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Strategic Plan Aligned to AUC Strategic Plan– 2014 –
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The PAQI initiative is supported by
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................II
CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................................................. III
LIST OF ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................................................... IV
1. BACKGROUND.................................................................................................................................................................. 2
1.1 Benefi ts Of A Pan-African Quality Infrastructure To Africa .................................................................... 3
2. PAQI VISION ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3
3. PAQI MISSION ................................................................................................................................................................... 3
4. OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3
5. PAQI PILLARS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4
5.1. Functions of the Pan-African Quality Infrastructure institutions and their mandate .............. 4
5.1.1 ARSO ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
5.1.2 AFRAC ......................................................................................................................................................... 4
5.1.3 AFRIMETS ................................................................................................................................................. 4
5.1.4 AFSEC ......................................................................................................................................................... 4
5.1.5 Image 1: PAQI structure ..................................................................................................................... 5
6. SWOT ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................................................................... 6
7. PAQI’s CONTRIBUTION TO AU SECTORS ................................................................................................................. 7
7.1 Agriculture sector .................................................................................................................................................... 7
7.2 Infrastructure, Transport and Energy sectors .............................................................................................. 7
7.3 Environmental and natural ressources .......................................................................................................... 8
7.4 Health sector ............................................................................................................................................................. 8
7.5 Trade and Industry Sector .................................................................................................................................... 9
8. RESOURCE MOBILISATION ........................................................................................................................................10
8.1 Internal sources .....................................................................................................................................................10
8.2 External sources ....................................................................................................................................................10
9. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX ................................................................................................................ 10
10. ANNEXES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
10.1 ANNEX I ............................................................................................................................................................ 10
1. Agriculture sector .................................................................................................................................... 10
2. Infrastructure, Transport and Energy sectors .............................................................................. 11
3. Environmental and natural resources ............................................................................................ 11
4. Health sector ............................................................................................................................................. 12
5. Trade and Industry ................................................................................................................................... 12
10.2 ANNEX II IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX1 ................................................................................................ 14
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
AATF African Agricultural Technology FoundationACBF African Capacity Building FoundationACP Africa-Caribbean-Pacifi cACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the ChildACSRT African Centre for the Study and Research on TerrorismAFCAC African Civil Aviation CommissionAFDB African Development BankAGA African Governance ArchitectureAGRA Alliance for a Green revolution in AfricaAIDA Accelerated Industrial Development of AfricaAMCEN African Ministerial Conference on the EnvironmentAMCOW African Ministers Council on WaterAPSA African Peace and Security ArchitectureATU African Telecommunications UnionAU African UnionAUC African Union CommissionBCW Business council for womenBCP Bureau of the ChairpersonBDCP Bureau of the Deputy ChairpersonBIAT Boosting intra - African TradeBIPM Bureau International des Poids et MesuresBMZ Bundesministerium Fur Wirtschaftliche ZusammenarbeitCAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development ProgrammeCFTA Continental Free Trade AreaCGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural ResearchCIDA Canadian International Development AgencyCIDO Civil Society and DiasporaCOMESA Common Market for East and Southern AfricaCTA Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural CooperationDEA Department of Economic AffairsDFID Department for International DevelopmentDHRST Department of Human Resources Science and TechnologyDIC Department of Information and CommunicationDIE Department of Infrastructure and EnergyDPA Department of Political AffairsDPO Disabled People‘s OrganisationDREA Department Rural Economy and AgricultureDSA Department of Social AffairsDTI Department of Trade and IndustryEAC East African CommunityECA Economic Commission for AfricaECOSOCC Economic, Social and Cultural CouncilE&Y Ernst & YoungFAO Food and Agriculture OrganizationFARA Forum for Agricultural Research in AfricaGIZ Gesellschaftfür Internationale ZusammenarbeitHRST Human Resources Science and TechnologyIAF International Accreditation ForumIAIDA Infrastructure Development in Africa
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ICT Information and Communication TechnologiesIEC International Electrotechnical CommissionIFPRI International Food Policy Research InstituteILAC International laboratory accreditation CooperationISO International Standards OrganisationIWBA International Women Business associationLC Legal CounselMDGs Millennium Development GoalsMFW4A Making Finance Work for AfricaM&E Monitoring & EvaluationMS Member SatesMRA Mutual Recognition AgreementNEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s DevelopmentNGOs Non-Governmental OrganisationsNPCA NEPAD Planning and Coordinating AgencyOIE Organisation for Animal HealthOIML International Organisation for legal metrologyPAPU Pan- African Postal UnionPAQI Pan-African Quality InfrastructurePIDA Program for Infrastructure Development in AfricaPTB Physikalisch Technische BundesanstaltPWDs Persons with DisabilitiesRECs Regional Economic CommunitiesRPPs Regional Partnership ProgrammesRWBA Regional Women business associationSIDA Swedish International Development cooperation AgencySMEs Small and medium-sized enterprisesSPPME-RM Strategic Policy Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Resource MobilisationSRHR Sexual and Reproductive Health and RightsSROs Sub-regional Offi ces of ECASTEM Science, Technology, Engineering and MathematicsTBT Technical Barriers to TradeT&I Trade and IndustryUNDP United Nations Development ProgrammeUNAIDS United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDSUNECA United Nations Economic Commission for AfricaUNEP United Nations Environment ProgramUNIDO United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationUNISDR United Nations International Strategy for Disaster ReductionUPDEA Union of Producers, Transporters and Distributors of Electric Power in AfricaUPU Universal Postal UnionUSAID U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWB World BankWEF World Economic ForumWFP World Food ProgrammeWMO World Meteorological Organization3ADI African Agribusiness and Agro-industries development initiative
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1. BACKGROUND
The critical role of infrastructure in the global economy is now well articulated. As globaliza-tion and liberalization take root, it will be in-creasingly diffi cult for Africa to remain com-petitive if its infrastructure systems continue to be sub-standard. There is therefore, an ur-gent need to put Africa’s infrastructure at ad-vantage point for Africa to be able to address easy use of value addition, given the increased phenomenon of intra-industry trade. Africa needs a deliberate, systematic and concerted effort at the practical level to integrate, upgrade and modernize regional infrastructure so that it becomes the catalyst for Africa’s growth.
In 1991, The Abuja treaty, creating the African Economic Community (AEC) was signed, fulfi ll-ing one of the major requirements of the Lagos plan of Action. The treaty recognises the im-portance of quality Infrastructure in the eco-nomic development of the continent.
According to UNECA’s 2008 report on Africa’s integration, lack of adequate Quality Infrastruc-ture in Africa severely hampers production and sale of goods. It continues to state that in the year 2010, intra-Africa trade remained low de-spite the positive trends in export growth. At the continental level, less than 10per cent of to-tal merchandise exports were destined to Afri-can countries. This low level of intra-Africa trade illustrates the weakness of the continent.
In order to ensure the acceptance of Africa’s goods and services in to the global market, the recognition of Africa’s quality infrastructure as being equivalent to those in the importing countries is essential as this will strengthen the competitiveness of Africa’s goods and ser-vices and contribute towards the industriali-zation of the continent by providing the nec-essary confi dence in ensuring the health and safety of the public and the protection of the environment;. This is the area of expertise of the Pan-African Quality infrastructure fi lls and thus provides support to policy makers of the African union by aligning the PAQI activities with the AUC priorities.
The Pan African Quality Infrastructure (PAQI) consisting of ARSO, AFRAC, AFRIMETS and AF-SEC is in line with international good practices
with regard to Quality Infrastructure, which consists of Standards, Metrology (Measure-ment) and Accreditation. The work of the four PAQI institutions is critical for economic Inte-gration in Africa as envisioned in the planned Free Continental Trade Area (FCTA) by 2017.
The CAMI 20, the Conference of African Min-isters of Industry held in June 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya, made a declaration on quality infra-structure, recognizing the Pan-African Qual-ity Infrastructure (PAQI) as the continental platform for all matters related to standardi-zation, metrology, and accreditation in order to strengthen the competitiveness of Africa’s goods and services and contribute towards the industrialization of the continent and its sus-tainability.
PAQI was offi cially launched in August 2013 by the director of trade and industry, African Un-ion Commission (AUC).
The newly developed PAQI structure, as the latest addition to the AU family is underlined by a shared objective to improve quality in Africa, increase regional integration as well as promote and enhance intra-Africa trade. It will work towards establishing a harmonised policy on standardisation and quality assur-ance on goods and services on the continent. The various Pan African Quality Infrastructure institutions aim to draw on each other’s in-sight and expertise and use quality as a driver towards achieving the common interest goals of the continent in line with the African Union Integration agenda.
The Pan-African Quality Infrastructure made up of the four pillars strengthens Africa’s abili-ty to achieve continental socio-economic goals in line with AUC goals for:
a) Intra-African trade;b) Regional integration;c) Industrial development;d) Promotion of sustainable green economy;e) Infrastructure development;f) Improvement of the competitiveness of Afri-
can goods and services; andg) The protection of the health and safety of
the public and the environment.
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This document sets out the PAQI response to the African Commission priorities and pro-grammes such as PIDA, CAADP, AIDA and 3ADI and shows the alignment between the activi-ties of AFRAC, ARSO, AFSEC and AFRIMETS in order to respond in a manner that is optimal.
1.1 Benefi ts of a Pan-African Quality Infrastructure to Africa
An integrated PAQI will have the following benefi ts to Africa as envisaged in objective 6 of the 2012-2015 AU/NEPAD African Action plan and chapter XI, article 67 of the Abuja Treaty:a) Enhancement of consumer protection and
improvement of living standards of the citi-zens of Africa in line with MDGs;
b) Support of the African technical regulatory framework with a view to removing un-necessary technical barriers to trade relate to standards, measurement, conformity as-sessment and accreditation issues
c) Cost effective standards, measurement, con-formity assessment and accreditation ser-vices in Africa will be realized;
d) It will provide a platform for the partici-pation of African countries in quality In-frastructure activities and exchange to knowledge in the fi elds of interest to boost intra-African industrialisation and trade
e) Support AUC key programmes on Quality Infrastructure such as PIDA, CAADP, AIDA and 3ADI
2. PAQI VISION
To be an effi cient, effective, sustainable and internationally recognized PAQI contributing towards achievement of African socioeco-nomic goals.
3. PAQI MISSION
To strengthen the regional and global com-petitiveness of Africa’s goods and services and contribute towards an improved quality of life for the African people through prudent use of standards, measurements, conformity assess-ment and accreditation.
4. OBJECTIVES
The objectives of Pan-African Quality Infra-structure are the following:
1) To promote the development of a coherent PAQI supporting the objectives of African integration in accordance with the Abuja Treaty;
2) To strengthen the development and imple-mentation of African policies on Standards, Measurement, Conformity Assessment and Accreditation that supports the reali-zation of Africa’s Economic integration and environmental sustainability;
3) To provide timely Standards, Measurement, Conformity Assessment and Accreditation solutions to the region whilst upholding the values of openness, transparency and consensus;
4) To develop effective relations with the AU and RECs in order to promote and reinforce the role of PAQI as a tool for supporting AU policies those enhance intra-African and global trade to improve quality of life;
5) To represent Africa on all matters pertain-ing to standards, metrology, conformity as-sessment and accreditation;
6) To secure adequate funding for the PAQI to support capacity development in Standards, Measurement, Conformity As-sessment and Accreditation in close col-laboration with international partner or-ganizations.
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5. PAQI PILLARS
5.1. Functions of the Pan-African Quality Infrastructure institutions and their mandateThe four pillars of Pan-African Quality Infra-structure (PAQI) are equally important and essential for African products and services to be competitive. Products and services that con-form to documentary standards (voluntary or compulsory) are more effi cient, safer, cleaner and can be compared, and are thus nationally and internationally more acceptable.
The following is the brief information on the four pillars of a Pan-African Quality Infrastructure and their functions and infl uence to overcome trade barriers to Africa through prudent use of standards, accreditation and measurements.
5.1.1 ARSOAfrican Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO) is Africa’s intergovernmental standards body formed by the OAU (currently AU) and United Nations Economic Commission for Af-rica “UNECA” in 1977 in Accra, Ghana .The fun-damental mandate of ARSO is to develop tools for standards development, standards harmo-nization and implementation of these systems to enhance Africa’s internal trading capacity, increase Africa’s product and service competi-tiveness globally, and uplift the welfare of Af-rican consumers creating a continental stand-ardization forum to infl uence future prospects in international trade referencing for Africa’s benefi t and advantage.
Increased trade and closer economic coopera-tion between developing countries represent a considerable potential for development but re-alizing this potential represents a major chal-lenge especially in creating viable, sustainable and effective continental standardisation in-frastructure.
5.1.2 AFRACThe African Accreditation Cooperation (AFRAC) was established in 2010 and is a cooperation of accreditation bodies, sub-regional accredita-tion cooperations and stakeholders.
The main objective of AFRAC is to provide ac-creditation support to industry and trade and to Contribute to the protection of health and
safety of the public and the protection of the environment, in Africa and thereby improve Africa’s competitiveness.
The mission of AFRAC is to cooperate in build-ing capacity in African accreditation with the goal of sustaining an internationally accept-able mutual recognition.
5.1.3 AFRIMETSThe Intra-Africa Metrology System (AFRIMETS) was formed in 2006 with membership drawn from the African Sub-regional Metrology Or-ganizations (“SRMO”). The principal members of AFRIMETS are the six Sub-regional metrology organisations, CEMACMET (“CEMAC”), EAMET (“EAC”), MAGMET (“AMU”), NEWMET (“ECOW-AS”, “COMESA”), SADCMET/MEL (“SADC”) and SOAMET (“UEMOA”). Other members include countries or institutes responsible for metrol-ogy in and out of Africa as well as stakeholders.The main mandate of AFRIMETS is to promote harmonisation of scientifi c, industrial and le-gal metrology issues across Africa and to oper-ate as a fully-fl edged RMO, in accordance to the mutual recognition arrangement of the inter-national committee for weights and measures and to facilitate intra Africa trade through the use of accurate measurements and ensuring safety, health of consumers and environmen-tal protection.
5.1.4 AFSECThe African Electrotechnical Standardisation Commission (AFSEC) was established in Febru-ary 2008 as an organised association and has legal status in accordance with Article 24 of the Convention of the African Energy Commis-sion. The members of AFSEC are National Elec-trotechnical Committees from each African Member State and also include Regional Elec-trotechnical Committees; AFSEC is recognised by the IEC though a cooperation agreement signed in 2009.
The African Electrotechnical Standardisation Commission was established in February 2008 and underpinned by the Algiers declaration of the Conference of African Ministers of Energy on 17th February 2008, as a subsidiary body of the African Energy Commission (AFREC) to support of universal access to electricity espe-cially in electricity generation and transmission.
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The main objective of AFSEC is to support Af-rican electricity Infrastructure development with standards and conformity assessment services in order to improve access to electric-ity in Africa.
5.1.5 PAQI structurePAQI pillars namely AFRAC, AFRIMETS, AFSEC and ARSO have worked hard and are already recognised by the relevant international or-ganisations in their fi eld of operation. ARSO is recognised by International Standards Or-ganisation (ISO), AFSEC is recognised by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), AFRIMETS is recognised by Bureau Inter-national des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) and the International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) and AFRAC is recognised by the Inter-national Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the International Accreditation Fo-rum (IAF).
Figure 1: PAQI structure
International
Africa
National
Regional Economic Communities
National Metrology Institute; Weights & Measures Dep.
