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Funding Single Initiatives

African Development Bank Group

AfDB

Tapio Naula at International Single Window Conference Antananarivo 17 September 2013

African Regional Member Countries (RMCs)

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape-Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, D.R. Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. African Development Bank Group

AfDB

Since 1982: Non-African Non-regional Member Countries (NRMCs)

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States of America, United Arab Emirates.

AfDB Member Countries

Our Presence

AfDB Strategy 2013 - 2022

Possible Forms of Assistance on Establishing a SW

Stand-alone TTF project TTF/SW Component as part of another project, such as in road infrastructure construction Targetted TA from a trust fund

• r facility managed by AfDB

covering part of all the SW Sub-Regional Multi-national National

Activity I n p u t O u t p u t O u t c

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e I m p a c t I n d i c a t

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s Requirements Identification and Management Collaborative Platform Establishment Single Window Vision Articulation Business Process Analysis and Simplification Data Harmonization and Documents Simplification Service Functions Design Technical Architecture Establishment Legal Infrastructure Institution Business and Governance Models Enforcement IT Infrastructure and Solutions Execution.

Single Window Logical Framework?

Africa Trade Fund African Carbon Support Program African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI) African Financing Partnership African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises African Legal Support Facility African Peer Review Mechanism Aid for Trade Trust Fund African Water Facility African Women in Business Initiative Agriculture Fast Track (AFT) Fund Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Congo Basin Forest Fund Debt Relief Initiatives Deauville Partnership Emergency Liquidity Facility (ELF) EPSA Initiative Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Fragile States Facility Fund for African Private Sector Assistance Global Environment Facility (GEF) Green Growth Initiative Health in Africa Fund Investment Climate Facility Korea Africa Economic Co-operation Fund Microfinance Multidonor Trust Fund Middle Income Countries Migration and Development Initiative Multi-Donor Governance Trust Fund Multidonor Water Partnership Program NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPFF) Power Africa Initiative Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative Seed Capital Assistance Facility (SCAF) Strategic Partnership with Africa South-South Cooperation Trust Fund Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Trade Finance Program Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund

42 Trust Funds, Facilities, Initiatives…

Stand-alone T

Africa Trade Fund (AfTra)

• a trade-related, technical assistance facility with the objective

to accelerate the integration of RMCs and RECs in regional and global trading systems, to develop trade-related skills, regulatory regimes and infrastructure so as to enhance trade performance and competitiveness.

• Types of activities financed:
• Dialogue and consensus building: …national or regional

meetings, conferences and workshops;

• Knowledge, information building and dissemination;
• Capacity development (through technical assistance)
• Institutional capacity development (e.g including equipment

to modernize customs or port clearing facilities…)

Four Pillars of the Africa Trade Fund (AfTra)

1) Improving trade facilitation in regional member countries and regional economic commission (40%): remove bottlenecks at borders, reducing wait-times, improving safety and security

• f trade and traders, streamlining border processes,

modernizing customs etc; 2) Product and Marketing Development (30%); 3) Strengthening Country and Regional Trade-Related Institutions and Systems (15%) This pillar mainly relates to the provision of technical assistance to trade-related institutions; 4) Increasing the Bank’s internal knowledge capacity (10%)

Africa Trade Fund (AfTra)

• September 2013: Call for proposals
• Application form;
• Detailed activity description, Terms of Reference, Budget;
• Suitable for SW preparatory activities particularly
• Assistance is available

Contact: Tapio Naula t.naula@afdb.org

Thank you for your attention!

Tapio NAULA, Principal Transport Economist Transport & ICT Department African Development Bank OITC1 (Ext 1651 / ATR Bld, Office 412) B.P.323 – 1002 Tunis Belvedere Tunisia T: (+216) 71 10 16 51, M : (+216) 28 66 16 82 F: +216 7133 5382 Skype : tapionau Email: t.naula@afdb.org Website: www.afdb.org

…and good luck with the implementation!