Capacity Building/Institutional Strengthening

ICA Secretariat leadership

Title: Mapping of Capacity Building exercises for RECs and Power Pools
Objective: Help ensure complementarities, reduce overlap and identify gaps vs. capacity building exercises undertaken by ICA members
Output: Current and planned activities mapped
Timeframe: Q4 2007
ICA Secretariat’s tasks: Survey members on current and planned REC and power pool capacity building activities
Est. cost for ICA Secretariat: $50,000
Comments: - Mapping exercise expected to be undertaken by BMZ as part of German initiative
- Power Pool capacity building expected to be taken by EC, US and Japan

ICA member leadership

Leader: AfDB

Title: Building Statistical Capacity
Objective: Ensure on-going flow of reliable statistics on infrastructure in Africa
Output: Final proposal addressing the sustainability of the statistics generated by AICD study released
Timeframe: Q4 2007
Member’s tasks: Develop proposal in liaison with WB and other members
Est. cost for member: $30,000
ICA Secretariat’s tasks: Facilitate WB, AfDB and other stakeholder discussion
Est. Cost for ICA Secretariat: $20,000
Comments: Continued from 2006 work plan
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