CONTENTS

>Support for investment policy reform implementation at country-level

>Region-wide dialogue on investment policy

>Private sector engagement in African development

DIALOGUES IN AFRICA

>Kampala, 2008

>Lusaka, 2007

>Brussels, 2007

>Brazzaville, 2006

>Entebbe, 2005

>Addis Ababa, 2005

OUR PARTNERS

>Links

OUR WEBSITES

>New Partnership for Africa 's Development

>NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative

The NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative aims to support African countries in improving their capacity to strengthen the investment environment for growth and development, taking advantage of OECD's peer learning method and investment instruments such as the Policy Framework for Investment (PFI), the OECD Principles for Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure and the Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises. The Initiative contributes to advancing the goals of the UN Monterrey Consensus on investment in support of development. The second phase (2009-11) of the Initiative focuses on three pillars, namely:

• support for investment policy reform implementation at country level;
• region-wide dialogue on investment policy;
• private sector engagement in African development.

Support for investment policy reform implementation at country level

The Initiative supports individual African countries looking to reform their investment policies by: evaluating their current investment policy regime based on the Policy Framework for Investment; defining time-bound priorities for reforms; providing technical support; and facilitating peer sharing of national experiences.

• Advancing policy reform in Rwanda - In response to the request of the Rwandan government, the Initiative will support Rwanda in undertaking a review of its investment framework.
• Unlocking investment potential in Southern Africa - A multi-year project which aims to unlock investment potential in Southern Africa will be launched with investment policy reviews of 4 pilot countries from the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). Launch workshops will take place in the first two pilot countries in the second half of 2009.

Region-wide dialogue on investment policy 

NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative: Annual High-level Meeting and Expert Roundtable, dates and venue to be confirmed

The 2009 Annual High-level Meeting and Expert Roundtable will be held in November with a focus on investment in energy infrastructure. It will also focus on investment policy reform in Africa against the background of the global financial and economic crisis. The Expert Roundtable will consider how Africa could take more advantage of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The CDM provides emission reduction credits to private companies investing in sustainable energy projects in developing countries, but so far it is seldom utilised in Sub-Saharan Africa. Key messages could be sent to the UNFCCC COP15 to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009. Agenda and other updated information will be available on our website.

Private sector engagement in African development

Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA): Initiative contribution to the development of a facility for risk mitigation in infrastructure financing

The Initiative supported Italy - in the context of its 2009 G8 Presidency - by providing an outline for a Risk Mitigation Brokerage and Evaluation Facility for investment in infrastructure to be hosted by the African Development Bank. The Initiative developed a concept note and chaired a special session on risk mitigation for investment in infrastructure at the Annual Meeting of the G8 Infrastructure Consortium for Africa on 9-11 March 2009 in Rome.