sixth conference of african ministers in charge of integration (comai v) port louis, mauritius april...

OutlineOutline____________________________

Part 1 – IntroductionPart 1 – Introduction

Part 2 – Status of ImplementationPart 2 – Status of Implementation Member StatesMember States Regional Economic Communities Regional Economic Communities African Union CommissionAfrican Union Commission Pan-African InstitutionsPan-African Institutions

Part 3 – ChallengesPart 3 – Challenges

Part 4 - RecommendationsPart 4 - Recommendations____________________________________________Follow-Up Report on the Implementation of Recommendations

from COMAI V

Part 1 – IntroductionPart 1 – Introduction____________________________________________________

COMAI V – Nairobi, Kenya, 5-9 September 2011COMAI V – Nairobi, Kenya, 5-9 September 2011 Presentation of the 3rd Follow-Up Report

Following-up on the recommendations from COAM IV

COMA VI Presentation of the 4th Follow-up Report – implementation of recommendations from COMAI

V Recommendations to Member States, RECs, AUC and UNECA

Recommendation areas: pooling sovereignty; transpositioning and implementation of decisions; development of multi-sector programmes; and accelerating free movement of

people; LDC development and graduation; implementation of the MIP; policy harmonisation and coordination; reporting on integration; and formation of a 2nd bloc of combined RECs

Methodology Adopted Methodology Adopted Implementation Matrix completed by respondents

Missions to RECs and host Member States Reminder correspondences/telephone/email/fax

Reminder letter from Chair of COMAI V Secondary data sources

____________________________________________Follow-Up Report on the Implementation of

Recommendations from COMAI V

Part 1 – IntroductionPart 1 – Introduction____________________________________________________

Report aims to monitor progress on the Report aims to monitor progress on the implementation status of the recommendations implementation status of the recommendations

by the various stakeholders concernedby the various stakeholders concerned

This year’s report also highlights best This year’s report also highlights best practices taking place within the regionspractices taking place within the regions



Part 1 – Introduction… ContPart 1 – Introduction… Cont______________________________________________________________________

Respondents Respondents Five (8) Member States responded

Four (5) RECs provided official responses while the other four (3) did not

AUC UNECA



Part 2 – Status of Implementation Part 2 – Status of Implementation ________________________________________________________________

Member States (Respondents Only)Member States (Respondents Only)

Recommendation Thematic Areas:Recommendation Thematic Areas: Pooling of soveriegnty; transpositioning and implementation of decisions;

social affairs; development of multi-sector programmes; and accelerating free movement of people.

Pooling sovereignty Respondents not averse to ceding a degree of national sovereignty as they

engaged in deeper forms of integration regarding it as necessary for stages such as Common Markets and Monetary Unions to fully take effect

Efforts to empower regional Communities through the implementation of free movement decisions and the exemption of other members from visa requirements

Ratification and implementation of regional and continental decisions through the relevant legal and juridical authorities - implementation remains a problem

AUC Comment: recommendations under this theme considered vital and as such some responses received provide insufficient concrete examples.





Transpositioning and implementation of decisionsTranspositioning and implementation of decisions

○ Some underscored the implementation of most agreed decisions and legal instruments adopted at the regional and continental level.

○ Domestic constitutional changes in legislation under review by the relevant judicial authorities for conformity to community law

○ Incorporation into national development plans and strategies○ Budget allocations

○ AUC Comment: recommendations under this theme considered vital and as such some responses received provide insufficient concrete examples.

Social affairs ○ Promotion of cross-border languages such as Kiswahili (East Africa) and

Kalanga and Tonga (Southern Africa) through the production of official documentation and/or education curricular.





Development of multi-sector programmes

○ Some Member States reported on large cross-border water infrastructure projects underway, as well infrastructure and energy projects sets out in various regional Master Plans - improved access to energy and water resources.

○ Contribution to Community HIV/AIDS funds - achievements include stemming the spread of HIV/AIDS in their Community

Accelerating free movement

○ Accelerating free movement of production factors has been demonstrated through the adoption of the Community Common Market Protocols and implementation of the Customs Management Acts

○ Implementation of Border Efficiency Management Systems and One Stop Border Posts - improving the mobility of production factors within national borders and across the Communities, through measures such as tariffs elimination, visa exemptions, Community travel documents and rights of establishment decisions.




Regional Economic Communities (RECs)

Recommendation Thematic Areas:Recommendation Thematic Areas:○ Social affairs; development of multi-sector programmes; policy

harmonisation and coordination; reporting on integration; and formation of

a 2nd bloc of combined RECs ○ Five of the RECs (63%) provided official responses to the matrix.

Social affairsSocial affairs Adoption of some Africa languages as official working languages by

some Communities - Kiswahili (EAC), Arabic (COMEA), Beti-fang (ECCAS) and Lingala (ECCAS) - aim of strengthening the process of integration and development in some of the Communities

Establishment of a East African Kiswahili Commission underway (EAC)






Health: Policy frameworks to address HIV/AIDS, - none cited programmes to address other cross-border pandemics such as rift valley fever (which mainly affects East Africa), Ebola, and yellow fever.

