s, m

etro

logy

an

d ac

cred

itat

ion

to

supp

ort

min

ing

regu

lato

ry re

gim

es

(en

viro

nm

enta

l, so

cial

, oc

cupa

tion

al, s

afet

y &

h

ealt

h (A

IDA

)

3. P

rom

otio

n o

f equ

ip-

men

t st

anda

rds

and

con

form

ity

asse

ssm

ent

in m

inin

g an

d in

par

ticu

-la

r eq

uip

men

t fo

r u

se in

ex

plos

ive

atm

osph

eres

(t

o be

th

e sa

me

in A

IDA

do

cum

ent)


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 4.

1: Im

plem

enta

-ti

on o

f th

e A

fric

a H

ealt

h

Stra

tegy

(AH

S) p

rom

oted

1. A

ccel

erat

e th

e im

plem

en-

tati

on o

f the

Afr

ica

Hea

lth

St

rate

gy, –

Abu

ja C

all,

Cont

inen

tal P

olic

y on

SRH

R &

its

Map

uto

Plan

of A

ctio

n,

ARN

S, C

ARM

MA

2. P

rom

ote

Resu

lt D

eliv

ery

& A

ccou

ntab

ility

on

Uni

ver-

sal A

cces

s to

HIV

/AID

S, T

B,

MN

CH

& M

alar

ia S

ervi

ces,

A

RNS

3. P

rom

ote

Conc

erte

d Ac

tions

on

PM

PA im

plem

enta

tion

4. E

nhan

ce tr

aini

ng in

med

i-ca

l and

hea

lth s

cien

ces

5. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mun

icat

ion

and

advo

ca-

cy ca

mpa

igns

and

them

atic

m

edia

pla

ns to

rais

e aw

are-

ness

6. E

nsur

e al

l tar

get s

take

-ho

lder

s re

ceiv

e in

form

atio

n

to p

rom

ote

stro

nger

invo

lve-

men

t and

ow

ners

hip

7. S

tren

gthe

n A

IDS

Wat

ch

Afric

a

LEA

D A

UC

DEP

T: D

SA C

o-Le

ad

AU

C D

EPT:

Gen

der,

Trad

e &

Indu

stry

, HRS

T, C

omm

u-

nic

atio

n, E

con

omic

aff

airs

, Pe

ace

& S

ecu

rity

, Med

ical

Se

rvic

es

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

UN

FPA

, WM

O, U

NIC

EF,

UN

AID

S, U

NID

O, W

FP, U

S-A

ID, A

USA

ID, A

fDB,

NEP

AD

, M

arie

Sto

pes

Inte

rnat

ion

-al

, IPP

F-A

fric

a Re

gion

al

Offi

ce,

IPA

S A

fric

a, P

artn

ers

in P

opu

lati

on &

Dev

elop

-m

ent

(Afr

ica

regi

on)

1. A

ssis

t m

embe

r co

un

-tr

ies

to d

evel

op a

nd

adop

t Le

gal m

etro

logy

legi

slat

ion

(P

IDA

, AID

A, C

AA

DP)

2. P

AQ

I in

stit

uti

ons

en-

cou

rage

mem

bers

to

adop

t in

tern

atio

nal

sta

n-

dard

s, (P

IDA

, AID

A, C

AA

DP)

3. D

evel

op t

race

abili

ty fo

r h

ealt

h c

are

mea

sure

men

ts

(cro

ss c

utt

ing)

4. D

evel

op a

nd

prov

ide

trac

eabi

lity

for

test

ing

in

phar

mac

euti

cal l

abor

ato-

ries

(AID

A)

5. S

upp

ort

loca

l ph

arm

a-ce

uti

cal d

evel

opm

ent

wit

h

met

hod

dev

elop

men

t an

d re

sear

ch (A

IDA

)

1. E

stab

lish

an

d in

tern

a-ti

onal

mu

tual

reco

gnit

ion

ag

reem

ent

mec

han

ism

for

the

inte

rnat

ion

al a

ccep

-ta

nce

of t

est,

cal

ibra

tion

, in

spec

tion

an

d ce

rtifi

ca-

tion

resu

lts

(AID

A)

2. P

rom

otin

g th

e u

se o

f ac

cred

itat

ion

in t

he

hea

lth

se

ctor

1. E

labo

rati

on o

f Afr

ican

st

anda

rds

on t

radi

tion

al

med

icin

e (A

IDA

)