National Electrotechnical Committee
Accreditation Body
NationalStandards Body
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6. SWOT ANALYSIS
In this SWOT analysis, PAQI identifi ed its ‘strengths’ and ‘opportunities’ to measure its internal capabilities to be fully utilised and ‘weaknesses and ‘threats’ originate from exter-nal environments to be fully eradicated. Inter-nal attributes are controllable to some extent
Internal factors External factors
Strengthsa) Regionally recognised African quality infra-
structure pillars established b) Co-operation between the pillars formal-
ised thought the establishment of PAQI c) Recognised by the African Union Commis-
sion (AUC)
Weaknessesa) Low level of awareness of the importance
of standardisation; accreditation and measurement issues leading to underin-vestment at national levels
b) Limited appreciated of the role of stand-ards, metrology and accreditation in value addition, industrialisation, market creation and access and the overall augmentation of their economies
c) Weak / limited national quality infrastructures
d) Low level of awareness of policy makers on the benefi t of Quality Infrastructure at the continental, regional and national level
Opportunitiesa) Close cooperation and collaboration with
organisations such as AUC, UNIDO, UNECAb) Close collaboration and cooperation
with international organisations in Quality Infrastructure such as ISO,IEC, ILAC,IAF,BIPM,OIML
c) African economic growth and growth prospects;
d) Close collaboration and cooperation with regional Quality Infrastructures
e) Alignment of PAQI activities with the priorities of the AUC
f) Support the African free trade initiative and regional integration
g) Support industrialisation and economic development
h) Support government to protect the health and safety and environment.
Threatsa) The high cost to establish the necessary
quality infrastructure at national levelsb) The increased demands for export coun-
tries for proof of compliance with regula-tion and standards
by the committee members. Strengths are to be pursued, and weaknesses strategically elim-inated or reduced.
PAQI in developing its SWOT analysis has come up with the following matrix:
Table 1: SWOT Analysis
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The situational analysis presented in chapter 3 of the AU strategic plan 2019-2012 shows that despite the progress made in recent times, the African continent is hamstrung by a number of complex challenges that are acting as a break on a continent which is poised for take-off.(AU strategic plan 2012-2019; p.23). These chal-lenges span the economic, political, social, and technological spheres and need to be urgently addressed.
It continues by stating that due to low pro-ductivity and lack of competitiveness, African fi rms are not able to compete on the integrated world market. Thus, the Continent must meet the challenge of up-scaling its value chain and speeding up industrialization and private sec-tor development, by diversifying production and adding value to agricultural, mineral and fi sheries resources, rather than exporting these resources as raw materials.
Africa’s economic growth prospects and pover-ty reduction efforts will very much depend on progress made to preserve, sustain and man-age the continent resources.
The AU in its analysis has come up with some key priority sectors that need to be addressed at the continental level in order to overcome the key challenges of the economic integration of the continent as envisioned in the Abuja treaty. (Annex I).
PAQI will align its work programmes and ac-tivities in line with the key AUC sectors which are: Agriculture, infrastructure, transport, en-ergy, environments, natural resources, health, trade and Industry sectors. In the implementa-tion matrix PAQI assigned its activities to some AUC programmes such as AIDA, PIDA, PMPA and 3ADI which are the programmes that have a great support to the development of Africa.
7.1 Agriculture sector
The PAQI’s contribution in the agriculture sec-tor will focus on the support of Agro food and Agriculture programs which are CAADP and 3ADI programmes through the following key activities:
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1) Development of accurate measurement and traceability for nutritional analysis, meat monitoring (antibiotics, diseases, etc.) to assist the development of agro-pro-cessing (increased outputs) and to negate technical barriers to trade
2) Promotion of international acceptance of testing results from the African continent by linking measurements in agro-processing to the international measurement system
3) Establishment of an internationally rec-ognised Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA’s) mechanism through accreditation for the international acceptance of Test, Calibration, Inspection and Certifi cation re-sults, thereby facilitating ease of regional and international market access for our agro processing industry
4) Harmonization of priority standards on ag-riculture and food products
5) Harmonization of standards for fortifi ed food products to address vitamins and mi-cronutrient defi ciencies
6) The adoption/adaption /development of electro technical standards for appropriate small-scale food processing technologies, techniques and machines
7.2 Infrastructure, Transport and Energy sectors
The key areas of support for infrastructure, transport and energy by PAQI include the fol-lowing areas of support:
1) Development of accurate measurement and traceability for the green economy and energy effi ciency (Power and energy, LED lighting, geothermal measurements, solar manufacturing and effi ciency measure-ments, wind power measurements
2) Establishment of an internationally rec-ognised Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA’s) mechanism through accreditation for the international acceptance of Test, Calibration, Inspection and Certifi cation results, thereby facilitating infrastructure development and supporting modern en-ergy services.
3) Harmonization of standards in infrastruc-ture development for: building and con-struction
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4) Establishment of linkages with research institutions to foster cooperation between standardization, research and innovation and indigenous knowledge in order to devel-op products suited to the African conditions.
5) Harmonization of standards for energy, renewable energy, energy effi ciency and trans boundary grids and power pools
6) Harmonization of standards for integration and inter-operation of African power pools, and evolution of smart grids using ICT infra-structure and Harmonize standards on in-terconnection of the electricity network
7.3 Environmental and natural ressources
Africa’s natural resource economy contributes greatly to the continent’s built environment, or human-made buildings and structures. The ur-ban areas are directly linked to the production and trade of resources such as water, oil, and minerals. Some of the environmental and natural re-sources key activities of PAQI are :
1) Development of sustainable standards on natural resources i.e.: safety of water, prop-er use of land
2) Development of sustainability standards, referential and guidelines in mining, min-eral valuation and utilization of African natural resources.
3) Promotion of the use of standards, metrol-ogy and accreditation to support mining regulatory regimes (environmental, social, occupational, safety & health)
4) Establishment of international mutual rec-ognition agreement mechanism through accreditation for the international accept-ance of test, calibration, inspection and cer-tifi cation results
5) Development of traceability for measure-ments in the mining sector and establish local testing facilities for mineralogy
6) Promotion of equipment standards and conformity assessment in mining and in particular equipment for use in explosive atmosphere
7) Harmonization of standards for societal protection, risk and crisis management,
disaster preparedness, management and response
8) Development of accurate measurement and traceability for environmental moni-toring including (but not limited to: Cli-mate change parameters (ozone, methane, temperature, etc.), Gas emission testing and monitoring (Nitrates, Sulphur dioxide, etc.), Water quality (pesticides, inorganics, micro biology, etc.)Radiation monitoring, Soil testing (contaminants, moisture, nu-trients
9) The accreditation MRA’s scope will be ex-panded to incorporate the international recognition of Green Economy Certifi ca-tion and Inspection programmes such as required for energy effi ciency and energy management and Green House Gases vali-dation and verifi cation activities. Such pro-grammes would be required to support Af-rica meeting the Climate Change Agenda and the resulting monitoring of the Envi-ronment for Sustainable Development
7.4 Health sector
PAQI will have a contribution in the health sec-tor by supporting the AUC program of Pharma-ceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa (PMPA) through the execution of the following activities:
1) Development of traceability for health care measurements
2) Development and provision of of trace-ability for testing in pharmaceutical labo-ratories
3) Support for local pharmaceutical develop-ment with method development and re-search
4) Promoting the use of accreditation in the pharmaceutical and health sector
5) Elaboration of African standards on Afri-can traditional medicine(ATM)
6) Development of outreach material on the crucial role of African traditional Medicine (ATM) in the health of African peoples and the need to conserve the natural environ-ment from which medicinal plants and or-ganisms are obtained.
7) Elaboration of standards on medical equip-ment and devices.
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7.5 Trade and Industry Sector
PAQI wiil align their activities to supporting the AIDA program in order to lead to the devel-opment of trade and industry sectors in Africa. These activities include:
1) Promoting the the use of accreditation in University laboratories to improve re-search results
2) Implementation of African standards edu-cation programme to enable African citi-zens to be aware of standards and its im-portance
3) Organise trainings, seminars and work-shops on standards, metrology and accred-itation in order to improve the knowledge of youth and women on standards.
4) Advocate for curriculum review to incorpo-rate issues of standards, metrology and ac-creditation in order to collaborate with in-stitutions of learning, Research Institutes, research laboratories, NGOs and other stakeholders in order Foster development through technological improvement
5) Ensure that metrology structures and facil-ities are accessible to the private sector and that it can support private sector develop-ments
6) Mainstream private sector standards into Af-rican harmonized standards to promote the development of the private sector and SMEs
7) Support the Development tools for reduc-ing technical barriers to trade to contribute to BIAT
8) Establishment of the African Trade Sup-port Web-portal to highlight the benefi ts of compliance to standards and technical reg-ulations including providing information on existing standards, technical regula-tions and conformity assessment require-ments in Member States to ease exports
9) Operationalize the African Quality Awards scheme in order to motivate more enter-prises to use standards in their operations.
10) Work with relevant partners to establish and address specifi c standardization needs by women, the youth and PWDs
11) Provision of measurement training to women and youth and PWD to assist with market access
12) Establishment of partnerships with wom-en and youth groups to offer opportunities for engagement in standardization and other forum
13) Establishment of an internationally rec-ognised Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA’s) accredtaion mechanism for the international acceptance of Test, Calibra-tion, Inspection and Certifi cation results, thereby facilitating ease of regional and international market access for African manufacturing industry.
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The programmes and activities in this plan will be fi nanced by both internal and external sources:
8.1 Internal sources
Mobilisation of resources will be done through the existing internal resources mobilisation arrangement of individual PAQI institutions namely AFRAC, AFRIMETS, AFSEC and ARSO such as membership subscriptions and expert contributions.
8.2 External sources
PAQI activities are currently supported by Ger-man government through the German Federal Metrology institute (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB).
The mobilisation of resources will be done through a cooperative support of AUC, UNIDO, UNECA, AFDB and other organisations sup-porting the African Union activities.
Other organisations supporting Quality Infra-structure activities will continue to be consult-ed directly by the PAQI institutions through use of social capital. These institutions include ISO, IEC, ILAC, IAF, BIPM, OIML, SIDA, NORAD, USAID etc.
8. RESOURCE MOBILISATION
The key priority sectors those need to be ad-dressed at the continental level in order to overcome the key challenges of the economic integration of the continent as envisioned in the Abuja treaty are
1) The Agricultural sector2) The Infrastructure, Transport and Energy
sectors3) Environmental and natural resources4) Health sector5) Trade and Industry
1. Agriculture sector
Organic agriculture is a sustainable and envi-ronmentally friendly production system that offers African and other developing countries a wide range of economic, environmental, and social. The major challenge to food security in Africa is its underdeveloped agricultural sector that is characterized by over reliance on prima-ry agriculture low fertility soils, minimal use of external farm inputs, environmental deg-radation, signifi cant food crop loss both pre-and post-harvest, minimal value addition and product differentiation and inadequate food storage and preservation that result in signifi -cant commodity price fl uctuation.
In 2003, the New Partnership for Africa’s Devel-opment (NEPAD) and its Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP), were launched to accelerate agricultural growth in the region. Also in 2003, African governments signed the Maputo Declaration committing to a minimum allocation of 10% of their national annual budgets to agriculture. Recent political fore confi rmed the urgent need to secure and increase basic food staples.
AUC introduced the CAADP program in 2003 with the aim of helping African countries to reach a higher path of economic growth through agriculture-led development and this program focuses on four areas: extending the area under sustainable land management and reliable water control systems, Increasing market access through improved rural infra-structure, Increasing food supply and reducing hunger across the region and fi nally Improving agricultural research.
ANNEX I: AUC PRIORITY SECTORS
9. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION MATRIXThe strategic plan will be implemented through the strategic plan implementation matrix.
The matrix consists of seven priorities. Each priority has specifi c strategies and actions to pursue with outcomes and outputs. (Annex ii)The PAQI institutions will include the time-frames and budgets in their specifi c plans
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Furthermore AU in observing that time was ripe to make a difference in the lives of mil-lions of farmers in the world’s poorest coun-tries; it introduced the 3ADI program in order to accelerate the development of the agribusi-ness and agro-industries sectors in Africa. The 3ADI stems from the Abuja Declaration, passed at the end of the Abuja Conference, organized by the African Union Council (AUC) on March 2011. The declaration calls upon UNIDO, in co-operation with FAO (Food and Agriculture Or-ganization) and IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) to join efforts in a well-coordinated way, in order to share knowl-edge and harmonize programmes in ways that capture synergies, avoid fragmented efforts, and enhance developmental impacts.
The main goal of the 3ADI is to develop the ag-riculture sector in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and by the year 2020, to have highly pro-ductive and profi table agricultural value chains.
AU in its strategic plan focused on eight key priorities; whereas the second priority focuses on Expanding Agricultural production, devel-oping the Agro-processing and businesses sec-tors, increase market access and attain Africa‘s collective Food self-suffi ciency and nutrition through promotion of smallholder agriculture, sound environment and natural resource man-agement, including climate change.
The AUC expectation on this priority rely on having Policies and institutions for sustain-able development, increased agricultural pro-duction, food and nutrition security through CAADP and 3ADI, expanded value addition and market access, and sound environmental man-agement implemented.
2. Infrastructure, Transport and Energy sectors
Access to sustainable and affordable energy and energy services is a key issue for Africans. With its vast and untapped natural resources, Africa is an ideal place to develop new technol-ogies and renewable energies.
In Africa Promote an inclusive economic devel-opment and industrialization through the ac-
celeration of infrastructure development pro-jects will aid to the economic integration and full utilization of the continent‘s mineral and other natural resources.
In the area of Infrastructure, the AUC, in part-nership with NPCA, ECA, AfDB, has developed the Program on Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) which covers transport, energy, and telecommunication/ICT and water sec-tors. Progress was also registered in developing and sustaining human capabilities through in-creased access to health, education, nutrition, shelter, sanitation and employment.
The AU expectation in the area of Infrastruc-ture relate to the development of a sustainable Infrastructure and environment for inclusive economic development, industrialization, pri-vate sector- led intra-African trade and sus-tainable utilization of natural ressources by accelerating the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa and to enhance access to modern energy service for the majority of the African population.
3. Environmental and natural re-sources
Degradation of natural resources is a serious problem Africa; the region suffers from defor-estation, erosion, loss of soil fertility, soil com-paction and water scarcity.
However natural resources have been the key sectors for economic growth in Africa: the con-tinent has been traditionally driven by exports of agricultural goods and primary products such as minerals and hydro-carbons. Never-theless, some countries dependent on just a few commodities for their revenue are vulner-able to boom and bust cycles as the prices of commodities are subject to wide fl uctuations. Therefore, the need for expanding the benefi ci-ation of such products, and seeking sustainable utilisation where possible, are priorities for Af-rican economic growth and diversifi cation.
Climate change is also considered as present-ing a security challenge more complex than the Cold War. It is now also conventional wis-dom that climate change has already, and will
12 PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
continue to affect human security (including ecological sustainability), which may result in human rights abuses, and intra and inter-state confl ict and wars. The AU regards climate change as a threat to the continent’s future well-being.
In Africa institutions either private or public organisations should develop Climate security addresses and implement measures to reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on humans and the environment and to achieve sustainable development.
AU expectation: Infrastructure development and environment for inclusive economic de-velopment, industrialization, private sector-led intra-African Trade and sustainable utilization of natural resources created.
4. Health sector
Health care in most of Sub-Saharan Africa re-mains the worst in the world. Most countries in Africa rely heavily on imports for pharmaceu-tical products whether it is for the pandemic diseases or for the overall range of products in countries less affected by the pandemics. This situation which has economic implications regarding use of hard currency is for some a missed opportunity in terms of economic de-velopment and job and wealth creation, and poses a threat for the sustainability of treat-ment programs as and when donor fatigue sets in. It is recognized that developing the phar-maceutical sector has the potential to achieve both public health and economic development benefi ts but that to do this requires industrial development expertise and public health in-volvement. In addition, the region lacks the infrastructure, facilities, and trained personnel necessary to provide and deliver even minimal levels of health services and goods.
