United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (May 2014-April 2015) UNDP s support to the New Partnership for Africa s Development (NEPAD) UNDP RSC DE&SSC Unit support during the reporting period May 2014-April 2015 1) Knowledge, Innovation and Capacity Development: I) UNDP provided support to strengthen the NPCA leadership on an Africa-wide capacity development agenda, including support in operationalizing the AU/NEPAD Capacity Development Strategic Framework. The following outputs were achieved during the reporting period: a) Completion of a 2015 2025 RECs Capacity Development Implementation Plan to support the realization of the 2nd Decade of NEPAD, Post-2015 Agenda and 1st 10 years of Agenda 2063; b) Executive Summary of the Consolidated RECs CD Mapping Report as a Policy Paper with actionable recommendations to the AU Heads of State and Governments at the January 2015 AU Summit informed by: - A Consolidated RECs Capacity Development Mapping and Scoping Study Report. - Eight (8) AU RECs individual Capacity Mapping and Scoping Reports as an evidence base informing the Implementation Plan. c) Establishment of a RECs CD Community of Practice involving RECs M-CDP focal points under APDev towards making CD a core element of regional integration efforts. The CoP also serves as a mechanism to better coordinate CD interventions in RECs by development partners for coherence and results. II) Support has also been provided to assist NEPAD in developing a Mutual Accountability Standards for Africa. Taking into account that African stakeholders are increasingly stressing the importance to build MA frameworks on domestic accountability systems, the second phase of the project was fully launched with the aim to Develop a Capacity Assessment Framework for Mutual Accountability with a focus on Domestic Resource Mobilization taking into account 2 concrete themes: Extractives Industries (in line with the AU Mining Vision) and the Agro- Business Processes. For 2015, the proposed mechanism currently being developed by a Senior Consultant hired for the process - will be assessed in the suggested pilot countries whilst ensuring strong linkages with other regional projects and bodies. Once tested the tool is to be supported by a guidance note on the Mutual Accountability institutional architecture. III) UNDP continues to provide technical and policy support to NPCA and the AUC in the field of Effective Development Cooperation. The NEPAD Agency in its role as the coordinating secretariat on issues relating to the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation
(GPEDC) continued to facilitate Africa s engagement in the quest for a responsive and resultsoriented partnership with its development partners. A) Consolidation of the African Consensus on Development Effectiveness Under the auspices of APDev in partnership with UNDP, the Agency scaled-up its engagement with policy-makers and practitioners to further strengthen Africa s capacity for advocacy and negotiation. Prior to the April 2014 Mexico High Level Meeting of the GPEDC, 44 African countries, including 8 African ministers, were represented at the Abidjan meeting that was held in February 2014 and have adopted the Africa Action Plan for Development Effectiveness (AAP) which expresses the common view of Africa on Development Effectives to achieve the AU vision 2063 and the Africa Common Position on Post 2015. During the April 2014 Mexico High Level Meeting of the GPEDC, the Continent s effective participation was coordinated under the auspices of APDev with continuous support of UNDP. The African Heads of Delegation met on the evening of the 14th in Mexico to consolidate the continent s common consensus and priorities for the Global Partnership. The African Constituency working as a collective, under the leadership of AUC and NEPAD Agency with a group of champion Ministers, were successful in making Africa s priorities a central agenda, as well as, ensuring that these priorities are well represented in the Final Mexico Outcome Document. In alignment to Africa s framing and leadership of the DRM agenda, the global community committed to supporting this critical issue beyond the initial discussion of DRM simply as a Tax matter. This included a clear commitment to support governance and management of extractive industries, special infrastructure funds, sovereign wealth and stabilization funds, including the strengthening of the capacities of national and regional stock markets. In relation to the GPEDC governance structures, Africa successfully negotiated an additional seat on the Steering Committee, an achievement pushed for since 2011 in Busan. The Continent s Ministers present in Mexico committed to convey the request for an African Co-Chair, representing developing countries (in addition to two the seats). This nomination was made through the Official African channels with Malawi endorsed as Co-chair and Egypt as a Steering Committee member. The 3 rd seat was allocated jointly to the NEPAD Agency and AU Commission as the GP Secretariat for Africa. Further support to bringing the African voice to all relevant Global platforms was provided during the July 2015 UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FORUM. In order to make sure that African leaders spoke with one voice and were updated around the recent GP events, UNDP also supported a back to back briefing organized by AUC/NEPAD. Following the Mexico HLM, UNDP continues to collaborate with AUC/NEPAD in the support of the GPEDC Steering Committee members and the implementation of the AAP. The November 2014 Africa Regional Meeting on the Implementation of the Africa Action Plan for Development Effectiveness was key to follow up on the priorities of the Abidjan meeting. UNDP provided technical and financial support to this conference coorganized by the Government of the DRC and NEPAD Agency with support of African Union Commission, Global Partnership, UNDP and DFID. This meeting aimed to galvanize efforts towards timely and impactful implementation of the Africa Action Plan 2