2. D

evel

op o

utr

each

m

ater

ial o

n t

he

cru

cial

ro

le o

f tra

diti

onal

Afr

ican

M

edic

ine

(TA

M) i

n t

he

hea

lth

of A

fric

an p

eopl

es

and

the

nee

d to

con

serv

e th

e n

atu

ral e

nvi

ron

men

t fr

om w

hic

h m

edic

inal

pl

ants

an

d or

gan

ism

s ar

e ob

tain

ed (A

IDA

)

1. E

labo

rate

sta

nda

rd o

n

med

ical

equ

ipm

ent

(AID

A)

Key

prio

rity

4. B

uild

Afr

ica’

s h

um

an c

apac

ity

thro

ugh

th

e pr

iori

tiza

tion

of P

rim

ary

Hea

lth

Car

e an

d Pr

even

tion

; Edu

cati

on, s

kills

dev

elop

men

t an

d in

vest

men

t in

sci

ence

, res

earc

h a

nd

inn

ovat

ion

, acc

ess

to c

lean

wat

er

and

san

itat

ion

wit

h in

clu

sion

of t

he

vuln

erab

le g

rou

ps

Ou

tcom

eO

utc

ome

4: P

olic

ies

and

Prog

ram

mes

to

enh

ance

hea

lth

, edu

cati

on a

nd

empl

oyab

le s

kills

un

derp

inn

ed b

y in

vest

men

t in

ser

vice

s, s

cien

ce, r

esea

rch

an

d in

nov

atio

n im

plem

ente

d by

Mem

ber

Stat

es


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 4.

2: S

trat

egie

s fo

r qu

alit

y ed

uca

tion

, ski

lls

deve

lopm

ent

and

serv

ices

, pa

rtic

ula

rly

for

wom

en

and

you

th a

re d

esig

ned

an

d pr

omot

ed

1. F

ast-t

rack

impl

emen

tatio

n

of th

e Af

rican

Sec

ond

Dec

ade

of E

duca

tion

Act

ion

Plan

2. F

ast-

trac

k im

plem

enta

-ti

on o

f the

You

th D

ecad

e A

ctio

n Pl

an

3. D

esig

n, p

rom

ote

and

impl

emen

t pro

gram

s on

skill

s de

velo

pmen

t and

em

ploy

-m

ent f

or y

outh

incl

udin

g th

e AU

-YVC

and

T-V

ET p

rogr

ams

4. P

rom

ote

Intr

a-A

fric

an

Stu

den

t Mob

ility

thro

ugh

Sc

hola

rshi

p Sc

hem

es

5. S

uppo

rt H

arm

oniz

atio

n

of H

ighe

r Edu

catio

n Pr

o-gr

amm

es a

nd Im

plem

ent

Afric

an Q

ualit

y A

ssur

ance

Fr

amew

ork

to fa

cilit

ate

Rec-

ogni

tion

of A

cade

mic

Qua

li-fi c

atio

ns a

cros

s the

Con

tinen

t

6. D

esig

n, P

rom

ote

and

Impl

emen

t Pro

gram

mes

on

Ski

lls D

evel

opm

ent a

nd

Empl

oym

ent f

or W

omen

7. S

uppo

rt th

e sc

alin

g up

of

the

Pan

Afric

an U

nive

rsit

y

8. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mun

icat

ion

and

advo

ca-

cy c

ampa

igns

and

them

atic

m

edia

pla

ns to

rais

e aw

are-

ness

and

ens

ure

stak

ehol

ders

’ in

form

atio

n an

d ci

tizen

s’

invo

lvem

ent a

nd o

wne

rshi

p

LEA

D A

UC

DEP

T: H

RST

Co-

Lead

AU

C D

EPT:

Gen

der

DSA

, Pe

ace

& S

ecu

rity

, DIC

, Tr

ade

& In

dust

ry

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

REC

s, E

U, G

IZ, A

fDB,

SID

A,

UN

SYS

TEM

AN

D S

PEC

IAL-

IZED

AG

ENC

IES,

USA

ID,

Ford

Fou

nda

tion

, AC

BF

1. P

rom

ote

the

use

of

accr

edit

atio

n in

Un

iver

sity

la

bora

tori

es t

o im

prov

e re

sear

ch re

sult

s (A

IDA

)