In July 2011 the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Industrial De-velopment Organization (UNIDO) agreed to a partnership for the accelerated implemen-tation of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan for Africa (PMPA).
AUC and UNIDO had detailed debates to cap-ture the challenges that the pharmaceutical sector in Africa faces, to explore methods that could be applied to facilitate the development of the industry, and to establish a program of work that will enable the partnership to build on this common understanding, consequently designing and implementing a strategy for the PMPA.
Furthermore, the African Ministers of Industry (CAMI) at their conference in Algiers in March 2011 identifi ed the pharmaceutical sector as be-ing a priority for the continent and included it in the Accelerated Industrial Development of Africa Framework, acknowledging the PMPA as the mechanism by which the sector should be supported.
A great infl uence will be on Build Africa‘s hu-man capacity through the prioritization of Pri-mary Health Care and Prevention; Education, skills development and investment in science, research and innovation, access to clean water and sanitation with inclusion of the vulnerable groups.
The AU expectation on this sector relate to hav-ing Policies and Programs to enhance health, education and employable skills underpinned by investment in services, science, research and innovation implemented by Member States.
5. Trade and Industry
There are several reasons for the weak regional trade performance in Africa, one of which is that the approach to regional integration on the continent has so far focused more on the elimination of trade barriers and less on the development of the productive capacities nec-essary for trade. While the elimination of trade barriers is certainly important, it will not have the desired effect if it is not complemented with policy measures to boost supply capaci-ties. The limited role of the private sector in regional integration initiatives and efforts has also contributed to the weak trade perfor-mance of the continent.
The problem in this area is concentrated on poor infrastructure and barriers in penetrating
13PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
the market caused by their limited resource base, lack of information, lack of or inadequate support institutions and poor policies in place among other factors. Poor infrastructure liter-ally limits the markets to which farmers can profi tably take their produce by increasing the cost of transportation, and hence also acts as a barrier to market penetration. Other barri-ers include market standards, limited infor-mation, requirements for large initial capital investments, limited product differentiation. The quality aspect of the standards is of major concern and gets more rigid where the food crop is for export. Some of the markets are for zero tolerance on the sub-standards products. All these issues limit African products to access international market.
However, enhancing Africa‘s share of global trade remains a monumental challenge espe-cially with respect to increased exports of val-ue added products, which highlights the nexus between trade policy and industrial policy.
In this regard, the AU has endorsed the Action Plan for the Accelerated Industrial Develop-ment for Africa (AIDA) in 2008 as well as the Action Plan for the Africa Mining Vision which promotes the harnessing of mineral resources for sustainable development.
The 10th Session of the AU Heads of State and Governments in January 2008, adopted the Ac-tion Plan for Accelerated Industrial Develop-ment of Africa (AIDA) for implementation by ASUC.
The 18th CAMI held in October 2008 in Dur-ban, South Africa articulated the Implementa-tion Strategy for AIDA and listed activities into seven bunches covering from industrial policy, Upgrading, Modernization, Infrastructure de-velopment, Enhancement of industrial skills, Promotion of innovation and technology, mo-bilization of resources and promotion of sus-tainable industrial development.
Gender issue such as inequality and women’s empowerment are far from being achieved, although women play a signifi cant role in ag-riculture. Despite their prominent role in food production, market and processing, women have limited access to land, agricultural exten-
sion services, credit, infrastructure, technology and markets that are crucial for enhancing their productivity.
The gender-sensitive approach to trade in-volves a vision of trade as an essential com-ponent of efforts to eradicate poverty and promote sustainable, people-centred develop-ment. This implies that in order to effectively mainstream gender, the current debate on the possible positive or negative effects of trade liberalization on gender equality, and vice-ver-sa, must be understood within a broad context and framed in relation to overall development objectives, such as those defi ned by the MDGs. AU cognizes the importance of addressing gen-der inequality in Africa as a means to reduce poverty and promote inclusive growth .The implication of women and youth in trade area will have a great impact on the development of the region.
AU expectation: Infrastructure development and environment for inclusive economic de-velopment, industrialization, private sector-led intra-African Trade and sustainable utilization of natural resources created through promot-ing policies and Standards to accelerate Con-tinental integration and expand Intra-African Trade and global market access.
14 PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
Key
prio
rity
1. E
xpan
d A
gric
ult
ura
l pro
duct
ion
, dev
elop
ing
the
Agr
o-pr
oces
sin
g an
d bu
sin
esse
s se
ctor
s, in
crea
se m
arke
t ac
cess
an
d at
tain
Afr
ica’
s co
llect
ive
Food
sel
f-su
ffi c
ien
cy a
nd
nu
trit
ion
th
rou
gh p
rom
otio
n o
f sm
allh
olde
r ag
ricu
ltu
re, s
oun
d en
viro
nm
ent
and
nat
ura
l res
ourc
e m
anag
emen
t, a
nd
clim
ate
chan
ge.
Ou
tcom
eO
utc
ome
2: P
olic
ies
and
inst
itu
tion
s fo
r su
stai
nab
le d
evel
opm
ent,
incr
ease
d ag
ricu
ltu
ral p
rodu
ctio
n, f
ood
and
nu
trit
ion
sec
uri
ty, e
xpan
ded
valu
e ad
diti
on a
nd
mar
ket
acce
ss, a
nd
sou
nd
envi
ron
men
tal
man
agem
ent
impl
emen
ted
An
nex
II: I
MPL
EMEN
TATI
ON
MAT
RIX
Ou
tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 2.
1: M
S im
plem
en-
tati
on o
f CA
AD
P pr
iori
ty
prog
ram
mes
incl
udi
ng
anim
al re
sou
rces
as
an
inst
rum
ent
to b
oost
ag-
ricu
ltu
ral p
rodu
ctio
n a
nd
prod
uct
ivit
y fo
r fo
od a
nd
nu
trit
ion
sec
uri
ty, a
nd
elim
inat
ing
hu
nge
r an
d re
duci
ng
pove
rty
is s
up-
port
ed
1. A
ccel
erat
e im
plem
en-
tati
on o
f CA
AD
P as
an
in
stru
men
t fo
r agr
icu
ltu
ral
grow
th, t
ran
sfor
mat
ion
an
d el
imin
atin
g h
un
ger
and
redu
cin
g po
vert
y
2. P
rom
ote/
faci
litat
e im
plem
enta
tion
of A
fric
a N
utr
itio
nal
Str
ateg
y, a
nd
addr
ess
the
risk
s of
vu
lner
-ab
ility
, res
ilien
ce a
nd
risk
m
anag
emen
t
3. P
rom
ote
and
faci
litat
e th
e ge
ner
atio
n a
nd
dis-
sem
inat
ion
of k
now
ledg
e,
inn
ovat
ion
an
d te
chn
olog
y fo
r ag
ricu
ltu
ral t
ran
sfor
-m
atio
n
4. M
ain
stre
am s
ocia
l pro
-te
ctio
n in
CA
AD
P
5. H
arn
ess
the
pote
ntia
l of
anim
al re
sou
rces
dev
elop
-m
ent
for
wea
lth
cre
atio
n
and
to c
ontr
ibu
te t
owar
ds
enh
ance
d fo
od a
nd
nu
tri-
tion
sel
f-su
ffi c
ien
cy
LEA
D D
EPT:
DRE
A
COO
PERA
TIN
G D
EPTS
: N
PCA
, DIC
, DSA
, Gen
der,
Peac
e &
Sec
uri
ty, T
rade
&
Indu
stry
, HRS
T, P
olit
ical
A
ffai
rs
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
REC
s, F
AO
, IFP
RI, W
B, W
FP,
ECA
, AfD
B, E
U, U
SAID
, DfI
D,
GIZ
, CTA
, CID
A, N
ETH
ER-
LAN
DS,
FA
RA, S
ROs,
CG
IAR,
A
ATF,
AG
RA, O
IE
1. D
evel
op a
ccu
rate
mea
-su
rem
ent
and
trac
eabi
lity
(Met
rolo
gy) f
or n
utr
itio
nal
an
alys
is, m
eat
mon
itor
ing
(ant
ibio
tics
, dis
ease
s, e
tc.)
to a
ssis
t th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
agr
o-p
roce
ssin
g (i
n-
crea
sed
outp
uts
) an
d to
n
egat
e te
chn
ical
bar
rier
s to
tra
de (e
nsu
re e
xpor
ts)
(AID
A a
nd
CAA
DP)
2. P
rom
ote
the
inte
r-n
atio
nal
acc
epta
nce
of
test
ing
resu
lts
from
th
e A
fric
an c
onti
nen
t b
y lin
kin
g m
easu
rem
ents
in
agro
-pro
cess
ing
to t
he
in-
tern
atio
nal
mea
sure
men
t sy
stem
(CA
AD
P)
3. P
rom
ote
colla
bora
tion
in
accu
rate
mea
sure
men
t in
ag
ro-p
roce
ssin
g be
twee
n
sub
-reg
ion
s an
d RE
Cs
(CA
AD
P)
1. A
FRA
C w
ill e
stab
lish
ed
an in
tern
atio
nal
ly re
c-og
nis
ed M
utu
al R
ecog
ni-
tion
Agr
eem
ent
(MRA
’s)
mec
han
ism
for
the
inte
rnat
ion
al a
ccep
tan
ce
of T
est,
Cal
ibra
tion
, In
-sp
ecti
on a
nd
Cer
tifi
cati
on
resu
lts,
th
ereb
y fa
cilit
atin
g ea
se o
f reg
ion
al a
nd
inte
r-n
atio
nal
mar
ket
acce
ss
for
our
agro
pro
cess
ing
in-
dust
ry (A
IDA
an
d CA
AD
P)
1. C
onti
nu
ed h
arm
oni-
zati
on o
f p
rior
ity
stan
-da
rds
on a
gric
ult
ure
an
d fo
od p
rodu
cts
(CA
AD
-P&
3AD
I&A
IDA
)
(a) H
arm
oniz
e cu
rren
t st
anda
rds
for
cere
als
and
puls
es (C
AA
D-
P&3A
DI&
AID
A)
(b) H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
for
cass
ava
and
oth
er
root
s an
d tu
ber
food
pr
odu
cts,
yam
s, b
anan
as
and
plan
tain
s (C
AA
D-
P&3A
DI&
AID
A)
(c) H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
for
fort
ifi ed
food
pro
duct
s to
add
ress
vit
amin
s an
d m
icro
nu
trie
nt d
efi c
ien
cies
(C
AA
DP&
3AD
I&A
IDA
)
(d) H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
for
fi sh
erie
s, a
quac
ult
ure
an
d liv
esto
ck p
rodu
cts
(CA
AD
P&3A
DI&
AID
A)
(e) H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
for
food
saf
ety
syst
ems,
fo
od p
acka
gin
g an
d la
bel-
ling
(CA
AD
P&3A
DI&
AID
A
1. A
nal
yse
the
pote
ntia
l n
eeds
an
d ga
ps fo
r har
mo-
niz
atio
n o
f ele
ctro
tec
hn
i-ca
l sta
nda
rds
and
con
for-
mit
y as
sess
men
t sy
stem
s th
at c
an s
upp
ort
this
key
pr
iori
ty. e
.g. e
ffi c
ient
an
d su
stai
nab
le a
gro–
pro-
cess
ing
equ
ipm
ent
for
smal
lhol
der
agri
cult
ure
(3
AD
I&A
IDA
)
2. In
con
jun
ctio
n w
ith
pa
rtn
ers,
ado
pt/a
dapt
/de
velo
p el
ectr
o te
chn
ical
st
anda
rds
for a
ppro
pria
te
smal
l-sc
ale
food
pro
-ce
ssin
g te
chn
olog
ies,
te
chn
iqu
es a
nd
mac
hin
es
(AID
A&
3AD
I)
15PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
Ou
tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
6. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
advo
-ca
cy c
ampa
ign
s an
d th
e-m
atic
med
ia p
lan
s to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
ensu
re
stak
ehol
ders
info
rmat
ion
an
d ci
tize
ns’
invo
lvem
ent
and
own
ersh
ip
7. E
nsu
re t
hat
agr
icu
ltu
ral
and
lives
tock
pro
gram
mes
in
clu
din
g th
e Pa
n A
fric
an
Tset
se a
nd
Tryp
anos
omia
-si
s Er
adic
atio
n C
ampa
ign
(P
ATTE
C) I
nit
iati
ve a
re w
ell
inte
grat
ed in
th
e C
AA
DP
fram
ewor
k an
d su
cces
sfu
l-ly
impl
emen
ted
8. H
arn
ess
the
pote
ntia
l of
anim
al re
sou
rces
dev
elop
-m
ent
for
wea
lth
cre
atio
n
and
to c
ontr
ibu
te t
owar
ds
enh
ance
d fo
od a
nd
nu
tri-
tion
sel
f-su
ffi c
ien
cy
(f) H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
for
valu
e ad
diti
on o
f far
m
prod
uce
to
mee
t m
arke
t re
quir
emen
ts (C
AA
D-
P&3A
DI&
AID
A)
(g) H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
for
good
agr
icu
ltu
ral p
rac-
tice
s w
ith
aim
of i
nco
r-po
rati
ng
resi
lien
ce a
nd
clim
ate
chan
ge a
dapt
atio
n
(CA
AD
P&3A
DI&
AID
A)
2. O
rgan
ize
trai
nin
g on
se
ctor
spe
cifi
c va
lue
chai
n p
roce
sses
tar
geti
ng
prio
rity
agr
icu
ltu
re a
nd
food
pro
duct
s (C
AA
D-
P&3A
DI&
AID
A)
3. In
con
jun
ctio
n w
ith
p
artn
ers,
dev
elop
sta
n-
dard
s fo
r ap
pro
pri
ate
smal
l-sc
ale
food
pro
-ce
ssin
g te
chn
olog
ies,
te
chn
iqu
es a
nd
mac
hin
es
(CA
AD
P&3A
DI&
AID
A)
4. D
evel
opm
ent
of o
ut-
reac
h m
ater
ials
in o
rder
to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
on
stan
dard
s of
Afr
ican
pr
odu
cts
to e
nsu
re
qual
ity
assu
ran
ce (C
AA
D-
P&3A
DI&
AID
A)
16 PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
Ou
tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 2.
2: Im
plem
en-
tati
on o
f Pri
orit
y pr
o-gr
amm
es o
n E
nvi
ron
men
t an
d N
atu
ral R
esou
rces
an
d C
limat
e C
han
ge fa
cilit
ated
1. P
rom
ote/
faci
litat
e su
stai
nab
le m
anag
emen
t of
th
e en
viro
nm
ent
and
nat
ura
l res
ourc
es, i
ncl
ud-
ing
wat
er, l
and,
bio
dive
r-si
ty, e
tc.