Some RECs linking HIV/AID programmes to trade facilitation and the construction of joint border posts or single cross border facilities for the treatment of the illness

Water: Policy frameworks and initiatives for regional electricity interconnection projects and water resource management programmes - integrated water resource frameworks, regional water policies, reforming water governance, increasing investment in the water sector, mapping excised of water resources and enhancing the use of information and technology for improved management of water resources






Energy: common energy polices and energy programmes in place - promotion of regional power interconnection projects through regional Master Plans - boost energy supply services and strengthen energy regulation and promotion structures

Promotion of renewable energy – use and expansion of renewable energy

Environment: few reported having environment frameworks in place - main focus, biodiversity and land degradation, habitat conservation and forest coverage





Policy harmonisation and coordination Installation of REC liaison officers at the AU and AU liaison officers at

the RECs - strengthen coordination and collaboration with the AUC across all sectors

Improving productive capacity and competitiveness - e regional policy frameworks and programmes to harmonise sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures particularly in agricultural sector and textile industries

In the area of coordinating improvements creating customs single windows (One-Stop-Border-Posts) - facilitate cross-border and inter-state and inter-regional trade flows and improve coordination in trade facilitation and cross-border trade

Use of regional forums and dialogue with traders and business operator, use of NTB reporting systems and associated national committees so as to provide a rapid response to reported NTBs





Policy harmonisation and coordination

Some RECs exploring the use of legally binding enforcement measures to eliminate identified NTB

Installation of computerized customs networks across Member States - modernize, digitize and accelerate customs clearance procedures and coordinate collation and exchange of customs information

National monitoring committees to coordinate the implementation of legal texts on free movement and migration some RECs

Harmonisation of competition and procurement - development of regional competition polices and procurement frameworks





Formation of a 2nd bloc of combined RECs

Progress made in preparatory work towards EAC-COMESA-SDAC Tripartite negotiations as well as progress in priority sector pillars, namely the Trade and Customs; Infrastructure; and Industrial development

Decision to form a 2nd bloc of combined RECs positively welcomed and considered a vital step in the right direction - consultations underway with concerned RECs and Member States

2nd bloc - complement and respond to the work of the EAC-COMESA-SADC Tripartite in its efforts to achieve the African Economic Community, by bring a degree of manageability to the process through a

more simplified arrangement. ____________________________________________

Follow-Up Report on the Implementation of Recommendations from COMAI V


African Union Commission (AUC)African Union Commission (AUC)

Recommendation Thematic Areas:Recommendation Thematic Areas: Social affairs; development of multi-sector programmes; coordination

and harmonisation; LDC development and graduation; reporting on integration; partnership development implementation of the MIP

Social affairs Promotion of the Charter on African Cultural Renaissance and of African

Languages Promotion of 42 identified cross border vernacular by the African

Academy of Languages (ACALAN) Over the past year, ten (10) out of the first twelve (12) Vehicular Cross-

Border Language Commissions have been established




African Union Commission (AUC)


Health: Over the past year, the Department of Social has been involved in the drafting of an African common position on HIV/AIDS - adopted in 2011.

The Department was also involved in the 4th Inter-Agency Meeting on Coordination and Harmonisation of HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Strategies - 12-14 March 2012.

The work of the Department on other cross-border pandemics not mentioned in their reporting





Coordination and harmonisation Sector and policy harmonisation mechanisms used in varieties sector -

land management, education and AU wide coordination with the RECs○ Education - Pan African University Project launched in December

2011○ Land policy and land management - promotion of AU guidelines on

land policy (2009), training of trainers, facilitated development of the ECOWAS study on the harmonization of land policy in the West African region

○ 10th and 11th AU-RECs-ECA-AfDB Coordination Committee - reaffirmation that holding of the Committee should be a pre-Summit event

○ AUC and RECs leadership - Retreat held in Durban South Africa (March 2013) on strategic issues

○ Formation of 2nd bloc - consultation process led by the Commission





LDC development and graduation

Activity not undertaken in direct response to the recommendation, however, the activities have contributed to implementing the ethos of the recommendation:

○ Report on Proposal for Improved and Enhanced Trade Preferences System for LDCs and LICs (AU DTI, UNECA and partners) - promote the development of manufacturing sector of LDCs and accelerate their regional integration through enhanced preferences

Reporting on integration Decision of 18th AU Assembly to devote one of its Ordinary Sessions to

development and integration issues - consultations on modalities underway (AU EAD)

Changes to reporting format of the status of integration (SIA) in Africa - now structured around sectors and show cases good practice examples (platform for knowledge exchange, experience sharing, mutual accountability)





Partnership development

○ Development of a partnership strategic framework based on a 2010 assessment of Africa’s partnership arrangements.

○ Reassessment exercise looking at capacity issues of the AUC to effectively engage and manage the various partnerships within its portfolio.

○ A study planned on the costs and strategic benefits and gains to the continent from its various partnership arrangements.