1. Im

plem

enta

tion

of

Afr

ican

sta

nda

rds

edu

ca-

tion

pro

gram

me

to e

nab

le

Afr

ican

cit

izen

s to

be

awar

e of

sta

nda

rds

and

its

impo

rtan

ce (A

IDA

)

2. P

AQ

I in

stit

uti

ons

Adv

o-ca

te fo

r cu

rric

ulu

m re

view

to

inco

rpor

ate

issu

es o

f st

anda

rds,

met

rolo

gy a

nd

accr

edit

atio

n a

t al

l lev

els

in A

fric

a (A

IDA

)

3. P

AQ

I in

stit

uti

ons

to

Org

anis

e tr

ain

ings

, sem

-in

ars

and

wor

ksh

ops

on

stan

dard

s, m

etro

logy

an

d ac

cred

itat

ion

in o

rder

to

impr

ove

the

know

ledg

e of

you

th a

nd

wom

en o

n

stan

dard

s


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 4.

3: P

olic

ies

and

Stra

tegi

c pr

ogra

ms

for

inve

stm

ents

in s

cien

ce, r

e-se

arch

an

d in

nov

atio

n a

re

desi

gned

an

d pr

omot

ed

to e

nh

ance

Afr

ica’

s G

loba

l C

ompe

titi

ven

ess

1. S

tren

gthe

n an

d Co

nsol

i-da

te T

rain

ing

and

Rese

arch

in

STE

M (S

cien

ce, T

echn

olo-

gy, E

ngin

eeri

ng a

nd M

ath-

emat

ics)

2. E

nhan

ce te

ache

r dev

elop

-m

ent i

n ST

EM

3. P

rom

ote

Act

ions

to A

d-va

nce

Scie

nce

Tech

nolo

gy

and

Inno

vati

on in

Afr

ica

4. S

uppo

rt th

e Im

plem

en-

tati

on o

f the

Con

solid

ated

Pl

an o

f Act

ion

for S

cien

ce

&Te

chno

logy

5. S

uppo

rt Im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

AUC

Fra

mew

orks

for

Biod

iver

sity

, Bio

-saf

ety

and

Bioe

thic

s

6. S

upp

ort

the

esta

blis

h-

men

t of

th

e Pa

n A

fric

an

Un

iver

sity

7. E

stab

lish

and

impl

emen

t A

fric

an S

pace

and

Tech

nol-

ogy

Polic

y, pr

ogra

mm

es a

nd

stra

tegi

c pa

n-A

fric

an in

sti-

tuti

ons

and

netw

orks

8. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mun

icat

ion

and

advo

ca-

cy c

ampa

igns

and

them

atic

m

edia

pla

ns to

rais

e aw

are-

ness

and

ens

ure

stak

ehol

d-er

s’ in

form

atio

n an

d ci

tizen

s’ in

volv

emen

t and

ow

ners

hip

LEA

D A

UC

DEP

T: H

RST

CO-L

EAD

AU

C D

EPT:

DSA

, Tr

ade

& In

dust

ry, D

REA

, C

omm

un

icat

ion

, Gen

der,

DTI

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S: E

U,

GIZ

, AfD

B, S

IDA

, UN

AG

EN-

CIE

S A

ND

SPE

CIA

LIZE

D

AG

ENC

IES,

AC

BF

1. D

evel

op t

race

abili

ty fo

r m

easu

rem

ents

in b

io-s

ci-

ence

(AID

A)

1. P

AQ

I in

stit

uti

ons

Adv

o-ca

te fo

r cu

rric

ulu

m re

view

to

inco

rpor

ate

issu

es o

f st

anda

rds,

met

rolo

gy

and

accr

edit

atio

n in

or-

der

to c

olla

bora

te w

ith

in

stit

uti

ons

of le

arn

ing

, Re

sear

ch In

stit

ute

s, re

-se

arch

labo

rato

ries

, NG

Os

and

oth

er s

take

hol

ders

in

orde

r Fo

ster

dev

elop

men

t th

rou

gh t

ech

nol

ogic

al

impr

ovem

ent

(AID

A)

• ad

apti

ng

the

exis

tin

g E-

lear

nin

g m

ater

ial i

n

stan

dard

s, m

etro

logy

an

d ac

cred

itat

ion

an

d th

eir

use

in h

igh

lear

nin

g in

stit

uti

ons


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 4.