in alignment with the NEPAD Agenda, Common African Position on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, AU Agenda 2063 as well as the Mexico HLM Communiqué towards an Inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda. It further served to take stock, collectively review and exchange experiences in the implementation of Busan commitments at country level. Following the meeting, NEPAD has constituted a small group of experts who prepared a synthesis of the recommendations from the Kinshasa meeting in the four thematic focus areas of the AAP. These key recommendations should be implemented as priorities which direct development cooperation in Africa and are complemented with member state specific priorities. With the support on ongoing exchange around best practices and experiences, the AAP should be implemented by governments, RECs and continental bodies in close co-operation with the private sector and CSO s. The support of partners in the South and development partners will equally be a crucial element. B) Other Support to the African Representation at the Global Level Following the 2011 Busan High Level Meeting, the Annual Busan Global Partnership Workshop provides a regular, inclusive and showcase forum to support the implementation of the Busan commitments and facilitate the activities of the Busan Building Blocks as well as voluntary initiatives submitted at the Mexico High Level Meeting. The 2014 Busan Global Partnership Workshop was held in Seoul on 6-7 November, 2014. The African delegation was led by AUC Commissioner H.E. Anthony Mothae Maruping, supported by NEPAD. As has become the practice, the UNDP RSC AA DE Team worked closely with the NEPAD delegations contributed to briefings and debriefings with the Commissioner, and accompanied them to all their engagements, including a special Global Partnership Steering Committee Meeting. UNDP equally supported the delegation of the NEPAD Agency during the 7 th Global Partnership Steering Committee Meeting, from 19-20 January 2015 in The Hague, Netherlands and the back-to-back GPEDC Planning workshop Strengthening Coordination to Deliver Results, Amongst other points, Steering Committee members endorsed the strengthening of the global monitoring framework in recognition of its importance as a core asset of the Global Partnership and confirmed that the Global Partnership can make a powerful contribution to the key UN discussions that will be held later this year on Financing for Development, the Post-2015 Development Agenda and climate change. With the Global Partnership providing a hub for what works best to achieve country-level results, it will be crucial to systematically feed into it with best practices from Africa through the APDev Platform and experiences from the implementation of the AAP through NEPAD. 3
The Brussels workshop, organised in close co-ordination with the Global Partnership Co- Chairs, was co-hosted by the European Commission, the NEPAD Agency Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness and the Asia-Pacific Regional Development Effectiveness Facility in Brussels on 21-22 January 2015. As UNDP has been involved in the launch and support of the APDev Platform from the beginning, it is important to notice the important momentum it is gaining outside of the continent feeding African priorities into the global process around Development Effectiveness. Regional Bureau for Africa Headquarters Support to NEPAD A. UNDP has supported NEPAD in a collaborative effort towards advocacy on the formulation and implementation of regional, sub-regional and national strategies for propoor growth and the reduction of gender inequalities, including some aspects of the Post 2015 agenda at the global level to ensure full coordination and support to the AU Permanent Mission on the post 2015 agenda and the Common African Position (CAP). Specifically, RBA has supported the NEPAD Agency to carry out the following activities: i. Facilitate the organization of the African Group retreats and sessions on the post 2015 development agenda; ii. Ensure both the soft and the hard copies of the Common African Position on post 2015 development agenda (CAP2015) are circulated to all African Missions to the UN and other partners including regional entities not later than May 2014; iii. Facilitate interactions between the African Group in New York, Addis Ababa and Geneva through exchanges and flow of information that promote strong advocacy on CAP 2015; iv. Update member states on the inter-governmental processes on post 2015 agenda and the SDGs, especially by providing monthly updates; v. Facilitate regular interactions between the African members of the OWG on SDGs, of the ICESDF, and other member states; vi. Support the African Group in the negotiation process by providing logistic, technical and communication support to the team; vii. Advocate for CAP2015 among other regional entities to the UN including the EU, Latin America, Asia, G77 and other bodies; viii. Provide relevant information and documents to the HLC Secretariat (Addis and Liberia) in a way that helps the achievement of the mandate of the committee; ix. Provide technical support to the HLC members and the AUC Observatory Mission in New York on issues relating to the Post 2015 Development Agenda; x. Create strong awareness on AU/NEPAD AGENCY initiatives among African member states and non-african member states. B. Partnering on the Regional Programme UNDP, through its Regional programme on Strengthening African Engagement in Global Development Debates, is collaborating with the NEPAD Agency to ensure that development 4
debates and actions at all levels prioritize poverty, inequality and exclusion as well as ensuring enhanced regional domestication and financing of SDGs (including the CAP). A. UNDP Financial and Human Resource Contributions to date: 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total US$ Output UNDP Regional Programme support to NEPAD 608,975.40 703,993.86 593,320.20 1,906,289.46 Secondment of a Senior Economics Advisor to the NPCA for 1 year (2013-14) 235,334.25 235,334.25 10,000 Logistical support to the African Group. 10,000 Provision of technical 194,000 services 194,000 Total 608,975.40 703,993.86 828,654.45 2,345,623.71 Report prepared by: UNDP HQ, `RSC, DE&SSC Unit 5