UNIVERSITY OF BUEA

FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Presented By

EBAI WILLIAM EGBE

(SM14P125)

And

CHRISTABEL

Course Instructor: Dr Baiye KAMNDA

JANUARY 2015

ACRONYMS:

AAP- African Action Plan

AfDB- African Development Bank

AMINet- Mathematics Institutes Network

Presentation on NEPAD

AU- Africa Union

CAADP- Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme

EFA- Education for All

GDP-

HSGOC- Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee

ICTs- Information and Communication Technologies

IPPF- Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility

ISAP- Infrastructure Strategic Action Plan

MAP-Millennium Partnership for Africa’s Recovery Programme

MDGs-Millineum Development Goals

NEPAD- New Partnership for Africa Development

NPCA- NEPAD Planning and Co-coordinating Agency

OAU- Organization of African Unity

ODA- official development assistance

PIDA- Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa

RECs- Regional Economic Communities

SPD- Spatial Development Programme

STAP- Short Term Action Plan

UN- United Nations

UNECA- United Natons Economic Commission for Africa

TABLE OF CONTENT

OBJECTIVE OF PRESENTING ON NEPAD…………………………………….

THE ORIGINS OF NEPAD…………………………………………………………………………………………………

WHAT IS NEPAD?...................................................................................................

VISON AND POLICY FRAMEWORK OF NEPAD………………………………………………………….

HOW IS THE NEPAD PROGRAMME GOVERNED………………………………………………………

NEPAD PLANNING AND COORDINATING AGENCY………………………………………………………

KEY THEME AREAS IN NEPAD………………………………………………...

RESULT……………………………………………………………………………

REFERENCES……………………………………………………………………...

OBJECTIVE OF PRESENTING ON NEPAD

The objective of this presentation is to enlighten you on the role of the New Partnership for

Africa's Development (NEPAD), an African Union strategic framework for pan-African socio-

economic development, as a strong partner with the United Nations on addressing the social,

economic and political challenges and opportunities facing the continent.

WHAT ARE THE ORIGINS OF NEPAD?

The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is the result of three parallel

initiatives. The first is the Millennium Africa Recovery Plan (MAP), led by South African

President Thabo Mbeki and unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2001.

The second initiative is the Omega Plan, crafted by the President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade,

and presented to the Summit of Francophone African leaders in Cameroon in January 2001.

MAP and the Omega Plan were then combined to give birth to a third initiative the New African

Initiative (NAI) that then led to NEPAD in 2001.

The NEPAD strategic framework document was prepared by the leaders of the five initiating

states (Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa), in response to a mandate given to them

by the Summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The 37th Summit of the OAU in

July 2001 formally adopted the strategic framework document.

WHAT IS NEPAD?

NEPAD is the New partnership for Africa Development.

Created; during the Africa Union (UA) Summit in July 2001 in Lusaka (Zambia) and fully

integrated in the UA structure in 2010.

The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), is both a vision and a policy framework

for Africa in the twenty-first century. NEPAD is a radically new intervention, spearheaded by

African leaders, to address critical challenges facing the continent. NEPAD provides unique

opportunities for African countries to take full control of their development agenda, to work

more closely together, and to cooperate more effectively with international partners.

Since its initiation, NEPAD has been promoted widely both within Africa and in the

industrialized North. NEPAD is now recognized as Africa's development plan by all the

governments of the North, and the international financial institutions, and by many

international governance institutions like the United Nations. NEPAD is widely seen as the

mechanism through which support to Africa's development efforts can be best delivered. Thus,

the NEPAD process has come to be accepted not only by African countries and RECs but also by

Africa's development partners as the framework mechanism for their development efforts

WHAT THEN IS THE VISON AND POLICY FRAMEWORK OF NEPAD?

1. poverty eradication.

2. To promote sustainable growth and development which should happen by

accelerating Africa’s Regional and Continental Integration in the context of creating

Africa economic community by 2028.

3. Halt Africa’s marginalization.

4. To place African countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of

sustainable growth and development;

5. To accelerate the empowerment of women;

6. To fully integrate Africa into the global economy.

How is the NEPAD programme governed?

The work of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency – which is tasked with the

implementation of the NEPAD Programme – is overseen by the NEPAD Heads of State and

Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC) and a Steering Committee.

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission exercises supervisory authority over the

Agency.

Basically, the main features of the AU/NEPAD governance structure include the African Union

Assembly of Heads of State and Government (AU Assembly); NEPAD Heads of State and

Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC) and a Steering Committee.