2. P
ut
in p
lace
mea
sure
s to
faci
litat
e pr
ogre
ss in
th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of
the
Afr
ica
Clim
ate
Ch
ange
A
gen
da, i
ncl
udi
ng
Gre
en
Econ
omy
3. F
acili
tate
th
e Im
plem
en-
tati
on o
f th
e G
reat
Gre
en
Wal
l for
th
e Sa
har
a an
d Sa
hel
Init
iati
ve
4. F
acili
tate
th
e re
alis
atio
n
of t
he
Afr
ica
Wat
er V
isio
n
2020
5. F
acili
tate
th
e im
plem
en-
tati
on o
f th
e A
fric
an R
e-gi
onal
Str
ateg
y on
Dis
aste
r Ri
sk R
edu
ctio
n
6. F
acili
tate
th
e im
plem
en-
tati
on o
f th
e pr
ogra
mm
e on
Mon
itor
ing
of t
he
En-
viro
nm
ent
for
Sust
ain
able
D
evel
opm
ent
7. F
acili
tate
Mem
ber
Stat
es c
apac
ity
stre
ngt
h-
enin
g th
rou
gh im
plem
en-
tati
on o
f th
e M
ult
ilate
ral
Envi
ron
men
tal A
gree
-m
ents
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
D
REA
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
ART
-M
ENTS
: I&
E, D
IC, P
eace
&
Secu
rity
, Pol
itic
al A
ffai
rs,
DSA
, Leg
al A
ffai
rs, H
RST
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
AM
CEN
, AM
CO
W, R
ECS,
W
MO
, UN
ISD
R, U
NEP
, EU
, A
CP,
EC
A, A
FDB
1. D
evel
op a
ccu
rate
mea
-su
rem
ent
and
trac
eabi
lity
for
envi
ron
men
tal m
oni-
tori
ng
incl
udi
ng
(bu
t n
ot
limit
ed t
o):
• C
limat
e ch
ange
par
am-
eter
s (o
zon
e, m
eth
ane,
te
mpe
ratu
re, e
tc.)
• G
as e
mis
sion
tes
tin
g an
d m
onit
orin
g (N
itra
tes,
Su
lph
ur
diox
ide,
etc
.)•
Wat
er q
ual
ity
(pes
tici
des,
in
orga
nic
s, m
icro
bio
logy
, et
c.)
• Ra
diat
ion
mon
itor
ing
• So
il te
stin
g (c
onta
mi-
nan
ts, m
oist
ure
, nu
tri-
tien
ts, e
tc.)
CAA
DP
2. D
evel
op L
egal
met
rolo
gy
in a
ll m
embe
r co
unt
ries
in
supp
ort
of e
nvi
ron
men
tal
hea
lth
an
d sa
fety
(sta
nd-
alon
e)
1. A
FRA
C’s
MRA
’s s
cope
w
ill b
e ex
pan
ded
to in
cor-
pora
te t
he
inte
rnat
ion
al
reco
gnit
ion
of G
reen
Ec
onom
y C
erti
fi ca
tion
an
d In
spec
tion
pro
gram
mes
su
ch a
s re
quir
ed fo
r en
er-
gy e
ffi c
ien
cy a
nd
ener
gy
man
agem
ent
and
Gre
en
Hou
se G
ases
val
idat
ion
an
d ve
rifi
cati
on a
ctiv
itie
s.
Such
pro
gram
mes
wou
ld
be re
quir
ed t
o su
ppor
t A
fric
a m
eeti
ng
the
Cli-
mat
e C
han
ge A
gen
da a
nd
the
resu
ltin
g m
onit
orin
g of
th
e En
viro
nm
ent
for
Sust
ain
able
Dev
elop
men
t (c
ross
cu
ttin
g on
clim
ate
chan
ge)
1. H
arm
oniz
e en
viro
n-
men
tal a
nd
sust
ain
abili
ty
stan
dard
s ta
rget
ing
pri-
orit
y se
ctor
s su
ch a
s ag
ri-
cult
ure
; fi s
her
ies;
tou
rism
; fo
rest
ry; m
inin
g; t
exti
les
and
leat
her
(AID
A)
2. G
uid
ing
on s
ust
ain
-ab
ility
pro
gram
s in
Afr
ica
(Su
ppor
t im
plem
enta
tion
of
Afr
ican
Eco
-lab
ellin
g M
ech
anis
m…
) (cr
oss
cut-
tin
g)
3. H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
for
soci
etal
pro
tect
ion
, ri
sk a
nd
cris
is m
anag
e-m
ent,
dis
aste
r pr
epar
ed-
nes
s, m
anag
emen
t an
d re
spon
se (c
ross
cu
ttin
g)
4. D
evel
opin
g su
stai
nab
le
stan
dard
s on
nat
ura
l re
sou
rces
i.e.
: saf
ety
of
wat
er, p
rope
r u
se o
f lan
d (A
IDA
)
17PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
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tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 2.
3: P
rogr
ams
for
enh
ance
men
t of
agr
ibu
si-
nes
s in
clu
din
g ac
cess
to
prod
uct
ive
reso
urc
es a
nd
capa
city
of W
omen
, You
th
and
pers
ons
wit
h d
isab
ili-
ties
su
ppor
ted
1. P
rom
ote
mea
sure
s to
en
han
ce a
cces
s of
wom
en,
you
th a
nd
pers
ons
wit
h
disa
bilit
ies
to L
and
and
oth
er A
gric
ult
ura
l Pro
duc-
tive
Ass
ets
2. C
onti
nu
e to
Impl
emen
t an
d m
anag
e pr
ojec
ts
un
der
the
Fun
d fo
r A
fric
an
Wom
en b
y th
eme
as s
ec-
tor
desi
gnat
ed
3. C
onti
nu
e to
roll
out
the
Afr
ican
Wom
en D
ecad
e Th
emes
th
rou
gh re
leva
nt
depa
rtm
ent
and
Dir
ec-
tora
tes
4. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
advo
-ca
cy c
ampa
ign
s an
d th
e-m
atic
med
ia p
lan
s to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
ensu
re
stak
ehol
ders
’ in
form
atio
n
and
citi
zen
s’ in
volv
emen
t an
d ow
ner
ship
LEA
D D
EPT:
DRE
A
COO
PERA
TIN
G D
EPTS
: G
END
ER ,
HRS
T, D
IC, P
EAC
E &
SEC
URI
TY, D
SA
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
UN
DP,
For
d Fo
un
dati
on,
Mas
ter
Car
d
1. P
rom
ote
Un
ion
wid
e pr
ogra
mm
es fo
r Tra
inin
g in
bas
ic m
easu
rem
ent
in
agri
cult
ure
to
assi
st w
om-
en a
nd
you
th t
o be
com
e pr
odu
ctiv
e in
agr
icu
ltu
re
(AID
A)
1. S
upp
ort
and
faci
litat
e kn
owle
dge
and
inn
ovat
ion
an
d te
chn
olog
ical
lear
nin
g to
wom
en a
nd
you
th in
th
e A
gric
ult
ure
sec
tor
to
deve
lop
bett
er m
eth
ods
of
agri
cult
ure
(AID
A)
2. P
rom
otin
g Yo
uth
Ent
re-
pren
eurs
hip
an
d Bu
sin
ess
Inn
ovat
ion
in t
he
Regi
on
(AID
A)
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tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 2.
4: S
tren
gth
en-
ing
of in
fras
tru
ctu
re fo
r m
arke
t ac
cess
an
d tr
ade
in a
gric
ult
ura
l pro
duct
s pr
omot
ed
1. D
esig
n a
nd
supp
ort
impl
emen
tati
on o
f pr
ogra
mm
es o
n r
ura
l in
fras
tru
ctu
re a
nd
valu
e ad
diti
on
2. S
upp
ort
prog
ram
mes
sp
ecifi
cally
des
ign
ed t
o as
sist
wom
en, y
outh
an
d pe
rson
s w
ith
dis
abili
ties
u
nde
rtak
e va
lue-
addi
tion
of
agr
icu
ltu
ral p
rodu
cts;
3. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
advo
-ca
cy c
ampa
ign
s an
d th
e-m
atic
med
ia p
lan
s to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
ensu
re
stak
ehol
ders
’ in
form
atio
n
and
citi
zen
s’ in
volv
emen
t an
d ow
ner
ship
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
D
REA
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
ART
-M
ENTS
: T&
I; N
CPA
, DIC
, D
SA, H
RST
REA
CH
(EX
TER
NA
L PA
RT-
NER
S): U
NID
O, A
fDB,
U
ND
P, E
CA
, WEF
, MFW
4A
1. P
rom
ote
Un
ion
wid
e pr
ogra
mm
es fo
r Tra
inin
g in
bas
ic m
easu
rem
ent
in
agri
cult
ure
to
assi
st w
om-
en a
nd
you
th t
o be
com
e pr
odu
ctiv
e in
agr
icu
ltu
re,
deve
lopm
ent
of b
asic
m
easu
rem
ent
devi
ces
for
use
in r
ura
l are
as (A
IDA
)
1. A
FRA
C w
ill e
stab
lish
ed
an in
tern
atio
nal
ly re
c-og
nis
ed M
utu
al R
ecog
ni-
tion
Agr
eem
ent
(MRA
’s)
mec
han
ism
for
the
inte
rnat
ion
al a
ccep
tan
ce
of T
est,
Cal
ibra
tion
, In
-sp
ecti
on a
nd
Cer
tifi
cati
on
resu
lts,
ther
eby
faci
litat
ing
ease
of r
egio
nal
an
d in
ter-
nat
ion
al m
arke
t ac
cess
for
ou
r ag
ro p
roce
ssin
g in
dus-
try
(AID
A&
CAA
DP&
3AD
I)
1. D
evel
op t
rain
ing
mat
e-ri
als
on s
tan
dard
izat
ion
su
itab
le fo
r pr
omot
ing
valu
e ad
diti
on fo
r pr
e-do
min
antl
y ru
ral p
rodu
cts
(AID
A&
CAA
DP&
3AD
I)
2. E
nsu
re p
arti
cipa
tion
of
you
th in
sta
nda
rdiz
atio
n
thro
ugh
the
qual
ity
essa
ys
(AID
A&
CAA
DP&
3AD
I)
3. T
rain
ing
on t
he
food
sa
fety
refe
rent
ial,
TBT,
an
d re
late
d st
anda
rds
to
faci
litat
e m
arke
t ac
cess
of
agr
icu
ltu
ral p
rodu
cts
(AID
A&
CAA
DP&
3AD
I)
1. R
ura
l ele
ctri
fi ca
tion
us-
ing
the
ren
ewab
le e
ner
gy
equ
ipm
ent
(AID
A)
19PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
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tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 3.
1: E
nab
ling
polic
y fr
amew
orks
for
incl
usi
ve d
evel
opm
ent
form
ula
ted,
pro
mot
ed a
nd
impl
emen
tati
on c
apac
ity
of M
S en
han
ced
1. D
esig
n a
nd
impl
emen
t po
licie
s an
d pr
ogra
mm
es
for
prom
otin
g in
clu
sive
gr
owth
an
d p
over
ty r
e-du
ctio
n
2. P
rom
ote
mea
sure
s to
ac
cele
rate
pro
gres
s to
-w
ards
impl
emen
tati
on o
f M
DG
s an
d th
e Po
st 2
015
Age
nda
3. P
rom
ote
polic
ies
de-
sign
ed t
o re
duce
an
d/or
elim
inat
e ec
onom
ic
mar
gin
aliz
atio
n a
nd
soci
al
vuln
erab
iliti
es t
hro
ugh
im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he
Soci
al P
olic
y Fr
amew
ork
for
Afr
ica
4. F
acili
tate
impl
emen
ta-
tion
of t
he
2004
Pla
n o
f A
ctio
n o
f Ou
agad
ougo
u o
n
Empl
oym
ent
Prom
otio
n
and
Pove
rty
Alle
viat
ion
5. P
rom
ote
acce
ss o
f th
e in
form
al e
con
omy
and
rura
l wor
kers
to
affo
rdab
le
and
appr
opri
ate
soci
al
secu
rity
sch
emes
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
D
EA/D
SA
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
TS:
T&I,
DIC
, DRE
A, H
RST
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
UN
-sys
tem
an
d Sp
ecia
l-iz
ed A
gen
cies
, AfD
B
1. A
ssis
t po
licy
deve
lop-
men
t by
pro
vidi
ng
advi
ce
on a
ccu
rate
mea
sure
men
t an
d re
quir
emen
ts re
gard
-in
g m
easu
rem
ent
equ
ip-
men
t an
d pr
e-pa
ckag
es
(Leg
al m
etro
logy
) iss
ues
to
polic
y m
aker
s (A
IDA
)
1. A
FRA
C w
ill e
stab
lish
ed
an in
tern
atio
nal
ly re
c-og
nis
ed M
utu
al R
ecog
ni-
tion
Agr
eem
ent
(MRA
’s)
mec
han
ism
for
the
inte
rnat
ion
al a
ccep
tan
ce
of T
est,
Cal
ibra
tion
, In
-sp
ecti
on a
nd
Cer
tifi
cati
on
resu
lts,
th
ereb
y fa
cilit
atin
g ea
se o
f reg
iona
l and
inte
r-na
tion
al m
arke
t acc
ess
for
our m
anuf
actu
ring
indu
stry
(A
IDA
)
1. M
ain
stre
am p
riva
te s
ec-
tor
stan
dard
s in
to A
fric
an
har
mon
ized
sta
nda
rds
to
prom
ote
the
deve
lopm
ent
of t
he
priv
ate
sect
or a
nd
SMEs
(AID
A)
2. C
arry
ou
t as
sess
men
t of
in
fras
tru
ctu
re s
tan
dard
s re
quir
ed a
nd
deve
lop
just
ifi ca
tion
for
reso
urc
e m
obili
zati
on (P
IDA
)
1. M
ain
stre
am p
riva
te s
ec-
tor
stan
dard
s in
to A
fric
an
har
mon
ized
sta
nda
rds
to
prom
ote
the
deve
lopm
ent
of t
he
priv
ate
sect
or a
nd
SMEs
(AID
A)
2. C
arry
ou
t as
sess
men
t of
in
fras
tru
ctu
re s
tan
dard
s re
quir
ed a
nd
deve
lop
just
ifi ca
tion
for
reso
urc
e m
obili
zati
on (P
IDA
)
Key
prio
rity
3. P
rom
ote
incl
usi
ve e
con
omic
dev
elop
men
t an
d in
dust
rial
izat
ion
th
rou
gh t
he
acce
lera
tion
of i
nfr
astr
uct
ure
dev
elop
men
t pr
ojec
ts t
hat
will
aid
eco
nom
ic in
tegr
atio
n a
nd
uti
lizat
ion
of t
he
cont
inen
t’s
min
eral
an
d ot
her
nat
ura
l res
ourc
es.
