IDBZ C.E.O to chair DFRC Board - 2013

Values

● Professionalism

● Value and Innovation

● Stakeholder Focus

● Accountability

● Results Driven

● Employee Focus and Teamwork

Activities

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Advisory Services

● Capacity Building

● SME Development

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Vision

“To be the centre of excellence which efficiently and pro-

actively facilitates development finance solutions

for the SADC region”.

Mission

“To provide capacity building, policy research and advisory

services in development finance to

SADC development finance institutions and Governments -thereby contributing to SADC’s goals of economic growth and

sustainable development”.

News SADC-DFRC Newsletter, Issue 5, March 2013

Motto

Building Partnerships for Economic Growth &

Development

1st C.E.O Colloquium Convened -2013

(Left - Right) Mr. Thabo Thamane (Citizen Entrepreneurial Development Agency) Mr. Patrick Chisanga (Muchanga Investments Limited), Prof. Y.R.K Reddy (Academy of Corporate Governance), Amb. Leonard Iipumbu (Agricultural Bank of Namibia), Mr. Stuart Kufeni (Southern African Development Community-Development Finance Resource Centre) and Dr. Herrick Mpuku (Southern African Development Community-Development Finance Resource Centre) during the C.E.O Colloquium in South Africa.

Mr. Charles Chikaura, Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure

Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) has been elected chairman

of the DFRC Board of Trustees. This took place at the board meeting

held in Gaborone on the 8th March 2013. Mr. Thabo Thamane, the

Chief Executive Officer of Citizen Entrepreneurial Development

Agency (CEDA) assumed the Deputy Chairmanship of the Board.

A newsletter of SADC Development Finance Resource Centre

The Chief Executive Officers of the SADC – DFIs attended a Colloquium in South Africa on the 13th – 15th March

2013 under the subject CEO’s Colloquium on Policy Environment, Stakeholder Expectation and DFI Mandate: The

Central Role of the Chief Executive Officer.

The Colloquium was aimed at providing an opportunity for CEO’s to reconfigure the priorities in their roles in the

context of new expectations, challenges and emerging conditions for development finance and state owned

enterprises as well to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas, unique strategies and effective tactics. The

Colloquium also provided participants the opportunity to impart leads to balancing, optimising and exercising trades-

off while meeting the expectations of multiple stakeholders.

Ambassador Leonard Iipumbu, Chair of DFI Network and Chief Executive Officer of Agricultural Bank of Namibia

(Agribank), officially opened the CEO Colloquium. He applauded the success of DFRC programmes and

emphasised the need for a renewed and sustained drive for innovative capacity building at all levels of our

institutions to fine-tune their skills further.

In his closing, Mr. Stuart Kufeni, The Chief Executive Officer of the SADC – DFRC thanked participants for finding

time out of their busy schedule to attend the Colloquium. He further stated that as the colloquium was the first of its

kind and hoped that many more such gatherings would be organised in the future.

The facilitation of the Colloquium was led by external speakers amongst them Prof. Y.R.K. Reddy, Dr. Geoffrey

Heald, Mr. Patrick Chisanga and Dr. Lufeyo Banda, while CEOs of SADC DFIs also made presentations.

CEO Colloquium, Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Center, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Mr. Charles Chikaura, C.E.O of IDBZ, Zimbabwe.

Mr. Thabo Thamane, C.E.O of CEDA, Botswana.

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The aim of the programme was to enhance the knowledge and skills of the staff so that they could

fully understand, develop, package and deliver project finance to clients. Knowledge acquired

from this programme would result in effective execution of deals, which would consequently

positively contribute to improved turnaround of project applications, better design of projects and

improved performance of DFI portfolios.

The training was attended by thirty five (35) delegates from ten (10) Development Finance

Institutions and five countries in the region. Countries represented were Botswana, Namibia,

Seychelles, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Mr. Siyanga Malumo, the Chairman of Africana Finance and

Investment, South Africa and Mr. Kiran Gihwala from the Industrial Development Corporation

(IDC), South Africa resourced the programme.

