Support for Capacity Development of the AUC and Other African Union Organs (WB-P166316)

Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Jul 31, 2018
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
African Union Commission
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Technical Cooperation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 15.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 15.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Aug 10, 2018

Disclosed by Bank May 24, 2018

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

The revised objective is to strengthen AUC’s capacity to facilitate regional integration results and transformation through enhanced institutional efficiency.

In line with the AU reform and AUC strategic plan requirements, the proposed additional financing will scale up the ongoing support as follows:

  1. Strengthening Institutional Capacity. The aim of this component is to further strengthen and consolidate the systems that underpin the AU reform agenda by providing scale-up support to improve
    1. strategic realignment;
    2. planning and management systems;
    3. budget execution and procurement;
    4. ICT; and
    5. reinforce staff capacity.
  2. Facilitating Regional Integration Results with Stakeholders. On a pilot basis, this component aims to leverage the AUC’s unique convening role and to support results-oriented external partnerships and collective actions designed to enhance the implementation of key regional economic development initiatives. This would be largely achieved by “leveraging” the AUC’s convening role to advance priority economic integration programs through consensus building, policy harmonization, and advocacy in collaboration with RECs and other stakeholders; “positioning” of the AU globally for the voice and agency, through partnerships and representation in multinational institutions and global fora and diaspora engagement; and “connecting” the AU to its citizens especially women, youth as well as to civil society more broadly. It will, overall, provide funds for the piloting of innovative capacity development tasks that help build the AUC capacity to facilitate regional economic integration with stakeholders. This component will also provide experts, consultants, training, logistics and workshop support. It will also offer support for project management and coordination, as per Bank procurement, disbursement, financial management and operational reporting requirements and procedures.
Investment Description
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Contact Information
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World Bank:
Waleed Haider Malik
Sr Public Sector Spec

Lourdes Consuelo Linares Loza
Sr Financial Management Specialist

Verena Maria Fritz
Senior Public Sector Specialist

Borrower:
African Union Commission

Implementing Agency:
African Union Commission
H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat
Chairperson
mfmahamat@africa-union.org 

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