WHAT IS THE NEPAD PLANNING AND COORDINATING AGENCY (NEPAD

AGENCY)?

The NEPAD Agency was established by the 14th African Union Summit decision as the

institutional vehicle for implementing the African Union Development agenda. Designated as the

technical body of the African Union, the core mandate of the NEPAD Agency is to facilitate and

coordinate the implementation of regional and continental priority programmes and projects and

to push for partnerships, resource mobilization and research and knowledge management.

KEY THEME AREAS IN NEPAD

NEPAD manages a number of programmes and projects in six thematic areas. These theme

areas are;

1.  Agriculture and Food Security. 

2. -  Climate Change and Natural Resource Management. 

3. -  Regional Integration and Infrastructure.  

4. -  Human Development. 

5. -  Economic and Corporate Governance. 

6. Cross-cutting Issues, including Gender, Capacity Development and ICT.

HOW THEN ARE THESE PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS IN THESE THEME AREAS?

1. Agriculture and Food Security:

To fast-track development, NEPAD’s Agriculture and Food Security programme focuses on

helping African countries improve economic growth through agriculture-led development.

Specifically, the NEPAD Agency aims to ensure that smallholder farmers – the majority of

Africans – get better access to markets, finance and technical support, in order to improve their

income and get out of poverty.

NEPAD's agricultural programme is guided by the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture

Development Programme (CAADP) framework

This Programme brings together key players in agriculture – such African leaders, policy

makers, scientists, partners and farmers – to unleash agricultural growth and sustainable

development on the continent.

CAADP’s objective is to raise agricultural productivity in Africa to at least six percent annually

to contribute to poverty alleviation and elimination of hunger in Africa. In addition, CAADP

requires countries to commit at least 10 percent of their national budgets to agriculture. Since

2003, thirty countries have signed up to the CAADP Compact and eight have surpassed the 10

percent target.

Programmes Complementing CAADP

TerrAfrica programme – Leveraging funds to scale up sustainable land management in

sub-Saharan Africa – close to US$ billion disbursed funds to 27 countries.

Fertilizer Support Programme – Facilitating the production, distribution, procurement

and use of fertiliser in Africa – US$ 35 million earmarked.

Partnership for African Fisheries (PAF) – Improving sustainability and returns of

Africa’s fisheries – first Conference on African Ministers of Fisheries and Aquaculture

(CAMFA) hosted through PAF.

African Biosciences Initiative (ABI) – Harnessing biological applications for improved

agriculture productivity over 5 years – US$ 11.9 million earmarked.

NEPAD Pan-Africa Cassava Initiative (NPACI) – Linking national agricultural

research to regional initiatives on cassava – more than US$ 1.2 million earmarked.

RESULT

• Over 20 countries have achieved agricultural growth rates of 6% or more.

2. Climate Change and Natural Resource Management.

Climate change and a deteriorating environment is a key challenge to sustainability, bio-

diversity, food security and stability across Africa. NEPAD's Climate Change and Natural

Resource Management programme plays a co-ordinating and advocacy role to promote regional

and national programmes aimed at counteracting these environmental threats. NEPAD believes

that addressing environmental issues is a pre-condition for its other goals of sustainable growth

Aims and goals

The Climate Change programme within NEPAD works to bring together all relevant regional

and continental players to con-ordinate, share knowledge and encourage one another in

addressing the threat of climate change.

The objective of the programme is to assist countries in integrating climate change responses into

their national development processes. The programme aims to strengthen skills in adaptation,

mitigation, technology and finance to combat environmental change.

What is being done by this programme?

The climate change programme works through a variety of mechanisms to meet its goals,

including:

- Facilitating brainstorming and conferences across the continent;

- Assisting where possible with the work of climate change scientists in the region;

- Supporting the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment meetings;

- Participating in relevant climate change conferences; and

- Preparing policy briefs and providing technical support in building African positions.

The programme focuses on three key areas:

- Environment

- Energy

- Water

3. REGINAL INTEGRAION AND INFRASTRUCTURE:

Inter-country trade and regional co-operation are a key part of building a stronger and more

sustainable African economy. By encouraging regional co-operation NEPAD aims to assist

countries in being better able to trade, share resources and build mutually beneficial

infrastructure. NEPAD plays a co-ordinating, advocacy and facilitation role in this respect.

Aims and goals

NEPAD's aim is to promote regional economic integration by bridging Africa's Infrastructure

gap. There can be no meaningful development without trade and there can be no trade without

adequate and reliable infrastructure.

