6th ICA Annual Meeting, May 2010 in Tunis - Presentations & Outcome Statement

6th Annual Meeting of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA)
6-7 May 2010
Tunis, Tunisia  

THEME: Integrating African Economies through Regional Infrastructure

Co-hosts
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and
African Development Bank (AfDB)

Co-chairs
David Moloney, Executive Vice President (CIDA) and
Bobby J. Pittman, Vice President for Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration (AfDB).

Attending were more than 100 senior representatives of G8 countries, the World Bank Group, the African Development Bank, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Development Bank of South Africa, along with representatives of African institutions, including the African Union Commission (AUC), NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), the Regional Economic Communities, their specialized institutions and regional development banks. Representatives of South Africa, Egypt, China, Korea, the Arab Fund Coordination Group and the private sector also participated.

Documents & Presentations

• Outcome Statement

• Agenda of the meeting (English)
  ICA Secretariat
• Agenda of the meeting (French)
  ICA Secretariat

• Financing water and growth in Africa [PDF]

Session 2 : Setting the stage

• Highlights of 2009 Financial Commitments
  Alex Rugamba, ICA Secretariat

• Report on outcomes of “Joining-Up Africa” Conference
  John Burton, DFID, UK

• Key messages of AICD regional workshop
  Ms. Cecilia Briceño Garmendìa, World Bank

• Report back on African Stakeholders Meeting
  Ababoukar Baba Moussa, AUC

• Launch of ICA Water Platform
  Klaus Gihr, KfW, Germany

• ICA Energy Platform
  Alexanders Severens, on behalf of the US Treasury, USA

• Africa Infrastructure Program
  Jeff Humber, USAid, USA

• CEMAC Infrastructure Vision
  Dr. Bernard Zoba, CEMAC
  
  

Session 3 : Accelerating the Implementation of Regional Infrastructure Programmes

• West African Power Pool
  Ms. Marie Aye, WAPP

• Horn of Africa Initiative
  Maciej Golubiewski, European Commission

• North-South Corridor
  Mark Pearson, DFID, UK

• East African Corridors
  Amadou Oumarou, African Development Bank

Session 4: Delivering Regional Infrastructure in Africa

• Kuwait Fund for Economic Development
  Bassen Roumani, Kuwait Fund for Economic Development

• EDCF, Korea ExIm Bank
  Mr. Jang-soo Jun, Korea ExIm Bank

• Islamic Development Bank
  Hatem El Bakkali, Islamic Development Bank

Session 5 : Workshop on PPP Frameworks for Regional Infrastructure

• EAC Railways privatization
  Hosea Nyangweso, EAC Secretariat

• Transrail Case study
  Abdelaziz Souissi, Transrail