Ou
tcom
eO
utc
ome
3: In
fras
tru
ctu
re d
evel
opm
ent
and
envi
ron
men
t fo
r in
clu
sive
eco
nom
ic d
evel
opm
ent,
indu
stri
aliz
atio
n, p
riva
te s
ecto
r-le
d in
tra-
Afr
ican
Tra
de a
nd
sust
ain
able
uti
lizat
ion
of n
atu
ral r
esou
rces
cr
eate
d
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tpu
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an
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tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
6. S
upp
ort
impr
ovem
ent
of la
bou
r-re
late
d st
atis
tics
an
d in
form
atio
n s
yste
ms
7. P
rom
ote
acce
ss t
o fi
-n
anci
al s
ervi
ces
by m
icro
an
d sm
all s
cale
ent
erpr
ises
th
rou
gh e
stab
lish
men
t of
Afr
ican
Mic
ro F
inan
cial
En
terp
rise
s
8. P
rom
ote
the
priv
ate
sect
or t
hro
ugh
incr
ease
d in
vest
men
t ra
tes
and
enh
ance
d pr
odu
ctiv
ity
9. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
advo
-ca
cy c
ampa
ign
s an
d th
e-m
atic
med
ia p
lan
s to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
ensu
re
stak
ehol
ders
’ in
form
atio
n
and
citi
zen
s’ in
volv
emen
t an
d ow
ner
ship
21PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
Ou
tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Out
put 3
.2: T
he P
rogr
amm
e fo
r In
fras
tru
ctu
re D
evel
op-
men
t in
Afr
ica
faci
litat
ed
1. F
acili
tate
th
e op
era-
tion
aliz
atio
n o
f th
e IA
IDA
G
over
nan
ce s
tru
ctu
res/
ag
enda
2. P
rom
ote
impl
emen
ta-
tion
of M
issi
ng
Lin
ks fo
r Tr
ansp
ort
and
ICT
Infr
a-st
ruct
ure
pro
ject
s
3. P
rom
ote
adop
tion
of f
C
omm
on t
ran
spor
t Po
li-ci
es, s
trat
egie
s an
d re
gula
-to
ry fr
amew
orks
4. A
cces
s to
inte
grat
ed
digi
tal e
con
omy
and
reli-
able
, an
d af
ford
able
ICT
Net
wor
ks a
nd
serv
ices
5. In
tegr
ated
tra
ns
bou
nd-
ary
wat
er re
sou
rce
man
-ag
emen
t fo
r co
ntin
enta
l de
velo
pmen
t
6. E
ner
gy In
fras
tru
ctu
re
Dev
elop
men
t an
d A
cces
s
7. P
olic
y gu
idel
ines
on
fo
ssil
fuel
(oil
and
gas)
de
velo
ped
and
prom
oted
to
con
trib
ute
to
soci
o ec
o-n
omic
dev
elop
men
t
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
IE
D
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
TS:
DEA
, T&
I, N
PCA
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
REC
s M
embe
r St
ates
, A
fDB,
Spe
cial
ized
Age
nci
es,
UN
ECA
, Pri
vate
Sec
tor,
Inte
rnat
ion
al a
nd
Afr
ican
Fi
nan
cin
g In
stit
uti
ons
1. D
evel
op a
ccu
rate
mea
-su
rem
ent
and
trac
eabi
l-it
y fo
r co
mm
un
icat
ion
te
chn
olog
ies
–bro
adba
nd
com
mu
nic
atio
n, s
atel
lite
com
mu
nic
atio
n, e
tc (P
IDA
)
2. D
evel
op t
race
abili
ty
for
wat
er re
sou
rce
and
fos-
sil f
uel
rela
ted
test
ing
and
rese
arch
(CA
AD
P&A
IDA
)
1. A
FRA
C w
ill e
stab
lish
ed
an in
tern
atio
nal
ly re
c-og
nis
ed M
utu
al R
ecog
ni-
tion
Agr
eem
ent
(MRA
’s)
mec
han
ism
for t
he
inte
rna-
tion
al a
ccep
tan
ce o
f Tes
t, C
alib
rati
on, I
nsp
ecti
on a
nd
Cert
ifi ca
tion
resu
lts,
ther
e-by
faci
litat
ing
infr
astr
uc-
ture
dev
elop
men
t (P
IDA
)
1. H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
in in
fras
tru
ctu
re d
evel
-op
men
t fo
r: b
uild
ing
and
con
stru
ctio
n (P
IDA
)
2. E
stab
lish
lin
kage
s w
ith
re
sear
ch in
stit
uti
ons
to
fost
er c
oope
rati
on b
e-tw
een
sta
nda
rdiz
atio
n, r
e-se
arch
an
d in
nov
atio
n a
nd
indi
gen
ous
know
ledg
e in
or
der
to d
evel
op p
rodu
cts
suit
ed t
o th
e A
fric
an c
on-
diti
ons.
(AID
A) c
omm
on t
o PA
QI i
nst
itu
tion
s
1. H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
in in
fras
tru
ctu
re d
evel
-op
men
t fo
r: b
uild
ing
and
con
stru
ctio
n (s
mar
t ci
ty…
)
2. E
stab
lish
lin
kage
s w
ith
re
sear
ch in
stit
uti
ons
to fo
s-te
r coo
pera
tion
bet
wee
n
stan
dard
izat
ion
, res
earc
h
and
inn
ovat
ion
an
d in
dig-
enou
s kn
owle
dge
in o
rder
to
dev
elop
pro
duct
s su
ited
to
th
e A
fric
an c
ondi
tion
s
3. H
arm
oniz
ed s
tan
dard
s fo
r in
tegr
atio
n a
nd
in-
tero
pera
tion
of A
fric
an
pow
er p
ools
, an
d ev
olu
tion
of
sm
art
grid
s u
sin
g IC
T in
fras
tru
ctu
re (P
IDA
)
• H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
on
inte
rcon
nec
tion
of t
he
elec
tric
ity
net
wor
k
4. H
arm
oniz
ed s
tan
dard
s
and
con
form
ity
asse
ss-
men
t sy
stem
s fo
r
• ex
ten
sion
of e
lect
rici
ty
dist
ribu
tion
net
wor
ks•
min
i-gr
ids
• st
and-
alon
e h
ome/
sch
ool/
clin
ic e
lect
rica
l sy
stem
s•
mat
eria
l an
d eq
uip
men
t (A
IDA
&PI
DA
)
22 PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
Ou
tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 3.
3: A
cces
s to
m
oder
n e
ner
gy s
ervi
ces
for
the
maj
orit
y of
th
e A
fric
an
popu
lati
on e
nh
ance
d
1. A
ccel
erat
e de
velo
pmen
t of
ren
ewab
le e
ner
gy a
nd
oth
ers
Sou
rce
2. F
acili
tate
regi
onal
an
d co
ntin
enta
l cle
an p
ower
ge
ner
atio
n a
nd
tran
smis
-si
on p
roje
cts;
3. D
evel
op g
uid
elin
es o
n
ren
ewab
le e
ner
gy (G
eo-
ther
mal
, Hyd
ro, s
olar
, bi
oen
ergy
an
d w
ind)
to
cont
ribu
te t
o so
cio-
eco-
nom
ic d
evel
opm
ent
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
IE
D
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
TS:
DEA
, T&
I, N
PCA
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
REC
s M
embe
r St
ates
, A
fDB,
Spe
cial
ized
Age
nci
es,
UN
ECA
, Pri
vate
Sec
tor,
Inte
rnat
ion
al a
nd
Afr
ican
Fi
nan
cial
Inst
itu
tion
s
1. D
evel
op a
ccu
rate
mea
-su
rem
ent
and
trac
eabi
lity
for
the
gree
n e
con
omy
and
ener
gy e
ffi c
ien
cy (P
ower
an
d en
ergy
, LED
ligh
tin
g,
geot
her
mal
mea
sure
-m
ents
, sol
ar m
anu
fact
ur-
ing
and
effi
cien
cy m
ea-
sure
men
ts, w
ind
pow
er
mea
sure
men
ts, e
tc.)
(AID
A
& P
IDA
)
1. A
FRA
C w
ill e
stab
lish
ed
an in
tern
atio
nal
ly re
c-og
nis
ed M
utu
al R
ecog
ni-
tion
Agr
eem
ent
(MRA
’s)
mec
han
ism
for
the
inte
r-n
atio
nal
acc
epta
nce
of
Test
, Cal
ibra
tion
, In
spec
-ti
on a
nd
Cer
tifi
cati
on re
-su
lts,
th
ere
by s
upp
orti
ng
mod
ern
en
ergy
ser
vice
s (P
IDA
)
1. E
stab
lish
th
rou
gh d
ata
anal
ysis
th
e sc
ope
of s
tan
-da
rds
requ
ired
for
vari
ous
ener
gy t
ech
nol
ogie
s in
clu
din
g th
ose
suit
able
fo
r ec
onom
ic a
ctiv
itie
s of
ru
ral c
omm
un
itie
s, S
MEs
an
d lo
cal i
nn
ovat
ion
in
uti
lizat
ion
an
d pu
t on
di
ssem
inat
ion
mec
han
ism
(A
IDA
&PI
DA
)
2. H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
for
ener
gy, r
enew
able
en
-er
gy, e
ner
gy e
ffi c
ien
cy a
nd
tran
s bo
un
dary
gri
ds a
nd
pow
er p
ools
(AID
A&
PID
A)
3. D
evel
op s
ust
ain
abili
ty
crit
eria
for
bioe
ner
gy in
A
fric
a to
com
plem
ent
inte
rnat
ion
al in
itia
tive
s w
hile
add
ress
ing
Afr
ican
co
ndi
tion
s (A
IDA
&PI
DA
)
1. E
stab
lish
th
rou
gh d
ata
anal
ysis
th
e sc
ope
of s
tan
-da
rds
requ
ired
for
vari
ous
ener
gy t
ech
nol
ogie
s in
clu
din
g th
ose
suit
able
fo
r ec
onom
ic a
ctiv
itie
s of
ru
ral c
omm
un
itie
s, S
MEs
an
d lo
cal i
nn
ovat
ion
in
uti
lizat
ion
an
d pu
t on
di
ssem
inat
ion
mec
han
ism
(A
IDA
&PI
DA
)
2. H
arm
oniz
e st
anda
rds
for
ener
gy, r
enew
able
en
-er
gy, e
ner
gy e
ffi c
ien
cy a
nd
tran
s bo
un
dary
gri
ds a
nd
pow
er p
ools
(AID
A&
PID
A)
3. D
evel
op s
ust
ain
abili
ty
crit
eria
for
bioe
ner
gy in
A
fric
a to
com
plem
ent
inte
rnat
ion
al in
itia
tive
s w
hile
add
ress
ing
Afr
ican
co
ndi
tion
s (A
IDA
&PI
DA
)
23PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
Ou
tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 3.
4: P
olic
ies
and
Stan
dard
s to
pro
mot
e C
onti
nen
tal i
nteg
rati
on
faci
litat
ed
1. S
upp
ort
Har
mon
izat
ion
an
d co
ordi
nat
ion
of M
acro
Ec
onom
ic P
olic
ies
2. S
upp
ort
the
oper
atio
n-
aliz
atio
n o
f Pan
-Afr
ican
Fi
nan
cial
an
d M
onet
ary
Inst
itu
tion
s
3. P
rom
ote
Stan
dard
izat
ion
an
d H
arm
oniz
atio
n of
Sta
-tis
tics
thro
ugh
the
Afric
an
Stat
istic
al C
hart
er a
nd o
ther
M
easu
res
4. T
ake
mea
sure
s to
acc
eler
-at
e im
plem
enta
tion
of M
IP
(Min
imum
Inte
grat
ion
Pro-
gram
me)
thro
ugh
putt
ing
in
plac
e th
e In
tegr
atio
n Fu
nd
5. P
ut in
pla
ce th
e O
bser
va-
tory
on
Inte
grat
ion
(M&
E/D
ata
base
) for
the
inte
gra-
tion
proc
ess
6. E
nhan
ce a
war
enes
s,
deliv
ery,
coor
dina
tion
and
ac
coun
tabi
lity
for t
he in
te-
grat
ion
proc
ess
7. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mun
icat
ion
and
advo
ca-
cy c
ampa
igns
and
them
atic
m
edia
pla
ns to
rais
e aw
are-
ness
and
ens
ure
stak
ehol
d-er
s’ in
form
atio
n an
d ci
tizen
s’ in
volv
emen
t and
ow
ners
hip
8. P
rom
ote
polic
y an
d gu
ide-
lines
to s
uppo
rt e
nerg
y,
tran
spor
t and
ICT
regi
onal
an
d co
ntin
enta
l pro
gram
s
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
D
EA
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
ART
-M
ENTS
: T&
I, H
RST,
DPS
, D
REA
, DEA
, AFR
EC a
nd
NPC
A, D
SA, D
IE
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
AfD
B, U
NEC
A, R
ECs,
ATU
, PA
PU, A
FCA
C, R
PPs,
UPD
EA,
ITU
, EU
, UPU
, Ger
man
BM
Z, U
SAID
, Wor
ld B
ank
1. P
AQ
I bod
ies
to d
evel
op
join
t ou
trea
ch m
ater
ial t
o h
igh
light
th
e im
port
ance
fo
r A
U/A
UC
an
d af
fi lia
ted
orga
niz
atio
ns
to u
tiliz
e st
anda
rds,
met
rolo
gy, c
on-
form
ity
asse
ssm
ent
and
accr
edit
atio
n t
o pr
omot
e th
e in
tegr
atio
n a
gen
da
(AID
A)
2. P
rom
ote
th
e u
se o
f ac
cred
itat
ion
to
redu
cin
g te
chn
ical
bar
rier
s to
tra
de
(AID
A&
CAA
DP)
3. P
rovi
de in
put
into
th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
Afr
ican
po
licy
guid
elin
es re
fl ec
tin
g on
acc
redi
tati
on a
spec
ts
(AID
A&
CAA
DP&
PID
A)
1. P
AQ
I bod
ies
to d
evel
op
join
t ou
trea
ch m
ater
ial t
o h
igh
light
th
e im
port
ance
fo
r A
U/A
UC
an
d af
fi lia
ted
orga
niz
atio
ns
to u
tiliz
e st
anda
rds,
met
rolo
gy, c
on-
form
ity
asse
ssm
ent
and
accr
edit
atio
n t
o pr
omot
e th
e in
tegr
atio
n a
gen
da
(AID
A)
2. P
rom
ote
th
e u
se o
f ac
cred
itat
ion
to
redu
cin
g te
chn
ical
bar
rier
s to
tra
de
(AID
A&
CAA
DP)
3. P
rovi
de in
put
into
th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
Afr
ican
po
licy
guid
elin
es re
fl ec
tin
g on
acc
redi
tati
on a
spec
ts
(AID
A&
CAA
DP&
PID
A)
1. P
AQ
I bod
ies
to d
evel
op
join
t ou
trea
ch m
ater
ial t
o h
igh
light
th
e im
port
ance
fo
r A
U/A
UC
an
d af
fi lia
ted
orga
niz
atio
ns
to u
tiliz
e st
anda
rds,
met
rolo
gy, c
on-
form
ity
asse
ssm
ent
and
accr
edit
atio
n t
o pr
omot
e th
e in
tegr
atio
n a
gen
da
(AID
A)
2. P
rom
ote
th
e u
se o
f ac
cred
itat
ion
to
redu
cin
g te
chn
ical
bar
rier
s to
tra
de
(AID
A&
CAA
DP)
3. P
rovi
de in
put
into
th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
Afr
ican
po
licy
guid
elin
es re
fl ec
tin
g on
acc
redi
tati
on a
spec
ts
(AID
A&
CAA
DP&
PID
A)
1. P
AQ
I bod
ies
to d
evel
op
join
t ou
trea
ch m
ater
ial t
o h
igh
light
th
e im
port
ance
fo
r A
U/A
UC
an
d af
fi lia
ted
orga
niz
atio
ns
to u
tiliz
e st
anda
rds,
met
rolo
gy, c
on-
form
ity
asse
ssm
ent
and
accr
edit
atio
n t
o pr
omot
e th
e in
tegr
atio
n a
gen
da
(AID
A)
2. P
rom
ote
th
e u
se o
f ac
cred
itat
ion
to
redu
cin
g te
chn
ical
bar
rier
s to
tra
de
(AID
A&
CAA
DP)
3. P
rovi
de in
put
into
th
e de
velo
pmen
t of
Afr
ican
po
licy
guid
elin
es re
fl ec
tin
g on
acc
redi
tati
on a
spec
ts
(AID
A&
CAA
DP&
PID
A)
24 PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
Ou
tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 3.