The programme focuses on a number of key issues, including:

- Mobilizing political will to implement policy and reforms, including harmonizing regulatory

systems;

- Creating an enabling environment for regional co-operation;

- Fostering partnerships between the private sector, infrastructure agencies and regional

economic communities;

- Developing frameworks to co-ordinate and monitor infrastructure developments; and

- Creating regional opportunities for sharing knowledge and networking.

What is being done in this area?

The programme has initiated several initiatives to promote regional and continental integration.

Among these are:

- The AU/NEPAD African Action Plan (AAP) 2010-2015 which includes 80 flagship

programmes and projects for regional and continental integration in Africa, particularly

infrastructure.

- NEPAD's Short Term Action Plan (STAP) was established in 2002 to address specific

infrastructure development problems including facilitation, capacity building, physical and

capital projects, and studies required to prepare future projects. STAP feeds into the Programme

for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA).

- The NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (IPPF) is a fund set up to assist in

developing high-quality infrastructure proposals. Managed by the African Development Bank

(AfDB) the 2007/08 IPPF pipeline had some thirty projects valued at US$50 million, of which

the energy and transport sectors account for 80%.

- PIDA is aimed at developing regional and continental infrastructure policies, establishing

prioritised development programmes and the proposal of implementation strategies.

- In July 2010 African leaders at the AU Summit established a High Level Sub-Committee on

Infrastructure which is tasked with prioritising and consolidating infrastructure projects for high

impact and results.

- The Infrastructure Strategic Action Plan (ISAP).

- The NEPAD Spatial Development Programme (SPD).

- Activities related to information and communication technologies (ICTs) are handled within

NEPAD's e-Africa Programme.

RESULT;

100 schools in fifteen countries have had computers and printers and internet

connectivity installed.

4. -  Human Development.

One of NEPAD's primary objectives is to work towards greater economic growth and poverty

eradication on the African continent. This is achieved through linking together key areas of

human development, including education, science and technology and healthcare.

Aims and goals

NEPAD's human development work is aimed at:

Enhancing access to essential, affordable medicines and vaccines;

Overcoming human resource shortages in the health, education and science and

technology sectors;

Advocacy, monitoring and partnerships to ensure that Africa's health, education and

sciences agenda is determined by and driven from within the continent;

Improving education to increase employment opportunities for Africa's citizens;

Promoting relevant frameworks and reports, survey results to guide country and regional

development strategies; and

Encouraging partnerships to establish and strengthen regional networks of knowledge.

 What is being done?

Education

Stronger and better education is a key objective for human resource development. NEPAD is

working towards Education for All (EFA) in Africa, a programme designed to fit within the

framework of the AU Second Decade of Education for Africa (2006–2015) and the Millennium

Development Goals (MDGs). NEPAD also promotes teacher training, including nursing and

midwifery education to promote maternal and infant well-being.

Health

NEPAD's work in the health sector is aimed at making positive interventions into healthcare to

achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Science and Technology

In the area of science and technology NEPAD is working to establish and consolidate networks

such as the Africa Mathematics Institutes Network (AMINet) and the African Bio-safety

Network. NEPAD also conducts science and technology surveys, publishes and disseminates

frameworks and reports on science and technology, facilitates research on socio-economic issues

and builds capacity in the area of science and technology.

RESULT:

Completion of Framework for Teacher Development through open and distance

learning project Three RECs (SADC, EAC and ECAS) are involved in Nursing

and Midwifery Education Project

Framework for Youth Entrepreneurship Project for SADC and EAC has been

completed

5.  Economic and Corporate Governance. 

NEPAD believes that the delivery of high quality programmes and projects to promote Africa's

development and regional integration can only be realised in an environment that permits good

economic and corporate governance.

African countries are still experiencing enormous difficulties in achieving macroeconomic

convergence criteria set by their Regional Economic Communities (RECs). This is in many ways

linked to challenges of economic and corporate governance. Among these challenges are targets

on inflation, debt-to-GDP ratios, and budget deficit-to-GDP ratios. The NEPAD agency aims to

support efforts by member states and RECs to address these issues, all of which contribute in

providing a favourable environment for development.