4: F

ram

ewor

ks

for

Soci

al s

ecu

rity

an

d pr

otec

tion

of v

uln

erab

le

grou

ps (

child

ren

, per

son

s liv

ing

wit

h d

isab

iliti

es)

prom

oted

1. P

rom

ote

impl

emen

ta-

tion

of t

he

Act

ion

Pla

n o

n

the

Fam

ily in

Afr

ica.

2. P

rom

ote

impl

emen

ta-

tion

of t

he

Revi

sed

Cal

l for

A

ccel

erat

ed A

ctio

n o

n t

he

Plan

of A

ctio

n T

owar

ds

Afr

ica

fi t

for

Ch

ildre

n

3. P

rom

ote

impl

emen

ta-

tion

of t

he

Con

tin

enta

l Pl

an o

f Act

ion

on

th

e A

fric

an D

ecad

e of

Per

son

s w

ith

Dis

abili

ties

(201

0-20

19)

4. P

rom

ote

and

faci

litat

e th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

the

Afr

ican

Ch

arte

r on

th

e Ri

ghts

an

d W

elfa

re o

f th

e C

hild

(AC

RWC

)

5. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

advo

-ca

cy c

ampa

ign

s an

d th

e-m

atic

med

ia p

lan

s to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

ensu

re

stak

ehol

ders

’ in

form

atio

n

and

citi

zen

s’ in

volv

emen

t an

d ow

ner

ship

LEA

D A

UC

DEP

T: D

SA

CO-L

EAD

AU

C D

EPT:

HRS

T,

Peac

e &

Sec

uri

ty, D

REA

, G

ende

r, D

IC

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 5.

1: A

fi n

anci

ally

su

stai

nab

le a

nd

viab

le

Com

mis

sion

att

ain

ed

1. D

esig

n a

nd

Impl

emen

t Re

sou

rce

mob

iliza

tion

fr

amew

ork

/ st

rate

gy t

o en

sure

su

stai

nab

le a

nd

pred

icta

ble

sou

rces

of

inco

me

2. P

ut

in p

lace

new

mod

al-

itie

s of

col

labo

rati

on w

ith

tr

adit

ion

al d

onor

par

tner

s

3. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

advo

-ca

cy c

ampa

ign

s an

d th

e-m

atic

med

ia p

lan

s to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

ensu

re

stak

ehol

ders

’ in

form

atio

n

and

citi

zen

s’ in

volv

emen

t an

d ow

ner

ship

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

SP

PMER

M

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

ART

-M

ENTS

: All

Dep

artm

ents

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S

1. D

evel

op s

trat

egie

s to

m

ake

mea

sure

men

t an

d te

stin

g m

ore

econ

omic

ally

su

stai

nab

le

Key

prio

rity

5. Im

plem

ent

stra

tegi

es o

f res

ourc

e m

obili

zati

on, w

ith

spe

cial

em

phas

is o

n a

lter

nat

ive

sou

rce

of fu

ndi

ng

, an

d/or

add

itio

nal

fun

din

g to

en

able

Afr

ica

to fi

nan

ce it

s pr

ogra

mm

es a

nd

deve

lopm

ent

Ou

tcom

eO

utc

ome

5: S

trat

egie

s fo

r re

sou

rce

mob

iliza

tion

, in

clu

din

g al

tern

ativ

e an

d ad

diti

onal

sou

rces

of f

un

din

g, t

o en

able

Afr

ica

to fi

nan

ce it

s pr

ogra

mm

es a

nd

deve

lopm

ent

in p

lace


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Out

put 5

.2: A

lter

nati

ve

sour

ces

of fu

ndin

g fo

r Afr

ica

to fi

nanc

e it

s de

velo

pmen

t pr

ogra

ms

iden

tifi e

d an

d im

plem

ente

d

1. F

acili

tate

fi n

aliz

atio

n o

f th

e w

ork

of t

he

Hig

h le

vel

Pane

l on

alte

rnat

ive

sour

ces

of fu

ndin

g

2. Im

plem

ent

the

reco

m-

men

dati

ons

of t

he

Hig

h

Leve

l Pan

el o

n A

lter

nat

ive

sou

rces

of f

un

din

g

3. S

trat

egie

s fo

r en

han

cin

g do

mes

tic

reso

urc

es fo

r de

velo

pmen

t de

sign

ed

and

prom

oted

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

D

EA/B

OC

P

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

ART

-M

ENTS

: All

Dep

artm

ents

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S:

