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Interview with Frannie Léautier, Executive Secretary, African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
11-Dec-2012 - The African Development Bank celebrated 25 years of monitoring and evaluation work in early December. Frannie Léautier, current Executive Secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), brought her expertise to the Bank as the institution ratified its monitoring and evaluation reforms.Common Position on Africa’s Post-2015 Development Agenda Set to Take Shape in Senegal
11-Dec-2012 - Representatives from governments, parliaments, CSOs, private sector; youth, and NGOs from the Central, West and North Africa are gathering on December 10-11, 2012 in Dakar, Senegal, to discuss top priorities to be included in the global development agenda beyond 2015, which will be debated at the UN General Assembly in September 2013.African Water Facility Grant Helps Kenyan Pastoralists Build Resilience to Climate Change in Drought Prone Areas
10-Dec-2012 - An estimated 150,000 people from pastoral communities, including students and teachers from six schools based in Kenya’s Baringo, Kiambu West and Laikipia districts, are to benefit from a €690,000 grant from the African Water Facility (AWF) signed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday, December 7, after being approved on July 6, 2012.Dialogue sur le Document de Stratégie Pays 2012-2017 de la BAD en Centrafrique
10-Dec-2012 - Le bureau national de la BAD en Centrafrique a organisé, le 05 décembre 2012, en partenariat avec le département de la région centrale (ORCE)de la Banque et le Gouvernement, une session de dialogue autour du Document de Stratégie Pays 2013-2107 (DSP-2013-2017), élaboré courant Juillet 2012. Les participants ont apprécié la qualité du document et ont confirmé les deux piliers, à savoir le renforcement des capacités de gouvernance, et le désenclavement par le développement des infrastructures.
ICA Members Meet to Discuss the Future of Infrastructure Development on the Continent
10-Dec-2012 - Members of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA), representing the G8, the African Development Bank, World Bank, European Investment Bank, Development Bank of South Africa, and the European Union, met in Maputo, Mozambique, on November 29, 2012 to discuss the progress made by the Consortium and decide on future directions on moving forward the regional infrastructure development on the continent.3rd Call for Proposal of the AfDB Migration and Development Fund
10-Dec-2012 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is pleased to announce the 3rd call for proposals of the Migration and Development Fund (MDF). Award amounts will range from 350,000 EUR to 500,000 EUR per project. We invite not-for-profit organizations, such as migrant associations and NGOs working on migration and development related activities, as well as for profit entities such as financial institutions, money transfer operators, business development companies, etc. from West Africa to apply.La BAD organise un atelier de restitution de l’étude sur la mobilisation des ressources publiques intérieures et système fiscal en Centrafrique
10-Dec-2012 - Le bureau de la Banque africaine de développement en Centrafrique a organisé, le 4 décembre 2012, un atelier de restitution de l’Etude sur la Mobilisation des Ressources Publiques intérieures et système fiscal en présence de toutes les structures gouvernementales (administration publique et régies financières) et de partenaires Techniques et Financiers.Doha Discussion Centres on Managing Shared Watersheds in Africa in a Changing Climate
07-Dec-2012 - A group of high-level experts led by the African Development Bank (AfDB) gathered for a panel discussion during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP18) on December 5 in Doha to take stock of the existing challenges being faced by transboundary natural resources management within the context of climate change. The AfDB has played a critical role so far in transboundary management of natural resources but the challenge now is to fully take into account climate change as a factor within this management.Multilateral Development Banks Join Forces to Track Climate Financing
07-Dec-2012 - The African Development Bank led a team of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to develop a new joint approach to track climate financing including Adaptation and Mitigation Financing. The reports were launched during a side event panel at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP18) in Doha on December 5.Board Approves ICT Strategy, MENA Transition Fund and Projects in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and East Africa
06-Dec-2012 - The Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday approved the institution’s Information Technology Strategy 2013-2015 and the Bank Group’s Participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Transition Fund. At their regular weekly meeting in Tunis, the Board also approved over US $107 million (UA 69.95 million) in loans and grants to finance projects in Zimbabwe, Nacala Corridor in Mozambique, and the integration of payments systems in East Africa. Information Technology Strategy 2013 – 2015AfDB Approves US $24.7 Million Project to Support Capacity Building in Economic and Public Finance Management in Zimbabwe
06-Dec-2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, on December 5, 2012, approved a US $ 24.7 million (UA 16.12 million) grant to finance the Zimbabwe Capacity Building for Public Finance and Economic Management Project.
New AfDB Report Offers Concrete Proposals for African Countries to Benefit from the GCF
06-Dec-2012 - A new report by the African Development Bank, in collaboration with Vivid Economics, makes concrete proposals that will facilitate access by African countries to the Green Climate Fund.Africa Should Build Capacity to Use Green Climate Funds, Says AfDB Vice-President
06-Dec-2012 - On the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP18), underway from November 26 to December 7, 2012 in Doha, Qatar, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said that African countries should build or reinforce their capacities to use efficiently green climate funds when they become available.Forum on Youth Unemployment Sets the Stage for 2012 Launch of the African Economic Outlook in Cairo
06-Dec-2012 - “‛Bread, freedom and social justice’ is what Egyptian revolutionaries called for in the January 25 revolution; the one issue that touches on all of this is unemployment,” Egypt’s Prime Minister Hisham Kandil said in a speech during the official opening of the “Youth Employment: Building the Future of Egypt” forum co-organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Social Fund for Development (SFD) in Cairo on December 5.AfDB Approves US $103 Million Project to Support Higher Education, Science and Technology in Uganda
05-Dec-2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, on November 21, approved the Uganda Support to Higher Education, Science and Technology Project, a key Human Development operation that will contribute to the economic and social transformation of Uganda and the East African sub-region. In line with Uganda’s National Development Plan for 2011-2015, the project aims to turn the country into a regionally competitive industrial economy by 2025 by developing skills and investing in science and technology.Interview with Mr. Joachim Schwarzer, Director for Germany, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
05-Dec-2012 - Mr. Joachim Schwarzer, Director for Germany, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and head of the EBRD mission to the African Development Bank, discusses the potential for current and future collaboration between the African Development Bank and the EBRD during an official visit to the Bank on Friday, November 30, 2012 in Tunis.Atelier régional sur le gouvernement électronique pour les pays de la SADC à Maseru
05-Dec-2012 - L’institut africain de développement (EADI) a lancé, en étroite collaboration avec OITC, l’atelier régional sur le gouvernement électronique pour les pays de la SADC à Maseru, Lesotho, du 21 au 23 novembre 2012. Cet atelier est la suite du premier organisé pour les pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, à Bamako, Mali, les 6 et 8 décembre 2011.The AfDB’s Operations and Evaluation Department Celebrates 25 Years
05-Dec-2012 - The Operations Evaluation Department of the African Development Bank, OPEV, celebrated its 25 years of existence within the Bank with a week dedicated to evaluation, under the theme “Evaluation for Development”. This year, the event brought together development experts as well as evaluation specialists from the World Bank, the International Finance Society, the Asian Development Bank, the International Agriculture Development Fund, and representatives from regional member countries.
The African Water Facility, the Government of Sudan and the AfDB Jointly Launch the First Peace-Building Water Project in Darfur
05-Dec-2012 - Over 750,000 people from three Darfur states will have improved access to water supply and sanitation through a €3.3 million African Water Facility (AWF) grant. The project was recently launched during two separate ceremonies held on November 25 in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, and on November 29 in El Fasher, North Darfur State capital.