Aims and goals

Work in this area is focused on:

Strengthening the capacity of member states to ensure good corporate governance and

management of development programmes;

Assisting in improving technical aspects of procurement processes;

Strengthening capacity to supervise and control programmes and projects;

Supporting efforts to strengthen the capacity of enterprises to implement flagship

programmes and projects;

Promoting an enabling environment for business and effective regulatory framework for

economic activities;

Improving corporate accountability;

Empowering the Diaspora and creating conditions to enable them to play an active role in

development, democracy, conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction processes;

Promoting macroeconomic policies that support sustainable development

Supporting implementation of sound, transparent and predictable government policies;

and

Promoting sound public finance management.

 

What is being done under this thematic area?

The key area of work under this theme is the African Peer Review Mechanism which

encompasses the objectives of the programme.

RESULT:

‐14 countries have been peer reviewed to date

-30 countries have acceded to the APRM‐ Renewed role for NEPAD in implementation of the National Programs of Action

(NPoAs)

6. CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES, including Gender, Capacity Development and ICT.

While NEPAD's work is guided by five core thematic areas there are also a number of cross-

cutting issues that are equally important to its work. These include private sector involvement,

gender, capacity development and information and communication technologies (ICTs).

Private sector involvement in NEPAD programmes and projects is critical because of the

resources it can bring to financing projects and the expertise it offers in delivering on NEPAD's

programme objectives.

Capacity development is also a critical issue, and the NEPAD Planning and Co-ordinating

Agency (NPCA) will devote considerable attention in the 2010-2013 period.

Gender empowerment is central to NEPAD's work as which aims to enhance the role and rights

for women on the continent. NEPAD is working on a holistic approach to gender mainstreaming

and women empowerment and integrating these into NEPAD's programmes and processes.

ICTs are another area that affect all of NEPAD's work. Work under ICTs is overseen by

NEPAD's e-Africa programme. The vision of the programme is to see Africa as a globally

competitive digital society

Aims and goals

The objective is to create an enabling environment for work that supports poverty eradication

and socio-economic development in the region. More specifically NEPAD aims to:

- Enhance private sector involvement in the NEPAD programmes and projects;

- Support activities aimed at empowering African women and improving their lives;

- Promoting innovative, appropriate and effective solutions to capacity development that take

into account local needs, priorities and context;

- Actively pursue cross-sectoral initiatives so that ICTs are entrenched in NEPAD's work and are

at the forefront of African development.

What is being done under this thematic area?

This are of work includes three key areas:

- Gender 

- ICTs

- Capacity development

In sum, NEPAD calls for adapted policy reforms and increased investments in the areas of

agriculture and food security, science and technology, environment, trade and market access,

governance, infrastructure (energy, transport and water sanitation, and information and

communication technologies), gender and capacity development.

CRITICISM

NEPAD was initially met with a great deal of scepticism from much of civil society in Africa as

playing into the 'Washington Consensus' model of economic development. In July 2002,

members of some 40 African social movements, trade unions, youth and women's organizations,

NGOs, religious organizations and others endorsed the African Civil Society Declaration on

NEPAD rejecting NEPAD; a similar hostile view was taken by African scholars and activist

intellectuals in the 2002 Accra Declaration on Africa's Development Challenges.

Part of the problem in this rejection was the process by which NEPAD was adopted was

insufficiently participatory—civil society was almost totally excluded from the discussions by

which it came to be adopted.

More recently, NEPAD has also been criticised by some of its initial backers, including notably

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, who accused NEPAD of wasting hundreds of millions of

dollars and achieving nothing. Like many other intergovernmental bodies, NEPAD suffers from

slow decision-making, and a relatively poorly resourced and often cumbersome implementing

framework. There is a great lack of information about the day-to-day activities of the NEPAD

secretariat—the website is notably uninformative—that does not help its case.

However, the program has also received some acceptance from those initially very critical, and

in general its status has become less controversial as it has become more established and its

programs have become more concrete. The aim of promoting greater regional integration and

trade among African states is welcomed by many, even as the fundamental macroeconomic

principles NEPAD endorses remain contested

REFRENCES:

May 2011-Presentation to UN Staff Sunninghill, Johannesburg

Main Auditorium, UNDP Regional Service Centre By Dr.

Ibrahim Assane Mayak i Chief Executive Officer, NEPAD

Agency.

African Civil Society Declaration on NEPAD African Civil Society Declaration on

NEPAD.

Accra Declaration Declaration on Africa's Development Challenges. Adopted at end of

Joint CODESRIA-TWN-AFRICA Conference on Africa's Development Challenges in

the Millennium, Accra 23–26 April 2002.

Nepad’s APRM: A Progress Report, Practical Limitations and Challenges, by Ayesha

Kajee