5: T
rade
an
d C
us-
tom
s fa
cilit
atio
n p
olic
ies
deve
lope
d an
d pr
omot
ed
and
CFT
A n
egot
iati
ons
faci
litat
ed
1. Im
plem
ent
Init
iati
ves
Rela
ted
to B
oost
ing
intr
a-
Afr
ican
Tra
de (B
IAT)
2. D
esig
n a
nd
Impl
emen
t Po
licie
s an
d Pr
ogra
mm
es
on T
rade
, In
dust
ry a
nd
Cu
stom
s to
en
han
ce M
ar-
ket
Acc
ess
– at
con
tin
enta
l an
d gl
obal
leve
ls
3. A
ccel
erat
e Pr
ogre
ss
Tow
ards
Est
ablis
hm
ent
of
the
Con
tin
enta
l Fre
e Tr
ade
Are
a (C
FTA
)
4. D
esig
n a
nd
impl
emen
t pr
ogra
mm
es a
imed
at
boos
tin
g m
arke
t ac
cess
(c
onti
nen
tal,
glob
al) f
or
wom
en a
nd
you
th e
ntre
-pr
eneu
rs
5. P
rom
ote
labo
ur
mig
ra-
tion
to
supp
ort
cros
s-bo
r-de
r in
vest
men
t an
d to
fi ll
the
skill
s ga
p
Set
up
and
impl
emen
t co
mm
un
icat
ion
an
d ad
vo-
cacy
cam
paig
ns
and
the-
mat
ic m
edia
pla
ns
to ra
ise
awar
enes
s an
d en
sure
st
akeh
olde
rs’ i
nfo
rmat
ion
an
d ci
tize
ns’
invo
lvem
ent
and
own
ersh
ip
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
T&
I
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
TS:
DEA
, DIC
, Pol
itic
al A
ffai
rs,
DSA
, Gen
der,
DRE
A, H
RST,
I&
E
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
REC
s, A
fric
an B
usi
nes
s Ro
un
dtab
le, U
N S
yste
ms,
W
orld
Ban
k
1. H
arm
onis
e Le
gal (
Trad
e)
Met
rolo
gy im
plem
enta
-ti
on a
nd
adop
tion
of i
nter
-n
atio
nal
sta
nda
rds
acro
ss
the
cont
inen
t in
su
ppor
t of
in
tra-
Afr
ican
tra
de (A
IDA
)
2. P
rovi
de in
put
on t
esti
ng
requ
irem
ents
at
bord
ers
to
pol
icy
mak
ers
and
assi
st
wit
h t
he
deve
lopm
ent
of
mu
tual
ly re
cogn
ised
tes
t-in
g be
twee
n R
ECs
(AID
A)
1. P
AQ
I bod
ies
to d
evel
op
join
t ou
trea
ch m
ater
ials
to
hig
hlig
ht t
he
impo
rtan
ce
for
AU
/AU
C a
nd
affi
liate
d or
gan
izat
ion
s to
uti
lize
stan
dard
s, m
etro
logy
, con
-fo
rmit
y as
sess
men
t an
d ac
cred
itat
ion
to
prom
ote
the
inte
grat
ion
age
nda
(AID
A, P
IDA
,CA
AD
P, 3
AD
I)
2. P
rom
ote
the
use
of
accr
edit
atio
n a
s a
tool
for
elim
inat
ing
tech
nic
al b
ar-
rier
s to
tra
de t
o co
ntri
bute
to
BIA
T (A
IDA
, PID
A,C
AA
DP,
3A
DI)
3. T
oget
her
wit
h P
AQ
I bo
dies
, par
tici
pate
in t
he
neg
otia
tion
s fo
r th
e es
tab
-lis
hm
ent
of t
he
CFT
A a
nd
prov
ide
requ
isit
e in
put
on s
tan
dard
s, m
etro
logy
, co
nfo
rmit
y as
sess
men
t an
d ac
cred
itat
ion
(AID
A,
PID
A,C
AA
DP,
3A
DI)
4. T
oget
her
wit
h P
AQ
I bo
dies
, adv
ocat
e fo
r th
e re
aliz
atio
n o
f th
e A
fric
an
Prot
ocol
on
Sta
nda
rdis
a-ti
on, Q
ual
ity
Ass
ura
nce
an
d M
easu
rem
ent
Sys-
tem
s as
en
visa
ged
in A
r-ti
cle
67 o
f th
e A
EC T
reat
y,
1991
an
d an
chor
th
erei
n
PAQ
I bod
ies
in t
he
Afr
ican
in
tegr
atio
n s
yste
m (A
IDA
, PI
DA
,CA
AD
P, 3
AD
I)
1. P
AQ
I bod
ies
to d
evel
op
join
t ou
trea
ch b
roch
ure
to
hig
hlig
ht t
he
impo
rtan
ce
for
AU
/AU
C a
nd
affi
liate
d or
gan
izat
ion
s to
uti
lize
stan
dard
s, m
etro
logy
, con
-fo
rmit
y as
sess
men
t an
d ac
cred
itat
ion
to
prom
ote
the
inte
grat
ion
age
nda
(A
IDA
, PID
A,C
AA
DP,
3A
DI)
2. D
evel
op t
ools
for
elim
-in
atin
g te
chn
ical
bar
rier
s to
tra
de t
o co
ntri
bute
to
BIA
T (A
IDA
, PID
A,C
AA
DP,
3A
DI)
3. T
oget
her
wit
h P
AQ
I bo
dies
, par
tici
pate
in t
he
neg
otia
tion
s fo
r th
e es
tab
-lis
hm
ent
of t
he
CFT
A a
nd
prov
ide
requ
isit
e in
put
on s
tan
dard
s, m
etro
logy
, co
nfo
rmit
y as
sess
men
t an
d ac
cred
itat
ion
(AID
A,
PID
A,C
AA
DP,
3A
DI)
4. T
oget
her
wit
h P
AQ
I bo
dies
, adv
ocat
e fo
r th
e re
aliz
atio
n o
f th
e A
fric
an
Prot
ocol
on
Sta
nda
rdis
a-ti
on, Q
ual
ity
Ass
ura
nce
an
d M
easu
rem
ent
Sys-
tem
s as
en
visa
ged
in A
r-ti
cle
67 o
f th
e A
EC T
reat
y,
1991
an
d an
chor
th
erei
n
PAQ
I bod
ies
in t
he
Afr
ican
in
tegr
atio
n s
yste
m (A
IDA
, PI
DA
,CA
AD
P, 3
AD
I)
1. P
AQ
I bod
ies
to d
evel
op
join
t ou
trea
ch b
roch
ure
to
hig
hlig
ht t
he
impo
rtan
ce
for
AU
/AU
C a
nd
affi
liate
d or
gan
izat
ion
s to
uti
lize
stan
dard
s, m
etro
logy
, con
-fo
rmit
y as
sess
men
t an
d ac
cred
itat
ion
to
prom
ote
the
inte
grat
ion
age
nda
(A
IDA
, PID
A,C
AA
DP,
3A
DI)
2. D
evel
op t
ools
for
elim
-in
atin
g te
chn
ical
bar
rier
s to
tra
de t
o co
ntri
bute
to
BIA
T (A
IDA
, PID
A,C
AA
DP,
3A
DI)
3. T
oget
her
wit
h P
AQ
I bo
dies
, par
tici
pate
in t
he
neg
otia
tion
s fo
r th
e es
tab
-lis
hm
ent
of t
he
CFT
A a
nd
prov
ide
requ
isit
e in
put
on s
tan
dard
s, m
etro
logy
, co
nfo
rmit
y as
sess
men
t an
d ac
cred
itat
ion
(AID
A,
PID
A,C
AA
DP,
3A
DI)
4. T
oget
her
wit
h P
AQ
I bo
dies
, adv
ocat
e fo
r th
e re
aliz
atio
n o
f th
e A
fric
an
Prot
ocol
on
Sta
nda
rdis
a-ti
on, Q
ual
ity
Ass
ura
nce
an
d M
easu
rem
ent
Sys-
tem
s as
en
visa
ged
in A
r-ti
cle
67 o
f th
e A
EC T
reat
y,
1991
an
d an
chor
th
erei
n
PAQ
I bod
ies
in t
he
Afr
ican
in
tegr
atio
n s
yste
m (A
IDA
, PI
DA
,CA
AD
P, 3
AD
I)
25PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
Ou
tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 3.
6: P
olic
ies
for
Priv
ate
sect
or e
nga
gem
ent
and
impr
oved
Bu
sin
ess
Cli-
mat
e in
Afr
ica
deve
lope
d an
d pr
omot
ed
1. Im
plem
ent
mea
sure
s to
su
ppor
t pr
ivat
e se
ctor
de
velo
pmen
t in
Afr
ica
2. Im
plem
ent
mea
sure
s to
su
ppor
t im
prov
ed b
usi
-n
ess
clim
ate
in A
fric
a
3. Im
plem
ent
the
Afr
ican
Pr
odu
ctiv
ity
Age
nda
4. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
advo
-ca
cy c
ampa
ign
s an
d th
e-m
atic
med
ia p
lan
s to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
ensu
re
stak
ehol
ders
’ in
form
atio
n
and
citi
zen
s’ in
volv
emen
t an
d ow
ner
ship
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
EA
D
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
TS:
T&I,
PA, D
IC, D
SA, D
REA
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
UN
DP,
UN
ECA
,REC
s, E
U,
FICC
I (Fe
dera
tion
of I
ndi
an
Ch
ambe
rs o
f Com
mer
ce
and
Indu
stry
), K
FFSE
D
Kuw
ait
Fun
d fo
r so
cial
an
d Ec
onom
ic D
evel
opm
ent)
; SD
F (S
audi
Dev
elop
men
t Fu
nd)
, ID
B (Is
lam
ic D
e-ve
lopm
ent
Ban
k) a
nd
ITC
(In
tern
atio
nal
Tra
de C
entr
e)
1. E
nsu
re t
hat
met
rolo
gy
stru
ctu
res
and
faci
litie
s ar
e ac
cess
ible
to
the
pri-
vate
sec
tor
and
that
it c
an
supp
ort
priv
ate
sect
or
deve
lopm
ents
(AID
A)
2. P
rovi
de m
easu
rem
ent
trac
eabi
lity
to In
dust
ry
(AID
A)
1. A
FRA
C w
ill e
stab
lish
ed
an in
tern
atio
nal
ly re
c-og
nis
ed M
utu
al R
ecog
ni-
tion
Agr
eem
ent
(MRA
’s)
mec
han
ism
for
the
inte
rnat
ion
al a
ccep
tan
ce
of T
est,
Cal
ibra
tion
, In
-sp
ecti
on a
nd
Cer
tifi
cati
on
resu
lts,
th
ereb
y fa
cilit
atin
g ea
se o
f reg
ion
al a
nd
inte
r-n
atio
nal
mar
ket
acce
ss f
or
our
man
ufa
ctu
rin
g in
dus-
try
(AID
A&
3AD
I)
1. M
ain
stre
am p
riva
te s
ec-
tor
stan
dard
s in
to A
fric
an
har
mon
ized
sta
nda
rds
to
prom
ote
the
deve
lopm
ent
of t
he
priv
ate
sect
or a
nd
SMEs
(AID
A)
2. P
AQ
I org
anis
atio
n t
o su
ppor
t th
e D
evel
opm
ent
tool
s fo
r re
duci
ng
tech
-n
ical
bar
rier
s to
tra
de t
o co
ntri
bute
to
BIA
T (A
IDA
)
3. E
stab
lish
th
e A
fric
an
Trad
e Su
ppor
t W
eb-p
orta
l to
hig
hlig
ht t
he
ben
efi t
s of
co
mpl
ian
ce t
o st
anda
rds
and
tech
nic
al re
gula
tion
s in
clu
din
g pr
ovid
ing
in-
form
atio
n o
n e
xist
ing
stan
dard
s, t
ech
nic
al re
g-u
lati
ons
and
con
form
ity
asse
ssm
ent
requ
irem
ents
in
Mem
ber
Stat
es t
o ea
se
expo
rts
(AID
A)
4. O
pera
tion
aliz
e th
e A
fric
an Q
ual
ity
Aw
ards
sc
hem
e in
ord
er t
o m
o-ti
vate
mor
e en
terp
rise
s to
use
sta
nda
rds
in t
hei
r op
erat
ion
s (A
IDA
)
1. M
ain
stre
am p
riva
te s
ec-
tor
stan
dard
s in
to A
fric
an
har
mon
ized
sta
nda
rds
to
prom
ote
the
deve
lopm
ent
of t
he
priv
ate
sect
or a
nd
SMEs
2. P
AQ
I org
anis
atio
n t
o su
ppor
t th
e D
evel
opm
ent
tool
s fo
r re
duci
ng
tech
-n
ical
bar
rier
s to
tra
de t
o co
ntri
bute
to
BIA
T (A
IDA
)
26 PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
Ou
tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 3.
7: W
omen
, You
th
and
pers
ons
wit
h d
isab
il-it
ies
entr
epre
neu
rsh
ip
prom
oted
, an
d su
ppor
ted
1. D
esig
n, P
rom
ote
and
Impl
emen
t po
licie
s an
d pr
ogra
mm
es o
n W
omen
En
trep
ren
eurs
hip
2. D
esig
n, P
rom
ote
and
Impl
emen
t po
licie
s an
d pr
ogra
mm
es o
n Y
outh
En
trep
ren
eurs
hip
3. D
esig
n, P
rom
ote
and
Imp
lem
ent
pol
icie
s an
d p
rogr
amm
es o
n E
ntr
epre
-n
eurs
hip
for
per
son
s w
ith
D
isab
iliti
es, i
ncl
udi
ng
the
pro
tect
ion
of
inte
llect
ual
p
rop
erti
es/w
orks
of
PWD
, to
en
han
ce t
hei
r p
ossi
bil-
itie
s to
cre
ate
job
op
por
-tu
nit
ies
and
self
-em
plo
y-m
ent
4. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
advo
-ca
cy c
ampa
ign
s an
d th
e-m
atic
med
ia p
lan
s to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
ensu
re
stak
ehol
ders
’ in
form
atio
n
and
citi
zen
s’ in
volv
emen
t an
d ow
ner
ship
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
D
EA/H
RST
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
TS:
Gen
der,
DIC
, DSA
, I&
T
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
IWBA
(Int
ern
atio
nal
Wom
-en
Bu
sin
ess
asso
ciat
ion
);
RWBA
(Reg
ion
al W
omen
bu
sin
ess
asso
ciat
ion
);
BCW
(Bu
sin
ess
cou
nci
l for
w
omen
), RE
Cs,
For
d Fo
un
-da
tion
, UN
Sys
tem
s, A
CB
F,
US-
AU
/USA
ID, E
uro
pean
U
nio
n
1. P
rovi
de m
easu
rem
ent
trai
nin
g to
wom
en a
nd
you
than
d PW
D t
o as
sist
w
ith
mar
ket
acce
ss (A
IDA
)
1. W
ork
wit
h re
leva
nt
part
ner
s to
est
ablis
h a
nd
addr
ess
spec
ifi c
stan
dard
-iz
atio
n n
eeds
by
wom
en,
the
you
th a
nd
PWD
s (A
IDA
)
2. E
stab
lish
par
tner
ship
s w
ith
wom
en a
nd
you
th
grou
ps t
o of
fer
oppo
rtu
-n
itie
s fo
r en
gage
men
t in
st
anda
rdiz
atio
n (A
IDA
)
1. W
ork
wit
h re
leva
nt
part
ner
s to
est
ablis
h a
nd
addr
ess
spec
ifi c
stan
dard
-iz
atio
n n
eeds
by
wom
en,
the
you
th a
nd
PWD
s (A
IDA
)
2. E
stab
lish
par
tner
ship
s w
ith
wom
en a
nd
you
th
grou
ps t
o of
fer
oppo
rtu
-n
itie
s fo
r en
gage
men
t in
st
anda
rdiz
atio
n a
nd
oth
er
foru
m (A
IDA
)
27PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
Ou
tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 3.
