Actualités
16/12/2011 - On 14 December, the African Development Bank hosted a panel discussion on the potential of Islamic finance in North Africa. Focus was on the Bank’s capacity to promote the development of the region following the financial strain North Africa has undergone as a result of this year's political instability.
Catégories: Tunisie, Gouvernance économique et financière
16/12/2011 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) lance une plateforme OpenData (données ouvertes) pour l'Afrique. Elle vise à accroître sensiblement l'accès aux données de qualité nécessaires à la gestion et au suivi des résultats de développement dans les pays africains, y compris les objectifs du millénaire pour le développement. La plate-forme servira également comme un centre de savoir pour la collecte, l'accès et le partage des données et des contenus de données.
16/12/2011 - Le gouvernement tunisien et la Banque africaine de développement ont officiellement lancé, le 14 décembre, le programme national d’alimentation en eau potable en milieu rural en Tunisie. L’accord de financement, de 183 millions de dinars tunisiens (95 millions d’euros) a été signé à Tunis, le 19 octobre 2011. Ce programme vise à soutenir la stratégie d’accès à l’eau potable dans les zones rurales, une des priorités de la Tunisie. Des représentants de la Direction générale du génie rural et de l’exploitation des eaux, ainsi que des Commissariats régionaux de développement agricole, étaient présents à la cérémonie.
Catégories: Tunisie, Eau et assainissement, Initiative pour l’alimentation en eau et l'assainissement en milieu rural
15/12/2011 - A Nordic Development Fund (NDF) delegation will visit the African Development Bank (AfDB) in mid-January 2012 to present its new strategy and operational guidelines for accessing funding for climate mitigation and adaptation activities. The NDF can provide grants of up to USD 4 million for project components covering both soft activities (technical assistance and capacity building) and hard investments where appropriate.
Catégories: Norvège, Corée, Fonds d'investissements climatiques, Changement climatique
15/12/2011 - After extended negotiations, the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban concluded with the adoption of the "Durban Platform," a set of decisions that lay the groundwork for adopting a legal agreement on climate change as soon as possible, and no later than 2015. Governments, including those from 35 industrialized countries, also agreed on a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol from 1 January 2013. Parties to this second period will submit their quantified emission limitation or reduction objectives for review by 1 May 2012.
Catégories: Fonds d'investissements climatiques, Changement climatique, Programme d’appui au financement carbone en Afrique
15/12/2011 - In 2012, the African Water Facility (AWF) expects to commit about €25 million to 22 new projects that will contribute to climate adaptation and mitigation.
Catégories: Fonds d'investissements climatiques, Changement climatique, Facilité africaine de l’eau
15/12/2011 - January 2012 will see the operational inception of the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), with a call for proposals for up to a total of USD 8 million to be granted as seed funding for innovative small/medium-scale clean energy and energy efficiency projects in Africa. With financing from the Danish government, SEFA is a vehicle to enhance the commercial viability, as well as bankability, of smaller, private sector-driven projects.
Catégories: Fonds d'investissements climatiques, Changement climatique, Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa
15/12/2011 - Under the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the African Development Bank (AfDB) will continue to develop a pipeline in the areas of climate adaptation and mitigation, land degradation and international waters in 2012. One to watch is a USD 7.2 million GEF grant project that the Bank is helping the Mano River Union (Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire) prepare to support conservation of the Upper Guinea Forest. The project will enable the implementation of a shared vision and the use of innovative tools to manage trans-boundary ecosystems and watersheds.
Catégories: Changement climatique, Fonds pour l’Environnement mondial (FEM)
15/12/2011 - In 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) expects to approve approximately USD 600 million in co-financing and begin implementation of numerous projects and programs backed by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). Anticipated CIF approvals in 2012 are expected to reach about USD 175 million.
Catégories: Changement climatique, Fonds d'investissements climatiques
14/12/2011 - On 12 December 2011, the president of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, closed the first commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption organized by the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department (IACD) calling for the cooperation of all Bank staff in fighting fraud and corruption in Bank-financed projects and for stronger integration of the Bank’s anti-corruption efforts in its operations. He assured IACD of the Bank’s full support in its efforts in combating illicit practices.
Catégories: Le président, Lutte contre la corruption et enquêtes sur la fraude
