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Project Summary
Approval Date 22 Feb 2023
Planned Completion Date 31 Dec 2027
Last Disbursement Planned Date 31 Dec 2027
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign Sovereign
Sector Agriculture and Rural Development
DAC Sector Code 31110
Commitment U.A 2,211,000
Status Approved
Project General Description
The proposed operation is a grant for TSF Pillar III UA 2 211 000 to finance the AfDB- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Cooperative Programme: Technical assistance to improve the design and implementation of agriculture investment projects in Transition States in Central Africa (AFTACA). The project is a multinational grant in response to the 2021 Call-for-Proposals of the Transition Support Facility (TSF) Pillar III resources in the framework of the ADF-15. It is a technical assistance operation to enhance the quality of investment projects preparation and implementation. This project is designed for three year (2022-2024) and will initially focus on four countries (Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burundi) while keeping some level of flexibility to respond to unplanned requests from other countries and developing a plan in consensus with AfDB management to other transition countries in regional member countries. The type and targets of the activities listed under the different components are only indicative, based on the information made available to the team at appraisal. Annual planning exercises will be conducted to propose and validate adjustments as they arise. In order, to optimize resources use, the planning exercise will examine the required skill mix for a retained activity, take into consideration the existing skills at the Bank, in order to determine the skill gap to be covered by the initiative.
Project Objectives
The overall goal of this FAO-AfDB Cooperative Programme (AF-CP) initiative is to improve national capacity to identify; plan, formulate, monitor, manage and implement agricultural investment operations to deliver better development outcomes in the Transition States of Central Africa.
Beneficiaries
This FAO-AfDB Collaborative Programme (AF-CP) initiative targets 800 individuals (disaggregated with 30% of women aged 35 and above and 20% of youth-men and women below 35 years of age), including government officers, agriculture and rural development national agencies staff from project management unit (PMU) of Bank funded projects, Think Tanks, Universities and research centres, non-government organizations, private sector operators and project implementing partners. Indirect outreach is estimated at 2 000 000 persons (30% women above 35 years, 30% youth men and women aged 18-35 years, and 40% men above-35 years), and value chain actors benefitting from the Bank-funded project interventions. The programme will be designed to attract motivated, talented young professionals who will have an opportunity to garner experience from FAO Investment Centre and the Bank staff that will enable them to become investment support experts or consultants. This critical mass of investment experts will assist the Bank in building a robust pipeline of investment operations in the selected countries. |
