NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative

 Conferences │ Documents and links │ Contact information │
Bookmark this page www.oecd.org/daf/investment/africa

The NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative aims to improve the capacity of African countries to strengthen the investment environment for growth and development, taking advantage of OECD's peer learning method and investment instruments of co-operation such as the Policy Framework for Investment (PFI), the most comprehensive multilaterally-backed investment policy instrument.

The Initiative's work has helped NEPAD countries improve the investment related content of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and enhance capacities to implement investment climate reforms in sensitive sectors such as water and sanitation (see the roundtable web pages for reports: Lusaka, 2007; Brazzaville, 2006).

Strong African ownership drives the Initiative. It is guided by a Steering Group, chaired by NEPAD Executive Head with vice-chairs from South Africa and Japan, and composed of all major NEPAD actors, OECD countries and donors, Regional Economic Communities, NEPAD Business Group and NEPAD Business Foundation, African Partnership Forum, OECD Development Assistance Committee, Investment Climate Facility, World Bank, UNCTAD and other partner organisations.
Future steps will include PFI-based peer investment policy reviews of pilot countries, policy frameworks for infrastructure investment in support of regional integration based on the OECD Principles for Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure, and multi-stakeholder dialogue on doing business in weak governance zones based on the OECD Risk Awareness Tool. The 2008 annual high-level meeting of the Initiative will take place in Uganda in early December 2008, hosted by the Government of the Republic of Uganda and jointly organised by the NEPAD and the OECD.

For further information, see the overview and PowerPoint presentation.

Conferences

• NEPAD-OECD Roundtable on Strengthening Investment Climate Assessment and Reform in NEPAD Countries, Lusaka, Zambia, 27-28 November 2007
• Conference on Improving Governance and Fighting Corruption: New Frontiers in Public-Private Partnerships, Brussels, Belgium, 14-15 March 2007
• NEPAD-OECD Roundtable on Mobilising Private Investment in Africa in Support of Development: Laying the Foundations for Sustained Progress, 12-13 December 2006 - Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
• NEPAD/OECD Investment Policy Roundtable on Investment for African Development: Making it Happen, Entebbe, Uganda, 25-27 May 2005
• NEPAD/OECD Conference on Alliances for Integrity – Government and Business Roles in Enhancing African Standards of Living, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 7-8 March 2005
• OECD-Africa Investment Roundtable, Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 November 2003

Documents and links

Documents

• Overview of the OECD-NEPAD Africa Investment Initiative
• PowerPoint presentation of the OECD-NEPAD Africa Investment Initiative
• OECD-NEPAD Statement
• Policy Framework for Investment
• OECD Principles for Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure
• OECD African Economic Outlook 2007 www.oecd.org/dev/publications/africanoutlook
• Investment for Development - 2006 Annual Report
• Promoting Private Investment for Development: the Role of ODA
• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises  
• OECD Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises in Weak Governance Zones
• OECD Convention Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
• Public Sector Transparency and the International Investor 
• Checklist for Foreign Direct Investment Incentive Policies 
• FDI for Development: Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs

Links

• NEPAD website www.nepad.org
• African Development Bank www.afdb.org
• European Commission http://ec.europa.eu
• Middle East and North Africa Investment Programme www.oecd.org/mena/investment
• South East Europe Investment Compact www.investmentcompact.org
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) www.unctad.org
• World Bank www.worldbank.org
• World Bank Doing Business Database www.doingbusiness.org
• World Bank Public Private Dialogue www.publicprivatedialogue.org

Contact information

Requests for further information, including details on how to participate in the Initiative and its Steering Group can be addressed to the NEPAD and OECD Secretariats.

From the NEPAD secretariat:
Mr Karim Khalil, Co-ordinator
e-mail karimk@nepad.org; Tel: +27 (11) 313 3625;  Fax +27 (11) 313 3583

From the OECD secretariat:
Mr Karim Dahou, Executive Programme Manager
e-mail: karim.dahou@oecd.org; Tel: +33 (0) 145248448; Fax +33 (0) 144306135
Mr Toru Homma, Project Manager
e-mail: Toru.Homma@oecd.org; Tel: +33 (0) 145248448;  Fax +33 (0) 144306135