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AfDB External Relations and Communication
Unit interviews ACBF Executive Secretary
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ACBF INJECTS A FURTHER US$16 MILLION
INTO CAPACITY BUILDING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
On April 24-25, 2008, the African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF) held the 39th Regular Meeting of
its Executive Board in Cape Town, South Africa. The
Board considered and approved nine projects amounting
to US$16.352 million.
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ACBF HOLDS FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF TAP-NETs,
APRIL 1-3 2008, GABORONE, BOTSWANA
On April 1-3, 2008 ACBF held
the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Technical Advisory
Panels and Networks (TAP-NETs) in Gaborone, Botswana,
in partnership with the Government of Botswana. This
meeting was co-hosted by the Botswana Institute for
Development and Policy Analysis (BIDPA), Botswana.
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ACBF grants US$ 800,000 to the Institute
of Peace, Leadership and Governance
On 30 November 2007, the African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF) signed a grant agreement of USD
800,000 with the Institute of Peace, Leadership and
Governance (IPLG) at the Africa University, in Mutare,
Zimbabwe.
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ACBF SIGNS GRANT AGREEMENT OF US$3.250
MILLION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GABON
On November 16, 2007, in Libreville, Gabon, the
African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and the
Government of the Republic of Gabon signed a grant
agreement of US$3.250 million for the implementation
of a three-year capacity building project to enhance
capacity for financial accountability and transparency
in Gabon – Programme de renforcement des capacités
des institutions de contrôle d’état
et d’inspection du Gabon (PRICIEGA).
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ACBF HOSTS THE LAUNCHING OF UNCTAD’S
WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT (WIR) 2007
On October 16, 2007, the African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF) organized, jointly with the United
Nations Information Center (UNIC) based in Zimbabwe,
the launching of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report
(WIR) 2007 at its premises.
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Ambassador Kristina
Svensson Shares Her Memoirs on ACBF Senior Policymakers’ Knowledge
Sharing Program
Ms Emmie Wade, ACBF Knowledge Management Officer
held working sessions with Ambassador Kristina Svensson
from October 8th to October 12th 2007, in order to
launch a process under the ACBF Senior Policymakers
and Development Managers’ Knowledge Sharing
Program to capture the Ambassador’s wealth
of experience guided by her views on bilateral donors
development assistance to Africa.
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ACBF GRANTS TWO CIVIL SOCIETY
ORGANIZATIONS US$2.402 MILLION
On October 4, 2007, the African Capacity Building Foundation
(ACBF) and the Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental
Organizations (LCN) and Non-Governmental Organizations
Coordinating Council (NGOCC- Phase II) of Zambia concluded
grant agreements totaling US$2.402 million.
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ACBF Provides a Grant of US$ 5 million
to the African Union Commission
On September 10, 2007, the African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF) and the African Union Commission
(AUC) concluded a grant agreement of US$ 5 million
at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. The grant, to be disbursed over a four-year
period, will finance a program to build the human
and institutional capacity of the AU Commission (AU-CAP).
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Greece becomes the 45th Member of ACBF
On September 4, 2007, the African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF) and the Government of the Hellenic
Republic signed a Membership Agreement, which grants
Greece the status of a full member of the Foundation.
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ACBF grants US$ 11.7 million in support
of five capacity building initiatives in Africa
On August 28, 2007, the African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF) signed five grant agreements to
the tune of US$ 11.7 million in Harare, Zimbabwe.
In line with the Foundation’s core competency
areas
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ACBF SIGNS US$1.5 MILLION GRANT AGREEMENT
WITH THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES
(ECOWAS).
ACBF signed a 1.5 million Grant Agreement in Abuja,
Nigeria on August 8, 2007 with the Economic Community
of West African States (ECOWAS). ECOWAS is a regional
economic community with a membership of 15 countries.
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ACBF AND THE PAN AFRICAN PARLIAMENT
SIGN US$2 MILLION GRANT AGREEMENT
ACBF signed a US$2 million dollar grant agreement
with the Pan African Parliament (PAP) on August 6,
2007 in Midrand, Johannesburg. Since its inception
PAP has achieved some significant milestones and
demonstrated its value addition and relevance to
the integration process in Africa.
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ACBF Holds Second Pan African Capacity
Building Forum in Maputo, Mozambique, 1-3 August
2007
Towards Development Results for Africa
The Second Pan African
Capacity Building Forum (Maputo Forum) was held on
1-3 August 2007 in Maputo, Mozambique. Organized
by the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF),
Africa's premier capacity building institution, the
Forum was hosted by the Government of Mozambique,
the main co-sponsor. Other co-sponsors consisted
of the African Union Commission, the African Development
Bank, the African Economic Research Consortium, Canadian
International Development Agency, Chr. Michelsen
Institute, Commonwealth Secretariat, Economic Commission
for Africa, European Centre for Development Policy
Management, Institute of Development Studies, International
Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty, Nordic Africa
Institute, the New Partnership for Africa's Development,
UNAIDS, and the United Nations Development Programme.
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Second Pan African Capacity Building
Forum Witnesses Signing of Grant Agreement and Memorandum
of Understanding
As part of the program for the Opening Session of
the Forum, ACBF and Eduardo Mondlane University,
Mozambique signed a Grant Agreement in respect of
ACBF's funding support of US$2million for the
launch of an Economic Policy Management training
program at the University.
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ACBF signs Grant Agreements with the
West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU) in Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso.
On July 27th, 2007, the African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF) signed a grant agreement to the
tune of US$2.0 million in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
The grant is earmarked to implement a Regional Public
Procurement Reform project for WAEMU member states
in order to set up good public finance management
principles.
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ACBF AWARDS USD 14.1 MILLION FOR SIX
CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVES IN AFRICA
On March 29, 2007, the African
Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) held a historic
grant signing ceremony awarding six grants totaling
USD 14.1 million.
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ACBF provides US$ 1.7 million in support
of the West African Women Association (AFAO/WAWA)
On 6 April 2007, the African Capacity Building Foundation
(ACBF) and the West African women civil society organization
- Association des femmes de l’Afrique de l’Ouest/West
African Women Association (AFAO/WAWA) - concluded
a grant agreement of US$ 1.7 million in Dakar, Senegal.
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ACBF GRANTS US$12.0 MILLION FOR REGIONAL
AND NATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING PROJECTS
On March 23, 2006, the African Capacity
Building Foundation signed three grants totaling
US$12.0 million in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in
support of
one national and two regional projects. The grant
agreements were concluded in the three of the Foundation’s
core competence areas...
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National Stakeholders’ Workshop
for the National Multi-Sectoral Baseline Survey of
Corruption held in Harare, Zimbabwe
On February 21, 2007, the Ministry of State Responsible
for State Enterprises, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Monopolies,
in collaboration with the African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF) organized a National Stakeholders’ Workshop
for the National Multi-Sectoral Baseline Survey of
Corruption in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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