African
Union
DIABY Moustapha Mamy
Senior Telecommunications Development Policy Officer
African Union Commission

 Introduction
 Structure of the Department
 Mandate and Core Functions
 Institutional Arrangements
 AU Infrastructure Programme
 Overall Framework
 Sector and sub-sector programmes
 Transport
 Tourism
 Energy
 Telecommunications/ICT & Posts
 EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure
 Conclusion

THREE (3) DIVISIONS:
Transport & Tourism; Energy; Telecom + ICT & Posts
1) Transport & Tourism
 Transport
− Air Transport
− Maritime Transport
− Railway Transport
− Road Transport
 Tourism

2) Energy
 Hydrocarbons (Oil, Gas and Coal)
 Renewable Energy (Hydropower, wind, solar, bio-energy, geothermal)
3) Telecommunications, ICT & Posts
 Telecommunications
 Postal Services

1. African Union (AU): i.
NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (NPCA) ii. Regional Economic Communities (RECs) iii. Specialised (Technical) Agencies:
− AFCAC, UAR, ATU, PAPU, AFREC
2. African Development Bank (ADB)
3. United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
(UNECA)

Mandate:
“To facilitate Regional and Continental efforts for accelerated development of integrated infrastructure and effective and sustainable deployment of energy resources " .
Core Functions:
 Harmonisation of sector policies, strategies and regulations;
 Facilitation, monitoring and evaluation of implementation of policies, strategies and major continental integration infrastructure projects;
 Contribution to mobilisation of resources for infrastructure dev.;
 Capacity building: training, research and exchange of experiences
 Strengthening cooperation and partnerships; and
 Advocacy for Africa’s interests in matters of infrastructure development.
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Integrated, efficient, reliable, cost-effective, environment friendly infrastructure and services for the development and physical integration of Africa.

AU Infrastructure Programme:
Overall Framework (1): COMPONENTS
1. The AUC 2009-2012 Strategic Plan: to accelerate implementation of the African vision of NEPAD
2. 2009 Declaration of AU Assembly on Infrastructure
Development in Africa
3. Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
4. Coordination Mechanism and Institutional Architecture
5. Sector and sub-sector Plans of Actions

AU Infrastructure Programme:
Overall Framework (2): COORDINATION
 A Coordination Mechanism (CM) has been put in place to bring about coherence, avoid duplication of efforts, wastage of resources
 The CM defines the roles of various actors at national, regional and continental levels in the various infrastructure activities
 Aims at ensuring that Africa speaks with one voice on the priorities of the continent and on their implementation
 Study on an African Institutional Architecture for Infrastructure
Development in Africa (IAIDA) has been initiated to:
– diagnose weaknesses and propose ways of strengthening institutional capacities of all key stakeholder organisations
– identify best practices and propose a suitable model for an efficient and effective institutional architecture for infrastructure development in Africa

 Besides forging close cooperation with various organisations within
Africa for the implementation of infrastructure programmes, the AU
Commission is working with international partners through bilateral and multilateral partnership arrangements in this area, the most notable being:
1.
EU-Africa Infrastructure Partnership - (EU)
2.
EU-Africa Energy Partnership (EU) – (EU)
3.
Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) – (G8)
 MOUs also have been signed with various international organisations including United Nations agencies dealing with infrastructure sectors
 All recognised institutions are invited to participate in the work of the
Commission in formulating and facilitating strategies for the implementation of infrastructure programmes for Africa

AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE
UNIÃO AFRICANA
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA P. O. Box 3243 Telephone : 011-551 7700 Fax : 011-551 7844 website : www. africa-union.org

UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
• A joint EU)Africa response to the AU-NEPAD Infrastructure
Plan
• A framework for interconnecting Africa – country with country, region with region & Africa with the rest of the world
• A Partnership that works at three levels – continental, regional and country – using the principle of subsidiarity
• Financing Infrastructure - transport, energy, water & ICT – and support for regulatory frameworks that facilitate trade and services
• Coordination with other international initiatives paramount, e.g. Infrastructure Consortium for Africa & WB Africa Action
Plan. EC membership of ICA will facilitate coordination.

UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
The EU-Africa Partnership on Infrastructure was lunched on the 25 th on October 2007 in
Addis Ababa , Ethiopia.

Objectives
• To Stimulate sustainable economic growth
• To Promote competitive trade
• To Foster regional integration
• To Contribute effectively to poverty reduction and Africa’s
MDGs
Strategy: regional & country complementarity
• Support programmes that facilitate interconnectivity at continental & regional level
• Support programmes coherent with national poverty reduction strategies and infrastructure sector strategies

UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
European Commission, inc.
Delegations
• Leadership of EU-side of
Partnership,
• coordinate with MS, ICA, AfDB
• securing finance
European Member States
• Financiers of NIPs/RIPs and cofinanciers of theTrust Fund
European Investment Bank & EU MS
Development Banks, EDFIs
• Promoters and co-financiers of projects
• Administration of Trust Fund (EIB)
Africa Union Commission & Sectoral
Partners
• Political leadership of AU-side of the Partnership
African Regional Institutions – NEPAD
AfDB, RECs
• Technical leadership of AU-side of
Partnership
African Member Countries
• Owners of Partnership projects – key to sustainability
African Development Bank, DBSA, DFIs
•
Potential project promoters and cofinanciers

UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
How it works?
• AU with its continental-wide political mandate will facilitate dialogue at REC level and between RECs
• AU ensures continental ownership at all levels providing policy guidance & ensuring the integrity of the continental vision
• RECs ensure regional ownership by reaching consensus on regional priorities with their Member countries, facilitating implementation of regional projects, regional & international protocols etc. linked to Economic Partnership Agreements
(EPAs)
• African country ownership - project owners - align national & regional priorities, enforce regional & international agreements

UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
What it finances?
All Infrastructure sectors
Planning & prioritisation of investments, capacity building, harmonisation & implementation of international & regional agreements, regulatory reform....
Financing Levels are:
Continental, Regional and National

UE-Africa Partnership on
Infrastructure
The Financial Instruments
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•
National and Regional Indicative Programmes
(EDF)
Intra-ACP resources (EDF)
Grant-to-grant financing (capacity building, regional initiatives and facilitation programmes;
• support to African Infrastructure sectors)
EU-Infrastructure Trust Fund for Africa (EDF) open to all EU MS
True co-financing EIB, EDFIs, AfDB

Port-Moresby Agreement
The Port-Moresby Agreement signed on the
21th December 2007 between the ACP and EC aims at supporting the AUC in the Preparatory
Actions and Studies : Technical Assistance for formulation, preparation and service management for Regional Infrastructure priority projects in the fields of Transport, Energy and
ICT.
The total amount of the Port-Moresby agreement is 10,000,000.00 USD.

Implementation of the Port-Moresby
Agreement
An international Bidding process was lunched to select a firm to provide the necessary
Technical Assistance to the AUC. Egis-Bceom
International was awarded the contract.
The Technical Assistance started activities on
February 2010 under an agreement with the identification contract number
EuropAid/125741/C/SER/ACP and as contracting firm

Implementation of the AUC-EC, Port-
Moresby Agreement

Priority Projects for other Sectors under the
Port-Moresby Agreement
Progress status
Seven were successful: Energy (1) and
Transport (6) and the contracts are going to be signed today 20 th of December 2010 in Addis Ababa.

 The Department of Infrastructure and Energy, in collaboration with
African and international partners, is making all the necessary efforts to realise the AU’s vision in the development of Africa’s infrastructure
 Enhancement of efficiency and effectiveness in our work is the key to success
Areas of focus:
1.
Coordination of actions within the Commission
2.
Clarity of roles among the different departments and units
3.
Efficient support services: administration, finance, protocol, conference services, legal, etc.