Implementation of the Minimum Integration Programme (MIP)

○ In furtherance of 2009 EAD MIP study, EAD developed an implementation Action Plan for the MIP for the First Phase - adopted by the 18th AU Summit

○ The AUC mandated to estimate the necessary funding requirements (costing) for the implementation of each activity and projects contained in the Action Plan - estimated cost . US$ 110,950 million

○ Work is currently underway to develop a resource mobilization strategy and sustainable financing mechanisms for its full implementation.

○ Financing secured to undertake feasibility study on the creation of a integration fund, including a resource mobilization strategy




Pan-african InstitutionsPan-african Institutions

Recommendation Thematic Areas:Recommendation Thematic Areas: LDC development and graduation

LDC development and graduation Study on Improved and Enhanced Trade Preferences System for

LDCs and LICs (DTI, UNECA and partners)

Former Economic Development and NEPAD Division of UNECA - organised a regional network for development planners in Africa with the objective of strengthening capacities to design and implement inclusive and sustainable growth strategies



Part 3 – Implementation ChallengesPart 3 – Implementation Challenges__________________________________________________________________ Inadequate human and financial resources at all levels (for

implementation, research and analysis, monitoring and evaluation of impact),

Poor coordination and information exchange at the various institutional levels (decelerating the pace of transpositioning and domestication at the national level)

Weak evidence based and unsubstantiated reporting by Member States on the status of implementation of recommendations

Political reticence on some issues - free movement of people, alternative sources of financing

Over emphasis on national priorities rather than regional considerations

Persistent cross border trade challenges such as NTBs and low level of infrastructure and energy development to over comes supply side constraints.



Part 3 –Implementation ChallengesPart 3 –Implementation Challenges__________________________________________________________ Security concerns and misconceptions by national governments and

citizens alike hindering spread application of free movement decisions Lack of sufficient citizen involvement in the policy formulation ad

decision making processes and detailed design, appraisals and evaluation stages of a programme or project.

Lack of sufficient trade related information for buyers and producers to ascertain trading opportunities in a given region and Community and the limited capacity of SMEs to take hold of regional and international value chains and supply linkages

Weak and unharmonised monitoring and evaluation systems and procedures to monitor and evaluate regional integration at regional and continental level

Insufficient accountability by Member States on the weak pace of implementation of regional decisions, programmes and projects



Part 4 – RecommendationsPart 4 – Recommendations__________________________________________________

Recommendations

How have they been formulated?

Formulated to directly respond to, mitigate and overcome challenges cited in the previous chapters - see full report for detailed challenges cited




Member States

Member States should provide examples of transpostioning of regional and continental decisions that have taken place over the past five (5) years

Member States should swiftly adopt an option or options for alternative financing for Africa 痴 development, integration and self-sufficiency

Member States should ensure that in public procurement legislation 10% of government procurement is set aside for local suppliers unless

Member States within a Community that has a Regional Procurement framework in place should fully domesticate its provisions,

Member States should vigorously drive their industrial development by having in place a modern industrial development strategy which takes into cognizance regional and continental industrial policies and the modern economic and trading environment

Member States should improve coordination at the nation level through the creation of national strictures that can ensure regional and continental integration commitments are transposed and effectively implemented





RECs should begin to conduct periodic impact assessments to measure the socio-economic and where necessary environmental impact of their regional integration programmes with their Communities and the lives on Community citizens

RECs that have not done so should promote a regional procurement schemes this could be done through the development of a regional procurement regulation, manual and online platform

RECs are encouraged to establish and adequately resource, where they do not exist or ineffectively exist, a Unit/Department dealing with private sector and investment issues

RECs are encouraged to establish Regional Centres of Excellence on entrepreneurship, SME 痴 and business development, and develop, where they do not exist, effective regional Business Councils for attracting private sector development and investment





RECs that have not done so should develop a regional strategy on fostering a green economy

RECs that have not done so should develop a tourism master plan to market their region as a single tourism destination and common investment area so as to reap the benefits of economies of scale

RECs, that are not yet doing so, should promote regular public diologue for enhanced citizen participation in Africa’s regional integration agenda (decisions and policy frameworks) - recruitment of social development/community engagement specialists, setting up sector specific thematic civil society associations and forums for policy consultations as well as use of social media and where possible use of local language content





The AUC should simplify its ratification procedure so that not all legal texts undergo a lengthy ratification process

Ensure systematic and regular engagement of the RECs on key strategic and promote the development of common positions

To ensure effective civil society engagement the AU Department of CIDO and ECOSOC should improve its engagement with other AUC Departments to ensure effective civil society engagement in policy processes.

AUC should put in place formal monitoring framework and procedures for regular M+E of its partnership arrangements, with each partnership having clear benchmarks, targets and indicators of success

AUC should develop an integration observatory in furtherance of COMAI V recommendation and Summit decision to develop an M+E framework and score card system - scientific and systematic approach to M+E data capture and reporting




Pan-African Institutions

The UNECA should develop a comprehensive work programme with the AUC to support LDCs development and graduation as well as mechanisms to support the implementation and monitoring of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the LDCs for the Decade 2011-2020 (IPoA)

UNECA should work closely with the AUC on mainstreaming integration into national development plans



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