Training on Project Finance: 28th January - 1st February 2013

The Chief Executive Officer of NORSAD Finance, Mrs. Sari Nikka, led a team of

NORSAD Finance Board members and senior management on a courtesy call at the

DFRC. They were met by the Chief Executive Officer Mr. Stuart Kufeni, and the

Programmes Manager Dr. Herrick Mpuku.

Mr. Kufeni briefed them on the structure and operations of the DFRC, as well as the

significant achievements over its lifetime. Mrs. Nikka informed the meeting that

NORSAD has recently been restructured, and has relocated from Zambia to

Botswana. She looks forward to people cooperation between the two institutions in

the future.

NORSAD Board visits DFRC –2013

Mr. Stuart Kufeni, Chief Executive Officer, SADC – DFRC welcomed the

delegates, while the workshop was officially opened by Mr. Thabo

Thamane, Chief Executive Officer for Citizen Entrepreneurial Development

Agency (CEDA), Botswana.

Mr. Letsebe Sejoe, Chief Operations Officer for Botswana International

Trade Centre (BITC) closed the workshop, and presented the certificates.

He emphasised the importance of building institutional capacity as a basis

for improving the performance of development finance institutions. Mr. Thamane officially opening the programme.

Mr. Kufeni addressing participants.

Training on Project Finance, GICC, Gaborone, Botswana.

Mr. Sejoe awarding Ms. Ingrid-Heike Smith (DBN) a certificate.

Training on Project Finance, GICC, Gaborone, Botswana.

JICA -DFRC convene workshop on Development Finance in Tokyo, Japan - 2013

The Japan International Cooperation Agency in conjunction with the SADC-DFRC will be holding a “Development Finance

Workshop”, in Tokyo, Japan from April 13th – 26th, 2013 for management of infrastructure-based DFIs targeted in the Survey

on Development Finance for selected SADC Countries, for JICA’s Capacity Building Programme for SADC DFIs.

The objective of this workshop is to enhance targeted DFIs’ institutional and human capability to manage infrastructure finance.

Towards this objective, the course would include visits to infrastructure-related organisations and lectures from DFIs and other

relevant institutions/agencies in Japan. The status of development finance of Japan and Asian countries that are in a similar

stage of development would also be introduced. Finally, panel discussions would be held with relevant people in order for them

to confirm and relate their obtained knowledge and experience.

The workshop will run April 15 to April 26, 2013, and will be held at the Tokyo International Center of

JICA in Tokyo Japan. The JICA programme of technical assistance to the SADC DFIs was announced

by Mr. Tetsuya Fukunaga, TICAD representative at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) at

the 4th Chief Executive Officer’s Forum held at Kasane, Botswana in June 2012.

Mr. Stuart Kufeni, C.E.O, SADC-DFRC, Botswana.

Mrs. Sari Nikka, C.E.O, NORSAD, Botswana.

Mr. Tetsuya Fukunaga, TICAD Advisor at DBSA from JICA , South Africa.

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SADC PPP Network activities

Progress Update on Activities and Future Plans

The Network has hosted a number of events, as well as participated at regional conferences and meetings on PPPs, going some way in

achieving its mandate.

Healthcare Working Group

Based on the decision by the SADC PPP Steering Committee in Sep-

tember 2012, a Healthcare Working Group was created and countries

that agreed to participate include Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, An-

gola, Tanzania and Lesotho.

The first meeting took place on December 6th and 7th, 2012 in Cape

Town. The meeting was well attended with participation from PPP

and health practitioners from all the countries. The Working Group was supported by experts from GIZ and the World Bank, who produced the

relevant papers on policy, products and types of private sector collaboration in the provision of healthcare services and also help guide the

proceedings.

Discussions were held around the healthcare PPP environment in the respective countries, the challenges they were experiencing in design-

ing, implementing, and monitoring healthcare PPPs, and the key resource needs (skills, knowledge, expertise, systems) to initiate and scale-

up health PPPs.