REC

s, M

/S

1. S

ourc

e fu

ndi

ng

from

in-

tern

atio

nal

don

ors

for

the

deve

lopm

ent

of m

etro

logy

in

fras

tru

ctu

re in

Afr

ica


Key

prio

rity

6. S

tren

gth

en a

peo

ple

cent

ered

Un

ion

th

rou

gh a

ctiv

e co

mm

un

icat

ion

of t

he

prog

ram

mes

of t

he

Afr

ican

Un

ion

, th

e br

andi

ng

of t

he

Un

ion

an

d pa

rtic

ipat

ion

of M

embe

r St

ates

an

d ot

her

sta

keh

olde

rs in

de

fi n

ing

and

impl

emen

tin

g th

e A

fric

an a

gen

da, w

hile

resp

ecti

ng

cult

ura

l an

d lin

guis

tic

dive

rsit

y.

Ou

tcom

eO

utc

ome

6: A

n A

UC

th

at c

omm

un

icat

es w

ith

an

d en

gage

s M

embe

r St

ates

/Sta

keh

olde

rs in

defi

nin

g an

d im

plem

enti

ng

the

Afr

ican

age

nda

Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 6.

1: R

ebra

ndi

ng

of t

he

AU

C, e

ffec

tive

com

-m

un

icat

ion

an

d in

crea

sed

visi

bilit

y ac

hie

ved

1. P

ut

in p

lace

an

d im

ple-

men

t a

Un

ion

-wid

e St

rate

-gy

for

Com

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

outr

each

in c

olla

bora

tion

w

ith

Mem

ber

Stat

es a

nd

oth

er s

take

hol

ders

to

im-

prov

e th

e im

age

of A

fric

a

2. D

esig

n a

nd

impl

emen

t th

emat

ic a

nd

spec

ifi c

med

ia p

lan

s to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

ensu

re

own

ersh

ip o

f th

e A

U v

isio

n

and

mis

sion

s

3. E

nh

ance

AU

C c

apab

ility

to

del

iver

eff

ecti

ve c

om-

mu

nic

atio

ns

and

outp

ut,

ab

le t

o pl

an, d

evel

op, c

o-or

din

ate,

an

d im

plem

ent

a co

ntin

enta

l com

mu

ni-

cati

ons

stra

tegy

in o

rder

to

info

rm a

nd

infl

uen

ce

audi

ence

s ac

ross

Afr

ica

4. B

uild

an

d en

han

ce A

UC

ca

pab

ility

to

bro

adca

st,

and

su

stai

n c

omp

reh

en-

sive

com

mu

nic

atio

ns

pla

ns

and

ass

ocia

ted

prog

ram

s in

lin

e w

ith

AU

ob

ject

ives

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

D

IC

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

ART

-M

ENTS

: All

Dep

ts

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S

1. P

AQ

I in

stit

uti

ons

Ass

ist

the

AU

Str

ateg

y fo

r C

om-

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

outr

each

by

incl

udi

ng

AU

pri

orit

ies

in P

AQ

I com

mu

nic

atio

n

wit

h n

atio

nal

, reg

ion

al a

nd

inte

rnat

ion

al s

take

hol

ders

w

hile

resp

ecti

ng

cult

ura

l an

d lin

guis

tic

dive

rsit

y


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

5. S

upp

ort

effe

ctiv

e co

m-

mu

nic

atio

n o

f AU

pol

icy,

ob

ject

ives

an

d m

issi

ons

acro

ss t

he

AU

mem

ber

stat

es, a

nd

acro

ss t

he

inte

rnat

ion

al c

omm

un

ity

6. P

rom

ote

and

fully

impl

e-m

ent

Gen

der I

nst

rum

ents

7. P

rom

ote

a Yo

uth

Fri

end-

ly A

fric

an U

nio

n

8. P

ut

in p

lace

Mea

sure

s to

pr

eser

ve a

nd

prom

ote

use

of

th

e C

omm

issi

on’s

pu

b-

licat

ion

s, in

form

atio

n a

nd

arch

ival

mat

eria

ls

9. P

rom

ote

thro

ugh

com

-m

unic

atio

n th

e cu

ltur

al d

i-ve

rsit

y an

d m

ulti

lingu

alis

m


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 6.