8: P
olic
ies
for
the
sust
ain
able
uti
lizat
ion
of
the
cont
inen
t’s m
iner
al
and
oth
er re
sou
rces
dev
el-
oped
an
d pr
omot
ed
1. Im
plem
ent
prog
ram
mes
in
th
e fr
amew
ork
of t
he
Afr
ican
Min
ing
Vis
ion
A
ctio
n P
lan
for
impr
oved
go
vern
ance
an
d va
lue
addi
tion
to
Afr
ica’
s m
iner
al
reso
urc
es
2. F
acili
tate
th
e Es
tabl
ish
-m
ent
of t
he
Afr
ican
Min
er-
als
Dev
elop
men
t C
entr
e
3. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
advo
-ca
cy c
ampa
ign
s an
d th
e-m
atic
med
ia p
lan
s to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
ensu
re
stak
ehol
ders
’ in
form
atio
n
and
citi
zen
s’ in
volv
emen
t an
d ow
ner
ship
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
T&
I
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
TS:
DRE
A, D
IC, I
ED, N
PCA
, P&
S,
DPA
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
UN
ECA
, FA
O, I
FAD
1. D
evel
op t
race
abili
ty
for
mea
sure
men
ts in
th
e m
inin
g se
ctor
an
d es
tab
-lis
h lo
cal t
esti
ng
faci
litie
s fo
r m
iner
alog
y (A
IDA
)
2. S
upp
ort
loca
l ben
efi c
i-at
ion
by
deve
lopi
ng
mea
-su
rem
ent
met
hod
s(A
IDA
)
1. E
stab
lish
an
d in
tern
a-ti
onal
mu
tual
reco
gnit
ion
ag
reem
ent
mec
han
ism
for
the
inte
rnat
ion
al a
ccep
-ta
nce
of t
est,
cal
ibra
tion
, in
spec
tion
an
d ce
rtifi
ca-
tion
resu
lts
(AID
A)
1. D
evel
opin
g su
stai
nab
il-it
y st
anda
rds,
refe
rent
ial
and
guid
elin
es in
min
ing
, m
iner
al v
alu
atio
n a
nd
uti
-liz
atio
n o
f Afr
ican
nat
ura
l re
sou
rces
(AID
A)
2. P
AQ
I in
stit
uti
on t
o pr
omot
e th
e u
se o
f sta
n-
dard
s, m
etro
logy
an
d ac
cred
itat
ion
to
supp
ort
min
ing
regu
lato
ry re
gim
es
(en
viro
nm
enta
l, so
cial
, oc
cupa
tion
al, s
afet
y &
h
ealt
h (A
IDA
)
3. P
rom
otio
n o
f equ
ip-
men
t st
anda
rds
and
con
form
ity
asse
ssm
ent
in m
inin
g an
d in
par
ticu
-la
r eq
uip
men
t fo
r u
se in
ex
plos
ive
atm
osph
eres
(t
o be
th
e sa
me
in A
IDA
do
cum
ent)
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tion
s to
pu
rsu
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y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 4.
1: Im
plem
enta
-ti
on o
f th
e A
fric
a H
ealt
h
Stra
tegy
(AH
S) p
rom
oted
1. A
ccel
erat
e th
e im
plem
en-
tati
on o
f the
Afr
ica
Hea
lth
St
rate
gy, –
Abu
ja C
all,
Cont
inen
tal P
olic
y on
SRH
R &
its
Map
uto
Plan
of A
ctio
n,
ARN
S, C
ARM
MA
2. P
rom
ote
Resu
lt D
eliv
ery
& A
ccou
ntab
ility
on
Uni
ver-
sal A
cces
s to
HIV
/AID
S, T
B,
MN
CH
& M
alar
ia S
ervi
ces,
A
RNS
3. P
rom
ote
Conc
erte
d Ac
tions
on
PM
PA im
plem
enta
tion
4. E
nhan
ce tr
aini
ng in
med
i-ca
l and
hea
lth s
cien
ces
5. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mun
icat
ion
and
advo
ca-
cy ca
mpa
igns
and
them
atic
m
edia
pla
ns to
rais
e aw
are-
ness
6. E
nsur
e al
l tar
get s
take
-ho
lder
s re
ceiv
e in
form
atio
n
to p
rom
ote
stro
nger
invo
lve-
men
t and
ow
ners
hip
7. S
tren
gthe
n A
IDS
Wat
ch
Afric
a
LEA
D A
UC
DEP
T: D
SA C
o-Le
ad
AU
C D
EPT:
Gen
der,
Trad
e &
Indu
stry
, HRS
T, C
omm
u-
nic
atio
n, E
con
omic
aff
airs
, Pe
ace
& S
ecu
rity
, Med
ical
Se
rvic
es
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
UN
FPA
, WM
O, U
NIC
EF,
UN
AID
S, U
NID
O, W
FP, U
S-A
ID, A
USA
ID, A
fDB,
NEP
AD
, M
arie
Sto
pes
Inte
rnat
ion
-al
, IPP
F-A
fric
a Re
gion
al
Offi
ce,
IPA
S A
fric
a, P
artn
ers
in P
opu
lati
on &
Dev
elop
-m
ent
(Afr
ica
regi
on)
1. A
ssis
t m
embe
r co
un
-tr
ies
to d
evel
op a
nd
adop
t Le
gal m
etro
logy
legi
slat
ion
(P
IDA
, AID
A, C
AA
DP)
2. P
AQ
I in
stit
uti
ons
en-
cou
rage
mem
bers
to
adop
t in
tern
atio
nal
sta
n-
dard
s, (P
IDA
, AID
A, C
AA
DP)
3. D
evel
op t
race
abili
ty fo
r h
ealt
h c
are
mea
sure
men
ts
(cro
ss c
utt
ing)
4. D
evel
op a
nd
prov
ide
trac
eabi
lity
for
test
ing
in
phar
mac
euti
cal l
abor
ato-
ries
(AID
A)
5. S
upp
ort
loca
l ph
arm
a-ce
uti
cal d
evel
opm
ent
wit
h
met
hod
dev
elop
men
t an
d re
sear
ch (A
IDA
)
1. E
stab
lish
an
d in
tern
a-ti
onal
mu
tual
reco
gnit
ion
ag
reem
ent
mec
han
ism
for
the
inte
rnat
ion
al a
ccep
-ta
nce
of t
est,
cal
ibra
tion
, in
spec
tion
an
d ce
rtifi
ca-
tion
resu
lts
(AID
A)
2. P
rom
otin
g th
e u
se o
f ac
cred
itat
ion
in t
he
hea
lth
se
ctor
1. E
labo
rati
on o
f Afr
ican
st
anda
rds
on t
radi
tion
al
med
icin
e (A
IDA
)
2. D
evel
op o
utr
each
m
ater
ial o
n t
he
cru
cial
ro
le o
f tra
diti
onal
Afr
ican
M
edic
ine
(TA
M) i
n t
he
hea
lth
of A
fric
an p
eopl
es
and
the
nee
d to
con
serv
e th
e n
atu
ral e
nvi
ron
men
t fr
om w
hic
h m
edic
inal
pl
ants
an
d or
gan
ism
s ar
e ob
tain
ed (A
IDA
)
1. E
labo
rate
sta
nda
rd o
n
med
ical
equ
ipm
ent
(AID
A)
Key
prio
rity
4. B
uild
Afr
ica’
s h
um
an c
apac
ity
thro
ugh
th
e pr
iori
tiza
tion
of P
rim
ary
Hea
lth
Car
e an
d Pr
even
tion
; Edu
cati
on, s
kills
dev
elop
men
t an
d in
vest
men
t in
sci
ence
, res
earc
h a
nd
inn
ovat
ion
, acc
ess
to c
lean
wat
er
and
san
itat
ion
wit
h in
clu
sion
of t
he
vuln
erab
le g
rou
ps
Ou
tcom
eO
utc
ome
4: P
olic
ies
and
Prog
ram
mes
to
enh
ance
hea
lth
, edu
cati
on a
nd
empl
oyab
le s
kills
un
derp
inn
ed b
y in
vest
men
t in
ser
vice
s, s
cien
ce, r
esea
rch
an
d in
nov
atio
n im
plem
ente
d by
Mem
ber
Stat
es
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s to
pu
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y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 4.
2: S
trat
egie
s fo
r qu
alit
y ed
uca
tion
, ski
lls
deve
lopm
ent
and
serv
ices
, pa
rtic
ula
rly
for
wom
en
and
you
th a
re d
esig
ned
an
d pr
omot
ed
1. F
ast-t
rack
impl
emen
tatio
n
of th
e Af
rican
Sec
ond
Dec
ade
of E
duca
tion
Act
ion
Plan
2. F
ast-
trac
k im
plem
enta
-ti
on o
f the
You
th D
ecad
e A
ctio
n Pl
an
3. D
esig
n, p
rom
ote
and
impl
emen
t pro
gram
s on
skill
s de
velo
pmen
t and
em
ploy
-m
ent f
or y
outh
incl
udin
g th
e AU
-YVC
and
T-V
ET p
rogr
ams
4. P
rom
ote
Intr
a-A
fric
an
Stu
den
t Mob
ility
thro
ugh
Sc
hola
rshi
p Sc
hem
es
5. S
uppo
rt H
arm
oniz
atio
n
of H
ighe
r Edu
catio
n Pr
o-gr
amm
es a
nd Im
plem
ent
Afric
an Q
ualit
y A
ssur
ance
Fr
amew
ork
to fa
cilit
ate
Rec-
ogni
tion
of A
cade
mic
Qua
li-fi c
atio
ns a
cros
s the
Con
tinen
t
6. D
esig
n, P
rom
ote
and
Impl
emen
t Pro
gram
mes
on
Ski
lls D
evel
opm
ent a
nd
Empl
oym
ent f
or W
omen
7. S
uppo
rt th
e sc
alin
g up
of
the
Pan
Afric
an U
nive
rsit
y
8. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mun
icat
ion
and
advo
ca-
cy c
ampa
igns
and
them
atic
m
edia
pla
ns to
rais
e aw
are-
ness
and
ens
ure
stak
ehol
ders
’ in
form
atio
n an
d ci
tizen
s’
invo
lvem
ent a
nd o
wne
rshi
p
LEA
D A
UC
DEP
T: H
RST
Co-
Lead
AU
C D
EPT:
Gen
der
DSA
, Pe
ace
& S
ecu
rity
, DIC
, Tr
ade
& In
dust
ry
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
REC
s, E
U, G
IZ, A
fDB,
SID
A,
UN
SYS
TEM
AN
D S
PEC
IAL-
IZED
AG
ENC
IES,
USA
ID,
Ford
Fou
nda
tion
, AC
BF
1. P
rom
ote
the
use
of
accr
edit
atio
n in
Un
iver
sity
la
bora
tori
es t
o im
prov
e re
sear
ch re
sult
s (A
IDA
)
1. Im
plem
enta
tion
of
Afr
ican
sta
nda
rds
edu
ca-
tion
pro
gram
me
to e
nab
le
Afr
ican
cit
izen
s to
be
awar
e of
sta
nda
rds
and
its
impo
rtan
ce (A
IDA
)
2. P
AQ
I in
stit
uti
ons
Adv
o-ca
te fo
r cu
rric
ulu
m re
view
to
inco
rpor
ate
issu
es o
f st
anda
rds,
met
rolo
gy a
nd
accr
edit
atio
n a
t al
l lev
els
in A
fric
a (A
IDA
)
3. P
AQ
I in
stit
uti
ons
to
Org
anis
e tr
ain
ings
, sem
-in
ars
and
wor
ksh
ops
on
stan
dard
s, m
etro
logy
an
d ac
cred
itat
ion
in o
rder
to
impr
ove
the
know
ledg
e of
you
th a
nd
wom
en o
n
stan
dard
s
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an
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tion
s to
pu
rsu
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y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 4.
3: P
olic
ies
and
Stra
tegi
c pr
ogra
ms
for
inve
stm
ents
in s
cien
ce, r
e-se
arch
an
d in
nov
atio
n a
re
desi
gned
an
d pr
omot
ed
to e
nh
ance
Afr
ica’
s G
loba
l C
ompe
titi
ven
ess
1. S
tren
gthe
n an
d Co
nsol
i-da
te T
rain
ing
and
Rese
arch
in
STE
M (S
cien
ce, T
echn
olo-
gy, E
ngin
eeri
ng a
nd M
ath-
emat
ics)
2. E
nhan
ce te
ache
r dev
elop
-m
ent i
n ST
EM
3. P
rom
ote
Act
ions
to A
d-va
nce
Scie
nce
Tech
nolo
gy
and
Inno
vati
on in
Afr
ica
4. S
uppo
rt th
e Im
plem
en-
tati
on o
f the
Con
solid
ated
Pl
an o
f Act
ion
for S
cien
ce
&Te
chno
logy
5. S
uppo
rt Im
plem
enta
tion
of
the
AUC
Fra
mew
orks
for
Biod
iver
sity
, Bio
-saf
ety
and
Bioe
thic
s
6. S
upp
ort
the
esta
blis
h-
men
t of
th
e Pa
n A
fric
an
Un
iver
sity
7. E
stab
lish
and
impl
emen
t A
fric
an S
pace
and
Tech
nol-
ogy
Polic
y, pr
ogra
mm
es a
nd
stra
tegi
c pa
n-A
fric
an in
sti-
tuti
ons
and
netw
orks
8. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mun
icat
ion
and
advo
ca-
cy c
ampa
igns
and
them
atic
m
edia
pla
ns to
rais
e aw
are-
ness
and
ens
ure
stak
ehol
d-er
s’ in
form
atio
n an
d ci
tizen
s’ in
volv
emen
t and
ow
ners
hip
LEA
D A
UC
DEP
T: H
RST
CO-L
EAD
AU
C D
EPT:
DSA
, Tr
ade
& In
dust
ry, D
REA
, C
omm
un
icat
ion
, Gen
der,
DTI
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S: E
U,
GIZ
, AfD
B, S
IDA
, UN
AG
EN-
CIE
S A
ND
SPE
CIA
LIZE
D
AG
ENC
IES,
AC
BF
1. D
evel
op t
race
abili
ty fo
r m
easu
rem
ents
in b
io-s
ci-
ence
(AID
A)
1. P
AQ
I in
stit
uti
ons
Adv
o-ca
te fo
r cu
rric
ulu
m re
view
to
inco
rpor
ate
issu
es o
f st
anda
rds,
met
rolo
gy
and
accr
edit
atio
n in
or-
der
to c
olla
bora
te w
ith
in
stit
uti
ons
of le
arn
ing
, Re
sear
ch In
stit
ute
s, re
-se
arch
labo
rato
ries
, NG
Os
and
oth
er s
take
hol
ders
in
orde
r Fo
ster
dev
elop
men
t th
rou
gh t
ech
nol
ogic
al
impr
ovem
ent
(AID
A)
• ad
apti
ng
the
exis
tin
g E-
lear
nin
g m
ater
ial i
n
stan
dard
s, m
etro
logy
an
d ac
cred
itat
ion
an
d th
eir
use
in h
igh
lear
nin
g in
stit
uti
ons
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gies
an
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tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 4.
4: F
ram
ewor
ks
for
Soci
al s
ecu
rity
an
d pr
otec
tion
of v
uln
erab
le
grou
ps (
child
ren
, per
son
s liv
ing
wit
h d
isab
iliti
es)
prom
oted
1. P
rom
ote
impl
emen
ta-
tion
of t
he
Act
ion
Pla
n o
n
the
Fam
ily in
Afr
ica.
2. P
rom
ote
impl
emen
ta-
tion
of t
he
Revi
sed
Cal
l for
A
ccel
erat
ed A
ctio
n o
n t
he
Plan
of A
ctio
n T
owar
ds
Afr
ica
fi t
for
Ch
ildre
n
3. P
rom
ote
impl
emen
ta-
tion
of t
he
Con
tin
enta
l Pl
an o
f Act
ion
on
th
e A
fric
an D
ecad
e of
Per
son
s w
ith
Dis
abili
ties
(201
0-20
19)
4. P
rom
ote
and
faci
litat
e th
e im
plem
enta
tion
of
the
Afr
ican
Ch
arte
r on
th
e Ri
ghts
an
d W
elfa
re o
f th
e C
hild
(AC
RWC
)
5. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
advo
-ca
cy c
ampa
ign
s an
d th
e-m
atic
med
ia p
lan
s to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
ensu
re
stak
ehol
ders
’ in
form
atio
n
and
citi
zen
s’ in
volv
emen
t an
d ow
ner
ship
LEA
D A
UC
DEP
T: D
SA
CO-L
EAD
AU
C D
EPT:
HRS
T,
Peac
e &
Sec
uri
ty, D
REA
, G
ende
r, D
IC
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S
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gies
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tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 5.
