Industry, Trade and Market
Access Cluster
Outline
• Membership
• Cluster Meetings
• Alignment of business plan with regional
priorities
• Joint capacity building activities and
achievements
• Challenges
• Opportunities
• Lessons Learnt
Membership-Organizations
• Coordinator: UNIDO
• Members: AUC/Trade and Industry, ECA,
FAO,UNCTAD, NPCA, ILO, UNESCO, UNDP, WB,
AfDB.
• In 2011, cluster membership was extended to
RECs, as recommended by the 11th RCM
meeting
Cluster Meetings
1. August ,2011. Objective: Review 2010-2011
Business plan and achievements. Discuss RCM
reporting
2. Most cluster activities have been conducted
electronically.
Alignment of Business Plan with
Regional Priorities and Commitments
• AU strategic plan 2009-2012
• Action Plan for Accelerated Industrial
Development for Africa (AIDA)
• Africa Agribusiness and Agro Industries
Development Initiative (3ADI)
Joint Capacity Building Activities and
Achievements
Support to AU and RECS:
• To organize CAMI and CAMI Bureau Meetings
• To finalize strategy for implementation of AIDA
• To finalize resource mobilization strategy for
implementation of AIDA
• Technical support to RECs to develop priority
Industrial/Trade Dev programs
Joint Capacity Building Activities and
Achievements
Programs
Priority 1. Industrial Policy and Institutional Direction Development
Aim: Establish conducive environment for industrial development
interventions
-Formulation and implementation of coherent industrial policies and strategies for PSD development (6
countries)
-Formulation of Technology Acquisition Policies and Strategies-Technology Foresight.
Priority II. Promote Infrastructure and Energy Development for Industrial Development
(jointly implemented with AfDB and WB)
Aim: Address constraints of infrastructure and energy that hinder industrial development
interventions
-A multi-dimensional and multi –track approach to promote productive uses of
renewable energy adopted. (mini-hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, energy efficiency
introduced and promoted in (Rwanda, Burundi, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya Tanzania
etc.)
Joint Capacity Building Activities and
Achievements. Programs…
Priority III. Upgrading Production and Trade Capacities (Jointly implemented with
FAO, UNCTAD and WTO). Address constraints of market access for African producers
Focus: Increase participation of African countries in rule based Global trade ( ECOWAS, UEMOA,
EAC, COMESA, SADC, ECCAS )
Interventions;
-Strengthen ability to conform to international standards and to access
global markets,
-Accreditation of certification bodies,-Institutional and enterprise level capacity
building
-Productive capacity building-upgrading and modernization of industries, clustering
producers
Priority IV. Skills development for Industrial development (Jointly implemented with
ILO). Aim: Address constraints to industrial development related to low level skills
(management and technical)
Bottleneck: Lack of skills a major challenge for employers and potential entrepreneurs.
Interventions:
-Business development skills (COMFAR training),
- Development of training tools (value chain analysis)
-Training in use of labor saving technologies,(Mozambique, Malawi, Sudan )
-Youth entrepreneurship programs (vocational education on entrepreneurship,
introduction of entrepreneurship programs in secondary schools (Mano river, Tunisia,
Uganda, Angola, Mozambique)
Joint Capacity Building Activities and
Achievements. Programs cont…
Priority V. Industrial Innovation systems, R&D and Technology Development (Jointly
implemented with UNESCO)
Aim: Promote Science , Technology and Innovation in Industrial Development
Interventions.
-Establishment of university chairs in Science and Technology, establishment of platforms for diffusion of
technologies, networks of technology centers for technology transfer, application of technology parks
and incubators methodology for innovation
Priority VI. Financing and resource mobilization (jointly implemented with AUC )
Aim: Mobilize resources for implementation of AIDA
Interventions.
-Resource mobilization strategy developed
-Funds to be mobilized through: (- Programs , Government commitments-%of national budget
allocated to industrial development, pursue non-traditional sources –Diaspora remittances)
Priority VII. Sustainable Industrial Development (Jointly implemented with UNEP)
Aim: Reduce negative impact of Industrial development on environment)
Interventions.
- Promotion of the development of green industries
-Environmental impact of industrialization is addressed on all programs
-Financing and promotion of Corporate social responsibility
Challenges
• Budget constraints-no budget is allocated
specifically for ITMA activities and to convene
ITMA cluster meetings.
• Poor response from cluster members for
meetings and electronic inputs
Opportunities
-RCM recommendations to the implementation
of the TYCBP for the AUC will Improve,
accelerate and harmonize support provided by
cluster to the AUC
-Organizing of cluster meetings in fringes of
major conferences
Lessons Learnt
Need for;
• Increased commitment including clear
budgetary allocations by cluster members to
meet the cluster agenda