2: S

take

hol

der

invo

lvem

ent

in t

he

Afr

ican

A

gen

da im

ple

men

tati

on,

wh

ich

refl

ect

s cu

ltu

ral

and

lingu

isti

c di

vers

ity,

eq

ual

par

tici

pat

ion

of

wom

en, y

outh

an

d vu

lner

-ab

le g

rou

ps

imp

rove

d

1. F

acili

tate

th

e Es

tabl

ish

-m

ent

and

Ope

rati

ons

of

Stak

ehol

der

Plat

form

s (e

.g.

AU

,=Tr

ade

Un

ion

For

um

; A

U-C

SO C

onsu

ltat

ion

s;

Inte

r-fa

ith

Dia

logu

e an

d D

iasp

ora

RCC

an

d In

tern

a-ti

onal

CSO

For

um

2. S

upp

ort

Impl

emen

ta-

tion

of L

egac

y Pr

ojec

ts(A

-fr

ican

Dia

spor

a Vo

lunt

eer

Prog

ram

me;

Afr

ica

Dia

spo-

ra S

kills

Dat

a Ba

se; A

fric

a D

iasp

ora

Inve

stm

ent

Fun

ds a

nd

Mar

ketp

lace

for

Afr

ican

Dev

elop

men

t

3. U

nde

rtak

e M

appi

ng

and

Esta

blis

hm

ent

of D

ata

Base

on

Dia

spor

a or

gan

i-za

tion

s

4. P

rovi

de s

upp

ort

to t

he

oper

atio

ns

of E

CO

SOC

5. P

rom

ote

and

stre

ngt

hen

m

ult

ilin

gual

ism

wit

hin

th

e A

fric

an U

nio

n

6. S

et u

p an

d im

plem

ent

com

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

advo

-ca

cy c

ampa

ign

s an

d th

e-m

atic

med

ia p

lan

s to

rais

e aw

aren

ess

and

ensu

re

stak

ehol

ders

’ in

form

atio

n

and

citi

zen

s’ in

volv

emen

t an

d ow

ner

ship

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

C

IDO

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

ART

-M

ENTS

: DSA

, HRS

T

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 7.

