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Raul MATEUS PAULA, EuropeAid

Enabling infrastructure and urban development projects in ACP countries The European Commission support June 2009. Raul MATEUS PAULA, EuropeAid. The case for Infrastructure: A major constraint on Africa’s development. Transport: 40% of Africa’s population live in landlocked countries

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Raul MATEUS PAULA, EuropeAid

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  1. Enabling infrastructure and urban development projects in ACP countriesThe European Commission supportJune 2009 Raul MATEUS PAULA, EuropeAid

  2. The case for Infrastructure: A major constraint on Africa’s development • Transport: • 40% of Africa’s population live in landlocked countries • Only one third of people have access to all-season roads • Several African airlines banned from EU • Energy: • Only 20% of Africa’s population has access to electricity • High energy losses (Kenya looses 10% of manufacturing output through power cuts) • ICT: • International calls cost up to 20 times more than other developing regions • Bandwidth costs up to 40 times more than some developed countries • BUT spectacular growth in mobile phone use

  3. EU-Africa Infrastructure PartnershipObjectives • EC Communication (2005) • EU – Africa Partnership launch (October 2007) • EC Communication on helping developing countries in coping with the crisis (2009) • Promote achievement of MDGs • Sustainable economic growth • Interconnectivity • Regional Integration • Identify and address missing links • Harmonise transport policies • Integrated water management • Cross-border and regional energy • Bridge the digital divide

  4. EC and Infrastructure in ACP countriesa long term commitment EC SUPPORT TO INFRASTRUCTURE 1996 – 2006

  5. EU-Africa Infrastructure PartnershipEU Water Facility

  6. EU-Africa Infrastructure PartnershipEU Energy Facility

  7. EU – Africa Infrastructure PartnershipSectoral Support to Institutions (1/2) • Support to the AUC • Support to the budget € 55 million • To the Infrastructure and Energy Dept: € 2 million • Energy: c. € 14 million • Power Pools [Central, East, South, West] € 7.5 million • Regions [ECOWAS, SADC]: €4.5 million • ECOWAS Electricity Regulator :€1.7 million (tbc, Trust Fund) • ICT over € 10 million • ITU: Legislation/Regulatory Framework: • Initial phase, West – Central Africa € 2.5 million (compl.) • Pan SSA cover, national adoption: € 4.5 million • allocation from on-going € 9.5 million call for proposals • Transport: € 16 million • Sub- Saharan Africa Transport Programme (SSATP), equally split (€ 8 million) for 2004-08 and 2009-13

  8. EU – Africa Infrastructure PartnershipSectoral Support to Institutions (2/2) • Water: c. € 30 million • AMCOW: € 2.6 million, Nile Basin Initiative: € 18 million • River Basin Organisations: € 10 million (Chad, Volta, Niger, Orange, Kagera) • All infrastructure sectors : • AFUR (African Forum for Utility Regulators) € 1.3 m • Environment: c. 50 million • Multilateral Environmental Agreements, c. € 10 million (UNEP – Regional Hubs & UNCCD: Combat Desertification) • African Monitoring of Environment (AMESD) 2007-’11: € 21 million plus € 8 million (10th EDF)

  9. 10th EDF Multiannual Financial Framework 2008-2013

  10. 10th EDF programming Results at country level - Sector Breakdown

  11. EC support to Africa’s infrastructure 2008-2009 Commitments • NATIONAL PROGRAMMES 2008-2009 • Transport: € 1.6 billion • 2008: € 1.1 billion • 2009: € 500 million • Water: € 520 million • 2008: € 220 million • 2009: € 300 million • Energy: € 75 million

  12. EC support to Africa’s infrastructure 2008-2009 Commitments • Intra REGIONAL PROGRAMME 2009-2010 • Facilities: € 400 million [2009] • Water: € 200 million • Energy: € 200 million • Infrastructures: € 300 million [2009-2010] • Institutional support • Infrastructure Trust Funds • Global Efficiency & Renewable Energy Fund: € 75 million • Global Climate Change Alliance: €50m (Budget) + €40m (EDF)

  13. EU – Africa Infrastructure PartnershipEU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund • Significant leverage

  14. Urban development: EC-funded projects • 3 areas of cooperation : • Rehabilitation and reconstruction of basic urban infrastructures following conflicts and natural disasters • Risks reduction and disaster prevention • Urban operations • Buildings for health and education, markets, judiciary… • Solid and liquid waste management • Technical assistance to municipalities / urban microprojects • Slum upgrading and improving living conditions in towns • Cultural heritage protection and preservation of historical sites and buildings • Local economic development and micro-finance

  15. EC presence in ACP countries • Ad-hoc operations, mostly in social/transport/water sectors. • LRRD activities, as part of security and recovery strategy (RDC, Haiti, Liberia…) • with UN-HABITAT: “Urban Sector Profile Studies” per selected countries to identify areas for support and a framework for long term interventions, 4 M€, approved 2007 • with WB Trust-fund “Cities Alliance”: Anti-slum strategies and urban poverty reduction, EC participation of 0.75 M€, approved 2007

  16. Cities Alliance Trust Fund • EC contribution of €0.75M aims at broadening the scope of action to multilateral initiatives for urban development in ACP countries • North-South partnership for common actions targeted to urban zones and poverty reduction. • The EC participates in this unique partnership through a consultative group, allowing to develop a dialogue on: • Public and/or Private Partnerships, • Research, • Innovation, • Institutional, political and other barriers to poverty reduction in the urban context

  17. ARIAL – Supporting and Strengthening Local Authority Associations • Promoting and strengthening Local Authorities in ACP countries, includingcities, vis-à-vis the strategic dialogue at national and international level. • At EU level the ACP Local Government Platform (ACP LGP) has been recognised to have a de facto monopoly on representing ACP local authority associations. ACP LGP will receive a grant to carry out activities in representation, networking and support for ACP local authority associations - € 1 million • For the support to local authority associations at regional and national levels, a call for proposals will be published to identify an implementing partner - € 5.6 million

  18. Natural Disaster Facility • ACP regional organisations: • 9th EDF: €12 M for 6 sub-regional programmes for 2007-2011 • Reinforcement of institutional structures for disaster risk management • Development and implementation of mechanisms for knowledge management and information sharing • Reinforcement of natural disaster early warning capacities • Development of national and regional policies, strategies and action plans • Ready to start in the Pacific region. • 10th EDF allocation: € 180 million

  19. Thanks - Merci

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