April Harding from the World Bank Institute provided an introduction to healthcare PPP terminology and the models that were applied interna-

tionally; key differences between health PPPs and infrastructure PPPs; how the healthcare systems context influences what kind of PPPs are

likely to work, and work in the public interest (health financing, contracting practises, level of reimbursement, etc).

The Working Group also held discussions around the design of the PPP Exchange Programme to Germany next year. Following the discus-

sions, filed experiences and country examples, the Working Group agreed on the priority areas and a work plan for the next 6 months. The

priority areas agreed on were:

Capacity Building – development of a concept for capacity building initiatives for the Working Group, including undertaking a content

scan on existing products and elaborating on curriculum and modules.

Advocacy and a framework for dialogue with private sector in health PPPs – the development of a strategy for national and regional

dialogue between and within various stakeholders, including the private sector, aimed at improving knowledge in and commitment to

implementing healthcare PPPs.

Health PPP Policy Framework – develop a regional policy that will provide guidance to members and help create an enabling policy

environment for effective implementation of PPPs in health within the region.

Country training for Malawi

The PPP Commission, on behalf of Malawi Government, has expressed interest in the

resources available under capacity building component in the SADC PPP Network

programme and have formally requested for assistance in organising an in-country

PPP seminar for PPP Practitioners and those that wish to have a basic

knowledge. This follows the recent enactment of the PPP Act in Malawi, while the

Commission has identified a glaring need for expertise amongst the local consultants,

banks and other lenders and Government officials.

PPP Exchange Programme

As part of its partnership with the PPP Network, the GIZ has kindly agreed to sponsor relevant members of the Steering Committee and Work-

ing Group Healthcare to a trip to Germany to develop PPP skills in the health care sector during 2013. This programme will be developed in

two phases, one of which will be of a shorter timeframe and will take the form of an exposure tour focusing on decision makers in relevant

ministries such as health, finance and infrastructure. Here, participating SADC members will have to identify senior officials such as Directors

General or Permanent Secretaries or their equivalent, to travel to Germany for approximately one week to have a review of relevant PPP pro-

jects and discuss policy and framework issues with a view to strengthening buy-in of similar projects in their countries.

The second phase will be developed specifically for members, or potential members of PPP Units and relevant line ministries such as health

or infrastructure. A programme will be designed which will include some academic training, work with Partnerships Germany (the PPP Unit)

and time seconded to a project(s) being undertaken by the private sector in health. This programme will be designed and developed by the

Health Care Working Group in conjunction with the GIZ as a practical exchange of know-how and expertise. The tours will be undertaken in

June and September of 2013.

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Meeting with SACU Delegation

SACU Delegation comprising of Dr. Joel Sentsho, Ms. Keganele Malikonngwa, Ms. Moureen Matomola and Mr. Molupe Pheko visited on 4th

February, 2013. The visit was subsequent to their initial consultation last year and the team wanted to further explore and build relationship

with SADC-DFRC in terms of assisting them with mobilisation of DFIs in the region into developing cross boarder bankable projects. SACU’s

idea is to develop priority and come up with pilot projects in areas of dairy, meat, etc, and those cross boarder projects be in the form of value

chain and within the value, member states should be able to contribute towards the value chain (find their niche in the value chain).

Meeting with JICA Team

Management met with JICA consultant’s team comprising of Mr. Tsutomu Shibata, Mr. Masato Sawaki and Ms. Miyuki Sato on 31st January,

2013 in Gaborone. The meeting provided a briefing on the status of their visits to the four (4) DFIs that are part of their diagnostic study,

which are the Development Bank of Namibia, Infrastructure Bank of Zimbabwe, National Development Corporation (Tanzania) and the Tan-

zania Investment Bank.