1: In

stit

uti

onal

ca

pac

itie

s of

th

e A

UC

st

ren

gth

ened

1. P

ut

in p

lace

mea

sure

s to

im

prov

e, o

n a

con

tin

uou

s ba

sis,

the

perf

orm

ance

an

d op

erat

ion

al e

ffi c

ien

cy o

f th

e Co

mm

issi

on in

term

s of

fi n

ance

, hu

man

reso

urc

-es

an

d ad

min

istr

atio

n,

lega

l, st

rate

gic

plan

nin

g,

inte

rnal

au

dit,

con

fere

nce

se

rvic

es, m

edic

al, p

roto

col

and

all s

ervi

ces

in th

e Co

m-

mis

sion

, th

rou

gh b

ench

m

arki

ng

and

adop

tion

of

Inte

rnat

ion

al B

est

Prac

tice

s

2. A

dopt

mea

sure

s to

st

ren

gth

en in

stit

uti

onal

le

ader

ship

, gen

eral

cor

po-

rate

gov

ern

ance

an

d st

ake-

hol

ders

man

agem

ent

3. P

opu

lari

ze t

he

Un

ion

th

rou

gh c

ivic

edu

cati

on,

incl

udi

ng

inte

grat

ing

AU

h

isto

ry a

nd

its

sym

bol

s,

fl ag

s, a

nth

em, l

ogo,

etc

. in

to n

atio

nal

cu

rric

ula

4. P

rom

ote

Mea

sure

s to

en

-ab

le o

rgan

izat

ion

al c

han

ge,

inn

ovat

ion

an

d kn

owle

dge

man

agem

ent

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

B

DC

P

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

ART

-M

ENTS

: All

Dep

artm

ents

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S

1. P

AQ

I in

stit

uti

ons

Ass

ist

the

AU

Str

ateg

y fo

r C

om-

mu

nic

atio

n a

nd

outr

each

by

incl

udi

ng

AU

pri

orit

ies

in P

AQ

I com

mu

nic

atio

n

wit

h n

atio

nal

, reg

ion

al a

nd

inte

rnat

ion

al s

take

hol

ders

w

hile

res

pec

tin

g cu

ltu

ral

and

lingu

isti

c di

vers

ity

Key

prio

rity

7. S

tren

gth

en t

he

inst

itu

tion

al c

apac

ity

of t

he

AU

C, t

he

REC

s an

d ot

her

Org

ans,

an

d it

s re

lati

ons

wit

h s

trat

egic

an

d ot

her

par

tner

s

Ou

tcom

eO

utc

ome

7: In

stit

uti

onal

cap

acit

ies

of t

he

AU

C im

prov

ed, a

nd

rela

tion

s w

ith

REC

s, A

U O

rgan

s an

d w

ith

str

ateg

ic a

nd

oth

er p

artn

ers

stre

ngt

hen

ed


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

5. P

rom

ote

mea

sure

s to

im

ple

men

t an

d m

onit

or

the

Gen

der

polic

y of

th

e A

U w

ith

in t

he

Com

mis

sion

w

ith

a v

iew

to

stre

ngt

hen

-in

g th

e St

atu

s of

Wom

en

6. D

evel

op a

nd

impl

emen

t m

easu

res

to p

rom

ote

intr

a an

d in

terd

epar

tmen

tal

syn

ergi

es

7. T

ake

mea

sure

s to

st

ren

gth

en H

um

an C

apit

al

Dev

elop

men

t an

d M

an-

agem

ent

8. E

nh

ance

inte

rnal

com

-m

un

icat

ion

9. C

onti

nu

e w

ith

Cap

acit

y bu

ildin

g of

AU

C D

epar

t-m

ents

& D

irec

tora

tes

to

mai

nst

ream

gen

der

10. P

rovi

de h

igh

sta

nda

rd

prot

ocol

ser

vice

s to

regu

-la

te A

U’s

inte

ract

ion

wit

h

Mem

bers

Sta

tes

and

Stak

e-h

olde

rs


Ou

tpu

tSt

rate

gies

an

d ac

tion

s to

pu

rsu

eKe

y fa

ctor

sA

FRIM

ETS

(Met

rolo

gy)

AFR

AC

(Acc

redi

tati

on)

ARS

O(S

tan

dard

s)A

FSEC

(Ele

ctro

tech

nica

l sta

ndar

ds)

Ou

tpu

t 7.

2: R

elat

ion

ship

s w

ith

AU

Org

ans,

REC

s an

d St

rate

gic

part

ner

s st

ren

gth

ened

1. P

ut

in p

lace

mea

sure

s to

im

prov

e co

llabo

rati

on w

ith

A

U O

rgan

s

2. P

ut

in p

lace

mea

sure

s to

st

ren

gth

en c

olla

bora

tion

an

d pa

rtn

ersh

ip w

ith

REC

s an

d Pa

n A

fric

an In

stit

u-

tion

s

3. D

evel

op a

nd

rigo

rou

sly

mon

itor

str

ateg

ic P

art-

ner

ship

s to

en

sure

att

ain

-m

ent

of t

he

AU

Vis

ion

an

d th

e Th

ird

Stra

tegi

c Pl

an o

f th

e C

omm

issi

on

4. E

mpo

wer

an

d st

ren

gth

-en

REC

s to

impl

emen

t A

U

lead

pro

gram

mes

.

Set

up

and

impl

emen

t co

mm

un

icat

ion

an

d ad

vo-

cacy

cam

paig

ns

and

the-

mat

ic m

edia

pla

ns

to ra

ise

awar

enes

s an

d en

sure

st

akeh

olde

rs in

form

atio

n

and

citi

zen

s in

volv

emen

t an

d ow

ner

ship

AU

LEA

D D

EPA

RTM

ENT:

BC

P

AU

CO

OPE

RATI

NG

DEP

ART

-M

ENTS

: All

Dep

ts (P

&S,

BC

P, D

EA, I

&T,

DIC

)

EXTE

RN

AL

PART

NER

S

1. P

AQ

I in

stit

uti

ons

to c

on-

tin

ue

to ro

ll ou

t m

easu

res

to im

prov

e co

llabo

rati

on

betw

een

th

eir

mem

bers

(n

atio

nal

, su

b-r

egio

nal

) an

d A

U a

nd

Set

up

and

impl

emen

t co

mm

un

ica-

tion

an

d ad

voca

cy c

am-

paig

ns

to ra

ise

awar

enes

s an

d en

sure

sta

keh

olde

rs

info

rmat

ion

an

d ci

tize

ns

invo

lvem

ent

and

own

-er

ship

wit

h re

gard

s to

st

anda

rds,

met

rolo

gy a

nd

accr

edit

atio

n

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