1: A
fi n
anci
ally
su
stai
nab
le a
nd
viab
le
Com
mis
sion
att
ain
ed
1. D
esig
n a
nd
Impl
emen
t Re
sou
rce
mob
iliza
tion
fr
amew
ork
/ st
rate
gy t
o en
sure
su
stai
nab
le a
nd
pred
icta
ble
sou
rces
of
inco
me
2. P
ut
in p
lace
new
mod
al-
itie
s of
col
labo
rati
on w
ith
tr
adit
ion
al d
onor
par
tner
s
3. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
advo
-ca
cy c
ampa
ign
s an
d th
e-m
atic
med
ia p
lan
s to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
ensu
re
stak
ehol
ders
’ in
form
atio
n
and
citi
zen
s’ in
volv
emen
t an
d ow
ner
ship
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
SP
PMER
M
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
ART
-M
ENTS
: All
Dep
artm
ents
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S
1. D
evel
op s
trat
egie
s to
m
ake
mea
sure
men
t an
d te
stin
g m
ore
econ
omic
ally
su
stai
nab
le
Key
prio
rity
5. Im
plem
ent
stra
tegi
es o
f res
ourc
e m
obili
zati
on, w
ith
spe
cial
em
phas
is o
n a
lter
nat
ive
sou
rce
of fu
ndi
ng
, an
d/or
add
itio
nal
fun
din
g to
en
able
Afr
ica
to fi
nan
ce it
s pr
ogra
mm
es a
nd
deve
lopm
ent
Ou
tcom
eO
utc
ome
5: S
trat
egie
s fo
r re
sou
rce
mob
iliza
tion
, in
clu
din
g al
tern
ativ
e an
d ad
diti
onal
sou
rces
of f
un
din
g, t
o en
able
Afr
ica
to fi
nan
ce it
s pr
ogra
mm
es a
nd
deve
lopm
ent
in p
lace
33PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
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tpu
tSt
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gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Out
put 5
.2: A
lter
nati
ve
sour
ces
of fu
ndin
g fo
r Afr
ica
to fi
nanc
e it
s de
velo
pmen
t pr
ogra
ms
iden
tifi e
d an
d im
plem
ente
d
1. F
acili
tate
fi n
aliz
atio
n o
f th
e w
ork
of t
he
Hig
h le
vel
Pane
l on
alte
rnat
ive
sour
ces
of fu
ndin
g
2. Im
plem
ent
the
reco
m-
men
dati
ons
of t
he
Hig
h
Leve
l Pan
el o
n A
lter
nat
ive
sou
rces
of f
un
din
g
3. S
trat
egie
s fo
r en
han
cin
g do
mes
tic
reso
urc
es fo
r de
velo
pmen
t de
sign
ed
and
prom
oted
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
D
EA/B
OC
P
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
ART
-M
ENTS
: All
Dep
artm
ents
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S:
REC
s, M
/S
1. S
ourc
e fu
ndi
ng
from
in-
tern
atio
nal
don
ors
for
the
deve
lopm
ent
of m
etro
logy
in
fras
tru
ctu
re in
Afr
ica
34 PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
Key
prio
rity
6. S
tren
gth
en a
peo
ple
cent
ered
Un
ion
th
rou
gh a
ctiv
e co
mm
un
icat
ion
of t
he
prog
ram
mes
of t
he
Afr
ican
Un
ion
, th
e br
andi
ng
of t
he
Un
ion
an
d pa
rtic
ipat
ion
of M
embe
r St
ates
an
d ot
her
sta
keh
olde
rs in
de
fi n
ing
and
impl
emen
tin
g th
e A
fric
an a
gen
da, w
hile
resp
ecti
ng
cult
ura
l an
d lin
guis
tic
dive
rsit
y.
Ou
tcom
eO
utc
ome
6: A
n A
UC
th
at c
omm
un
icat
es w
ith
an
d en
gage
s M
embe
r St
ates
/Sta
keh
olde
rs in
defi
nin
g an
d im
plem
enti
ng
the
Afr
ican
age
nda
Ou
tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 6.
1: R
ebra
ndi
ng
of t
he
AU
C, e
ffec
tive
com
-m
un
icat
ion
an
d in
crea
sed
visi
bilit
y ac
hie
ved
1. P
ut
in p
lace
an
d im
ple-
men
t a
Un
ion
-wid
e St
rate
-gy
for
Com
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
outr
each
in c
olla
bora
tion
w
ith
Mem
ber
Stat
es a
nd
oth
er s
take
hol
ders
to
im-
prov
e th
e im
age
of A
fric
a
2. D
esig
n a
nd
impl
emen
t th
emat
ic a
nd
spec
ifi c
med
ia p
lan
s to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
ensu
re
own
ersh
ip o
f th
e A
U v
isio
n
and
mis
sion
s
3. E
nh
ance
AU
C c
apab
ility
to
del
iver
eff
ecti
ve c
om-
mu
nic
atio
ns
and
outp
ut,
ab
le t
o pl
an, d
evel
op, c
o-or
din
ate,
an
d im
plem
ent
a co
ntin
enta
l com
mu
ni-
cati
ons
stra
tegy
in o
rder
to
info
rm a
nd
infl
uen
ce
audi
ence
s ac
ross
Afr
ica
4. B
uild
an
d en
han
ce A
UC
ca
pab
ility
to
bro
adca
st,
and
su
stai
n c
omp
reh
en-
sive
com
mu
nic
atio
ns
pla
ns
and
ass
ocia
ted
prog
ram
s in
lin
e w
ith
AU
ob
ject
ives
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
D
IC
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
ART
-M
ENTS
: All
Dep
ts
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S
1. P
AQ
I in
stit
uti
ons
Ass
ist
the
AU
Str
ateg
y fo
r C
om-
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
outr
each
by
incl
udi
ng
AU
pri
orit
ies
in P
AQ
I com
mu
nic
atio
n
wit
h n
atio
nal
, reg
ion
al a
nd
inte
rnat
ion
al s
take
hol
ders
w
hile
resp
ecti
ng
cult
ura
l an
d lin
guis
tic
dive
rsit
y
35PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
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tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
5. S
upp
ort
effe
ctiv
e co
m-
mu
nic
atio
n o
f AU
pol
icy,
ob
ject
ives
an
d m
issi
ons
acro
ss t
he
AU
mem
ber
stat
es, a
nd
acro
ss t
he
inte
rnat
ion
al c
omm
un
ity
6. P
rom
ote
and
fully
impl
e-m
ent
Gen
der I
nst
rum
ents
7. P
rom
ote
a Yo
uth
Fri
end-
ly A
fric
an U
nio
n
8. P
ut
in p
lace
Mea
sure
s to
pr
eser
ve a
nd
prom
ote
use
of
th
e C
omm
issi
on’s
pu
b-
licat
ion
s, in
form
atio
n a
nd
arch
ival
mat
eria
ls
9. P
rom
ote
thro
ugh
com
-m
unic
atio
n th
e cu
ltur
al d
i-ve
rsit
y an
d m
ulti
lingu
alis
m
36 PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
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tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 6.
2: S
take
hol
der
invo
lvem
ent
in t
he
Afr
ican
A
gen
da im
ple
men
tati
on,
wh
ich
refl
ect
s cu
ltu
ral
and
lingu
isti
c di
vers
ity,
eq
ual
par
tici
pat
ion
of
wom
en, y
outh
an
d vu
lner
-ab
le g
rou
ps
imp
rove
d
1. F
acili
tate
th
e Es
tabl
ish
-m
ent
and
Ope
rati
ons
of
Stak
ehol
der
Plat
form
s (e
.g.
AU
,=Tr
ade
Un
ion
For
um
; A
U-C
SO C
onsu
ltat
ion
s;
Inte
r-fa
ith
Dia
logu
e an
d D
iasp
ora
RCC
an
d In
tern
a-ti
onal
CSO
For
um
2. S
upp
ort
Impl
emen
ta-
tion
of L
egac
y Pr
ojec
ts(A
-fr
ican
Dia
spor
a Vo
lunt
eer
Prog
ram
me;
Afr
ica
Dia
spo-
ra S
kills
Dat
a Ba
se; A
fric
a D
iasp
ora
Inve
stm
ent
Fun
ds a
nd
Mar
ketp
lace
for
Afr
ican
Dev
elop
men
t
3. U
nde
rtak
e M
appi
ng
and
Esta
blis
hm
ent
of D
ata
Base
on
Dia
spor
a or
gan
i-za
tion
s
4. P
rovi
de s
upp
ort
to t
he
oper
atio
ns
of E
CO
SOC
5. P
rom
ote
and
stre
ngt
hen
m
ult
ilin
gual
ism
wit
hin
th
e A
fric
an U
nio
n
6. S
et u
p an
d im
plem
ent
com
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
advo
-ca
cy c
ampa
ign
s an
d th
e-m
atic
med
ia p
lan
s to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
ensu
re
stak
ehol
ders
’ in
form
atio
n
and
citi
zen
s’ in
volv
emen
t an
d ow
ner
ship
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
C
IDO
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
ART
-M
ENTS
: DSA
, HRS
T
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S
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tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
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tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 7.
1: In
stit
uti
onal
ca
pac
itie
s of
th
e A
UC
st
ren
gth
ened
1. P
ut
in p
lace
mea
sure
s to
im
prov
e, o
n a
con
tin
uou
s ba
sis,
the
perf
orm
ance
an
d op
erat
ion
al e
ffi c
ien
cy o
f th
e Co
mm
issi
on in
term
s of
fi n
ance
, hu
man
reso
urc
-es
an
d ad
min
istr
atio
n,
lega
l, st
rate
gic
plan
nin
g,
inte
rnal
au
dit,
con
fere
nce
se
rvic
es, m
edic
al, p
roto
col
and
all s
ervi
ces
in th
e Co
m-
mis
sion
, th
rou
gh b
ench
m
arki
ng
and
adop
tion
of
Inte
rnat
ion
al B
est
Prac
tice
s
2. A
dopt
mea
sure
s to
st
ren
gth
en in
stit
uti
onal
le
ader
ship
, gen
eral
cor
po-
rate
gov
ern
ance
an
d st
ake-
hol
ders
man
agem
ent
3. P
opu
lari
ze t
he
Un
ion
th
rou
gh c
ivic
edu
cati
on,
incl
udi
ng
inte
grat
ing
AU
h
isto
ry a
nd
its
sym
bol
s,
fl ag
s, a
nth
em, l
ogo,
etc
. in
to n
atio
nal
cu
rric
ula
4. P
rom
ote
Mea
sure
s to
en
-ab
le o
rgan
izat
ion
al c
han
ge,
inn
ovat
ion
an
d kn
owle
dge
man
agem
ent
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
B
DC
P
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
ART
-M
ENTS
: All
Dep
artm
ents
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S
1. P
AQ
I in
stit
uti
ons
Ass
ist
the
AU
Str
ateg
y fo
r C
om-
mu
nic
atio
n a
nd
outr
each
by
incl
udi
ng
AU
pri
orit
ies
in P
AQ
I com
mu
nic
atio
n
wit
h n
atio
nal
, reg
ion
al a
nd
inte
rnat
ion
al s
take
hol
ders
w
hile
res
pec
tin
g cu
ltu
ral
and
lingu
isti
c di
vers
ity
Key
prio
rity
7. S
tren
gth
en t
he
inst
itu
tion
al c
apac
ity
of t
he
AU
C, t
he
REC
s an
d ot
her
Org
ans,
an
d it
s re
lati
ons
wit
h s
trat
egic
an
d ot
her
par
tner
s
Ou
tcom
eO
utc
ome
7: In
stit
uti
onal
cap
acit
ies
of t
he
AU
C im
prov
ed, a
nd
rela
tion
s w
ith
REC
s, A
U O
rgan
s an
d w
ith
str
ateg
ic a
nd
oth
er p
artn
ers
stre
ngt
hen
ed
38 PAQI Strategic Plan 2014
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tpu
tSt
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an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
5. P
rom
ote
mea
sure
s to
im
ple
men
t an
d m
onit
or
the
Gen
der
polic
y of
th
e A
U w
ith
in t
he
Com
mis
sion
w
ith
a v
iew
to
stre
ngt
hen
-in
g th
e St
atu
s of
Wom
en
6. D
evel
op a
nd
impl
emen
t m
easu
res
to p
rom
ote
intr
a an
d in
terd
epar
tmen
tal
syn
ergi
es
7. T
ake
mea
sure
s to
st
ren
gth
en H
um
an C
apit
al
Dev
elop
men
t an
d M
an-
agem
ent
8. E
nh
ance
inte
rnal
com
-m
un
icat
ion
9. C
onti
nu
e w
ith
Cap
acit
y bu
ildin
g of
AU
C D
epar
t-m
ents
& D
irec
tora
tes
to
mai
nst
ream
gen
der
10. P
rovi
de h
igh
sta
nda
rd
prot
ocol
ser
vice
s to
regu
-la
te A
U’s
inte
ract
ion
wit
h
Mem
bers
Sta
tes
and
Stak
e-h
olde
rs
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tpu
tSt
rate
gies
an
d ac
tion
s to
pu
rsu
eKe
y fa
ctor
sA
FRIM
ETS
(Met
rolo
gy)
AFR
AC
(Acc
redi
tati
on)
ARS
O(S
tan
dard
s)A
FSEC
(Ele
ctro
tech
nica
l sta
ndar
ds)
Ou
tpu
t 7.
2: R
elat
ion
ship
s w
ith
AU
Org
ans,
REC
s an
d St
rate
gic
part
ner
s st
ren
gth
ened
1. P
ut
in p
lace
mea
sure
s to
im
prov
e co
llabo
rati
on w
ith
A
U O
rgan
s
2. P
ut
in p
lace
mea
sure
s to
st
ren
gth
en c
olla
bora
tion
an
d pa
rtn
ersh
ip w
ith
REC
s an
d Pa
n A
fric
an In
stit
u-
tion
s
3. D
evel
op a
nd
rigo
rou
sly
mon
itor
str
ateg
ic P
art-
ner
ship
s to
en
sure
att
ain
-m
ent
of t
he
AU
Vis
ion
an
d th
e Th
ird
Stra
tegi
c Pl
an o
f th
e C
omm
issi
on
4. E
mpo
wer
an
d st
ren
gth
-en
REC
s to
impl
emen
t A
U
lead
pro
gram
mes
.
Set
up
and
impl
emen
t co
mm
un
icat
ion
an
d ad
vo-
cacy
cam
paig
ns
and
the-
mat
ic m
edia
pla
ns
to ra
ise
awar
enes
s an
d en
sure
st
akeh
olde
rs in
form
atio
n
and
citi
zen
s in
volv
emen
t an
d ow
ner
ship
AU
LEA
D D
EPA
RTM
ENT:
BC
P
AU
CO
OPE
RATI
NG
DEP
ART
-M
ENTS
: All
Dep
ts (P
&S,
BC
P, D
EA, I
&T,
DIC
)
EXTE
RN
AL
PART
NER
S
1. P
AQ
I in
stit
uti
ons
to c
on-
tin
ue
to ro
ll ou
t m
easu
res
to im
prov
e co
llabo
rati
on
betw
een
th
eir
mem
bers
(n
atio
nal
, su
b-r
egio
nal
) an
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