JICA consultants team also met with SADC Secretariat (TIFI) comprising of Dr. Lufeyo Banda and Mr. Anirood Meeheelaul on the 1st Febru-

ary 2013 in Gaborone. The meeting discussed the developments in the SADC regional development fund, and its anticipated role in mobilis-

ing resources and financing infrastructure development in the region. The SADC officials also informed the JICA Team that the Project Prep-

aration and Development Fund had been established and now housed at Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), as a precursor to the

Regional Development Fund.

Accreditation

The aim of the workshop was to discuss and understand the legislative imperative, the Education Training Quality Assurance (ETQA) and

how far we are in terms of joint accreditation with Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA).

The workshop was attended by six (6) members of SADC – DFRC staff. Dr. Thabang Sello Matobako from the Development Bank of

Southern Africa was the resource person. Dr. Herrick Mpuku officially opened and closed the workshop. In his opening he highlighted on the

purpose of undertaking the workshop. He indicated that the SADC DFIs network will derive benefits from the international accreditation and

brand recognition through the BANK SETA. The DBSA and DFRC agreed to work expeditiously with the BANK SETA to complete the

accreditation process.

DFRC News Update - 2013

SADC PPP Network Activities Continues…...

Interview of Head of PPPs by BRICS TV

On the 21st of January, 2013, Mr. Kogan Pillay, Head of SADC PPP Network was interviewed by BRICS TV on the

involvement of the SADC PPP Network in the region and how this will help attract investors. Discussed were also

the recently approved SADC Infrastructure Master Plan and the PPP Scan that will be conducted on the plan.

SADC PPP Network-OECD joint working group meeting

This was the third meeting, it was held on the 26th March 2013 at the Maslow Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. The mandate of the meet-

ing was to provide an opportunity for member states to discuss and draw lessons from the most prevalent obstacles and opportunities affect-

ing private participation in Southern Africa. The OECD are putting together documentation on the results of their work with 5 SADC member

states and the draft of this booklet was being presented to the SADC PPP Network members for discussion and input.

The working group meeting was quiet a success and afforded participants a chance to voice out their issues. The next steps will be to jointly

work on the information and skills gap that is apparent in most countries in issues regarding traditional procurement processes, packaging of

infrastructure projects and monitoring of infrastructure policy reforms.

SADC PPP Network steering committee meeting

The meeting was held on the 27th March 2013 at the Maslow Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was the third meeting after the ones held

last year in March and September. This meeting was a follow up to the previous meetings and the health working group in Cape Town in

December. An update of the Network activities was given and member states.

Future events

Unsolicited bids and project preparation training

The SADC PPP Network and its strategic partners will be facilitating a 5 day training on Unsolicited

bids and Project Preparation which will be held at the DBSA in Midrand, South Africa.

Co design of PP Dialogue with Private Sector

The meeting will be held on the 13th May in Johannesburg, South Africa, venue to be finalised

shortly. This meeting came about after the Private Sector Consultative Forum meeting which was

held at Johannesburg last year.

Mr. Kogan Pillay, SADC PPP Network.

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CAPACITY BUILDING - DEVELOPMENT FINANCE Other planned programmes for 2013/14 are;

Programme: Development Finance Workshop

Venue: Japan Date : 13 – 26 April 2013

Programme: Corporate Governance (ADI)

Venue: Namibia Date : 23 – 26 April 2013

Programme: Due Diligence

Venue: Zimbabwe Date: 20 – 24 May 2013

Programme: Risk Management

Venue: Zambia Date: 10 – 14 June 2013

Programme: Customer Relations Management

Venue: Namibia Date: 24 – 28 June 2013

Programmes for the whole financial year 2013/14 can be viewed by following the link below; http://www.sadc-dfrc.org/index.php?id=642

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Programme: Project preparation and development and unsolicited bids training

Venue: South Africa Date : 22 - 26 April 2013

Programme: Co design of PPP dialogue with private sector

Venue: South Africa Date: 11 -12 April 2013

PPP Programmes for the whole financial year 2012/13 can be viewed by following the link below; http://www.sadcpppnetwork.org

Up Coming Programmes Information - 2013 Programme Highlights

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