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Special Report ACBF
programming and a third phase whose grant was signed in December 2010. Under the first phase of ACBF support, the main objectives were: to set up KIPPRA under the Ministry of Finance and Planning as an autonomous state corporation (institution); to create sustainable capacity within KIPPRA to carry out and coordinate public policy research and analysis for development management in the country; and to strengthen the human and institutional capacity of line ministries and key agencies in Kenya to enhance the uptake and utilisation of outputs produced by the Institute for policy making. The second and third phases continue to consolidate the policy research mandate by strengthening public policy research and analysis; informing and influencing the policy process; building the capacity of the government to absorb policy advice and analysis; and enhancing KIPPRA’s institutional capacity in order to effectively support the policy process.
Uganda: Economic Policy Management Programme at Makerere University The ACBF executive board approved a grant of $2.5m in December 2005 to support Phase III of the Economic Policy Management Programme (EPMP) at Makerere University. The end date of the grant is 30 September 2011. The overall goal of the EPMP III is to
strengthen the efficiency of the public sector in Sub-Saharan Africa through the enhancement of economic policy and management. The first objective was to train a critical mass of economic policy analysts at Master’s degree level and through short-term courses. The programme has been able to
train 218 people at Master’s degree level against a target of 160. Of these, 139 were supported by ACBF, 21 by the Joint Japan/ World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programme, 7 by other donors, and 51 have been self-sponsored students.
Zimbabwe: Women’s University in Africa In December 2006, the ACBF executive board awarded to the Women’s University in Africa (WUA) a grant of $2.5m to support the building and strengthening of the university’s institutional capacity to enable it to offer academic programmes to help women to exploit their full
policy making in development planning and management. The project has so far contributed to
increasing the production of statistical data, thanks to the training of 467 statisticians, of which 108 are female.
Capacity building in action: Hundreds of thousands of Africans have benefitted from ACBF-sponsored training
potential in Africa’s development process. Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, the WUA opened its doors to students in September 2002. It is a fully accredited university recognised by the government of Zimbabwe through the National Council of Higher Education. The WUA’s mission is to empower poor and disadvantaged mature women (over 25 years). The university’s admission policy targets enrolment of 85% women and 15% men. The ACBF grant was relevant and
instrumental in keeping the WUA’s doors open to targeted students during the height of Zimbabwe’s economic crisis. The achievements of the project so far include a steady enrolment – an average annual enrolment of 1,500 students has been maintained, out of which 75% have been mature women. The graduation rate has averaged 95%.
Zanzibar: Statistical System Capacity Building Project (ZANSTAT) The ZANSTAT project was approved by the ACBF executive board in December 2006 and became effective on 8 June 2007. The project is hosted by the Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS). The objective of the project is to
transform the national statistical system of Zanzibar to enable it to provide timely and relevant data for evidence-based
Congo Brazzaville: RESPEC The Projet de Renforcement des Capacités en Statistiques, Etudes Prospectives et Planification pour la Lutte Contre la Pauvreté en République du Congo (RESPEC) was approved to address the post-conflict challenges facing Congo Brazzaville. The ACBF’s $1,517,510 grant is aimed at building capacity in key economic ministries that are critical to the recovery effort. The project focuses on building capacity in key areas such as economic management, strategic planning, and statistics. One of the key achievements of
RESPEC is its contribution to the preparation of the country’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), which was approved by donors in October 2008. The project’s support contributed, among other things, to building statistical capacity that allowed for more accurate statistical data on poverty and its causes.
Central African Republic: PREGESCO The Projet de Renforcement des Capacités de la Société Civile dans la Prévention et la Gestion des Conflits en Afrique Centrale (PREGESCO) benefitted from a $1.8m ACBF grant. Under this project, the ACBF partnered with civil society organisations in the Central African region in strengthening their capacity to effectively interface with government and other stakeholders in peace building and conflict prevention. PREGESCO succeeded in establishing
a network of civil society organisations in eight countries including Burundi, Chad, DR Congo, and Rwanda that forged partnerships with governments and regional organisations in the areas of peace building, conflict prevention and mitigation. ACBF funding provided institutional
support to allow these organisations to maintain their core staff. The ACBF also supported training, networking and advocacy activities to make the organisations more effective stakeholders in peace building and conflict manage- ment in their respective countries.
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