• Référence: P-CV-G00-001
• Date d’approbation: 28/07/2010
• Date de début: 19/01/2011
• Date d'évaluation: 08/03/2010
• Statut: En coursOnGo
• Agence d'implémentation:
• Emplacement:

Project Description

Description of activities:

1.Phase1: The Feasibility Study: The concept envisions the establishment of an internationally competitive technology park with competitive technological infrastructures. In order to be viable, the platform should be provided with an appropriate physical environment, architecture for electronic governance, effective management, distinctive human capital and state of art technological resources and facilities. Likewise, it is essential to be prepared to meet the needs of good Governance and address the business and academic interests. The small size of domestic market reinforces the need for international expansion strategies thus requiring the park to be further competitive. The focus of the technology park should be on specific niche markets such as electronic governance, banking, tourism and all other viable technological and or scientific fields. The park should avail facilities and tools to increase business competitiveness by reducing businesses operational costs through incubators; Sharing of office space, administrative services, infrastructure and networking, data center, etc. and management skills coaching.

2. The following four components have been identified as key for the park concept developed so far:

i)Training, Certification, Qualification and Innovation Center: This center will address the need for training, qualification and certification training in a variety of fields aiming at capacitating the human resources with the required skills. It will also engage in R &D, developing innovative projects that would in turn be marketed in the international market. Partnerships with global players should be established aiming at developing applications for specific sectors.

ii)Incubation Center

iii)Data Center: The main purpose of the data center is to build a secure, highly available, scalable and redundant infrastructure for the delivery of government services. Further, the concept includes providing hosting and housing services to other organizations. This would not only help reduce operational costs of those organizations but also provide an income to sustain the operational costs of the data center. This data center should meet the initial needs of the technology park.

iv)Park Management Model- Basic Concept: The vision includes the establishment of a three part partnership. First academia as providers of technological research and skilled workers in the area of ICT, the Universities, particularly the University of Cape Verde, will have a key role in the success of the project. Second, the Government with a key role in providing infrastructural resources and third the Private sector to legitimate and welcomed interests of the private sector to participate.

3. Phase2: Implementation Phase: Technical assistance and follow up of the implementationThis second phase (The implementation phase) will start only after the validation by NOSI of the recommendations of the first phase (feasibility study), and the approval of the beneficiary (the government of Cape Verde) to implement the Technology Park. In this second phase, the consulting firm will provide its technical assistance in the follow up and implementation of the establishment and operationalization of the Technology Park. This second phase of the mission will consist in providing a continuous support to NOSI during the implementation phase.

Rationale of Bank Group Assistance.

1.Given the vision and options of the country as outlined in the ETS and PRGSP-II, as well as the challenges and opportunities, the Bank's strategy document (CSP for the 2009-2012 period) highlights good governance to enable the country to consolidate its gains, and infrastructure since it will drive tourism, the engine of growth, and enhance the competitiveness of the economy. The following two strategic pillars derive from the foregoing: Pillar 1: Support good economic and financial governance gains; and Pillar 2: Contribute to infrastructure development.

2. The Economic Transformation Strategy (ETS) which is a long term vision adopted in 2003 to transform Cape Verde from a least developed country (LDC) into an emerging country is geared towards widening the country's productive base by developing niches such as high quality tourism, fishery products, international transport and information technologies.

3. The pillar1 of the CSP 2009-2012, in its objective 1.1 " Support the Modernization of Government", highlights that the Bank's support to Government modernization and effectiveness will be based on Government's strategy for overhauling the civil service, under the supervision of the Government Reform Coordination Unit (UCRE). In addition, to support NOSI and GAPE for the digitalization of the administration, the Bank will finance the first phase of the National Multidisciplinary IT Platform Project as a point of support for a strategic program of the information society. The platform will be used for:

(i) the enhanced digitalization of public administration; and

(ii) a future technological hub for service companies.

4. Two main axes may be derived from the foregoing. In axis1 the Bank will support reforms geared towards strengthening public finance management, notably through a set of budget support programs. And, in axis 2, it will also prop up Government's modernization efforts, through the Data Centre Project, that will provide the country with a unified and structuring platform for enhanced digitalization. The Cape Verde Information Society Strategic Program is also in line with the major internationally defined guidelines, both at worldwide and African levels. The major international reference policies for the development of the Information Society considered in the elaboration of the ISSP were provided by the African Information Society Initiative (AISI) and by the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

Expected Outputs and Linkages to Target Project:

1. The major output of this study will be the production of a Feasibility Study report that will be used by NOSI as a guideline and a main input for the implementation phase of the project. The document will also serve as a valuable input during the project preparation and appraisal phases, and will provide NOSI with an action plan for the implementation and operationalization of the Technology Park.

2. Phase1: The expected outputs for phase1 are: Output1: Report on the state of art of Technology Parks in the world, institutional framework analysis, legal form of the Praia Technology Park (PTP), identification of potential strategic partners for the development of the PTP, roles of various stakeholders, services to be provided by the PTP, market analysis, risks, sustainability and Output2: Master Plan and business plan: The consultant should prepare an action plan and a business plan for a period of 5 years. The consultant should prepare as well a governance structure and terms and reference and request for proposal for selecting a strategic partnership. The consultant will organize a workshop to present the findings, the main recommendations and conclusions, marketing support tools, before finalizing the reports. The reports can be written in French or English, and six copies should be provided.

3. Phase2 should start after formal approval of the beneficiary (the government of Cape Verde) to implement the Technology Park. The consultant will provide the following reports:

(i) An action Plan to be approved by the Government of Cape Verde;

(ii) A report on the Strategic Partnership for the PTP;

(iii) A report on the Governance Structure of the PTP;

(iv) RFP and follow up the acquisition process;

(v) Installation and testing and

(vi) Operationalization of the PTP. The Consultant will provide quarterly progress, as well as the completion report at the end of project completion reports.

YAHIAOUI Ali - OITC2

Source	Montant
MICF	UAC 297.188
Total	UAC 297.188