AfCoP Fourth Annual Meeting

Nairobi 23-25 May 2011

AfCoP Governance Proposal

Mamadou Lamine N’DongoLead Economist, ORQR Nairobi 24 May 2011

OUTLINEI. Funding AfCoP phase II strategy

II. Focusing AfCoP efforts on Africa’s most challenging development issues

III. Proposal for strengthening MfDR country capacity through AfCoP

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Elements of AfCoP strategy Phase IIEstablishing strong links with national

development processesStrengthening regional MfDR capacity

through knowledge Supporting national CoPs to translate

knowledge into national processesCooperating closely with the regional

economic communities (RECs)

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AfCoP financial challengesLimited resources to carry out the action

plans

AfCoP budget largely ad-hoc and unpredictable

AfCoP funding comes mostly from bilateral trust funds

AfCoP current funding will end on June 2011 4

Request for sustainable fundingJoint funding proposal from WB/AfDB

submitted to Global Partnership on MfDR meeting on 7th July 2010

AfDB invited to consider a regional program to build the African countries capacity on MfDR that includes AfCoP using the African Development Fund (ADF) mechanism.

AfDB Board approved to include the AfCoP support projet in the Bank operational Program for 2011

First draft of the concept note shared with AfCoP members on November 2010 in Tunis 5

An integrated MfDR capacity building project for African countriesLinking AfCoP support to key institutional reforms

undertaken by the African countries Creating an enabling environment for results Building capacity for delivery of results Fostering demand for resultsThe reforms could help countries reduce

poverty and accelerate the progress towards achieving the Millennium development goals (MDGs) five years from the target date of 2015.

AfCoP can become a driving force to contribute to accelerating progress towards MDGs

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Why targeting MDGs ?Achieving MDGs is the major challenge facing

Africa as most of the African countries are likely not to meet the MDGs targets by 2015

MfDR concept is originally developed to help achieve MDGs following the Millennium Summit in 2000.

Evidence shows that where a quantitative time-bound framework of accountability is established, the MDGs have made a real difference

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How relevant is AfCoP to MDGs ?The primary vision behind the creation of

AfCoP is to improve the lives of citizens across Africa through MfDR

AfCoP members are involved in MDGs issues in their respective countries

Tremendous achievements are made by AfCoP members in assisting their governments in the formulation and the implementing of the PRSPs

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Solid Partnership for Success

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Governement

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Political Commitment

AfCoP champions

CapacityAfCoP facilitation

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AccountabilityAfCoP non-state

members

Objectives of the ProposalThe project aims at increasing the use of MfDR best

practices in public sector management by promoting results culture at country level and improving MfDR systems

Specifically it will support AfCoP to strengthen the African countries capacity on MfDR in order to reduce poverty through enhanced knowledge sharing, improving national development processes and advocating for better results

Priority will be given to MDG-related institutions where progress towards MDGs is weak in order to make their

programs more results-oriented and focused on MDGs.MDG-oriented performance management framework will be

developed as a tool to manage and monitor the progress

towards achieving the MDGs.

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Guiding principles

Selectivity : targets selected MDG-related institutions

Demand-driven: focused on country needs

Results-focus : targets MDGs

Flexibility : adapted to country circumstances

Partnership : collaboration with other donors

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Component 1: Strengthening knowledge-sharing and mutual learning on MfDROnline discussions on MfDR topics with special

focus on MDGsEnhanced online library of MfDR resourcesInnovative practices and technical guidelines on

emerging good practices on MfDR and country cases

Regional and thematic workshops on MfDRParticipation in MfDR-related events around the

worldRegional CoPs sponsored by the RECs to share

MfDR regional experiences 12

 Component 2: Linking MfDR knowledge to national processesCreation of national CoPs on demandMfDR readiness assessment at country level on demand-basis and

its impact on MDGs achievementsOrganizational diagnostic of selected MDG-related institutions to

identify their weaknesses in results-orientation and MDG-focusParticipatory workshops to validate the assessment findingsActions plans with adequate measures to strengthen MfDR

systemsDevelopment of MDG-oriented performance management

framework to follow up the progress towards achieving the MDGsFacilitators and coaches hired to assist the selected MDGs-

related institutions in implementing their action plans.Organizing learning events to share good practices on MfDR

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Component 3: Coordination of AfCoP activitiesSupporting the AfCoP Secretariat to carry out

its activities that are:

Coordination of the Core Management Team activities and the thematic teams ;

Coordination of activities between regional and national levels;

Knowledge sharing facilitation and analytic work coordination processes;

Logistics of annual meetings, regional and thematic workshops and the AfCoP’s representation in MfDR-related events;

Website maintenance.14

Institutionnal arrangementsA country steering committee composed of

government officials and the CMT of national CoPs will lead the process at country level

To be eligible, governments will send an endorsement letters committing to support national CoPs and ensure its sustainability

Mobilization of resources at local level to complement the project funds

Project will follow first come first served approach in supporting national CoPs

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Institutionnal arrangements (cont..)African Capacity building Foundation (ACBF) will

be the Project executing AgencyAfCoP Secretariat activities will be coordinated by

the M&E Unit of ACBFThe knowledge sharing component will be

implemented within the Knowledge Management Unit of ACBF

Policy units set up by ACBF at country level will assist in the implementation of the country component

AfDB will partner with ACBF to support AfCoP at country level

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Coordination and PartnershipPartnership will continue to be developed with the

traditional donors of AfCoP including the World Bank, the Netherlands, Canada, USAID, and IFAD

Other development partners will be invited to joinCofinancing will be mobilized with development

partners at country levelPartnership will developed with Regional

Economic Communities to support regional CoPsCollaborative relationship will be developed with

the African Platform for development effectiveness (APDeV) under NEPAD Agency

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Mapping the Project InterventionProject target-groups Type of support

Countries with national CoPs (8)

MfDR readiness assessment, Organizational diagnostic of selected MDG-related InstitutionsImplementation of action plans Knowledge sharing through AfCoP online platform, Regional MfDR workshops

 

Countries whose AfCoP nationals expressed their interest in setting up national CoPs (19)

Setting up national CoPsMfDR readiness assessment,Organizational diagnostic of selected MDG-related InstitutionsImplementation of action plans Knowledge sharing through AfCoP online platform,Regional MfDR workshops

Countries with AfCoP nationals who have not yet expressed formal interests in setting up national CoPs (16)

Knowledge sharing through AfCoP online platformRegional MfDR workshops

 Countries with no AfCoP nationals yet (10)

Sensitization campaigns will be organized towards the practitioners and officials of the relevant countries

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Transition arrangementsEnd of current AfCoP financing 30 June 2011

Processing of the AfDB proposal underway

ACBF agree to take in charge the cost of interim period July-December 2011

Modalities of the migration process of the AfCoP Secretariat from the World Bank to ACBF to be discussed during the annual meeting

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Thank You