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African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
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| Contact: |
Dr
Gevevesi Ogiogio,Manager, Program Dept |
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| Address: |
Southampton
Life Centre, P O Box 1562, Harare, ZIMBABWE |
| E-mail: |
g.ogiogio@acbf-pact.org |
| Tel: |
00263
4 702931/2 |
| Fax: |
00263
4 702915 |
| HTTP: |
http://www.acbf-pact.org/noframe/brief.htm |
| Type: |
Regional
NGO |
| Sector: |
macroeconomic
policy, development management and governance |
| Geography: |
in
fourteen countries in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Activities: |
funding,
institution-building and training |
| Budget: |
c.
US $12 million per year for 1999 and 2004 |
| Profile: |
The African
Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) is an independent development
funding institution based in Harare, Zimbabwe. It was established
in 1991 with support from ADB, WB and UNDP to address capacity needs
in the area of macroeconomic policy analysis and development management
through the African Capacity Building Trust Fund. The Foundation
works in 14 African countries (Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic
of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria,
Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. |
| Approach: |
The foundation's
principle objectives are to: i) build and strengthen indigenous capacity
for macroeconomic policy analysis and development; ii) improve, through
co-financing and other networking arrangements, the channelling and
co-ordination of donor support for capacity building in the area of
the Foundation's mandate; iii) contribute to programs for the reversal
of brain drain and encourage retention as well as intensive utilisation
of existing capacity; iv) build capacity in key areas of the public
sector, the private sector and civil society with emphasis on interfaces
between them; and v) provide support for regional initiatives. ACBF
provides direct funding, co-financing and parallel funding for government
policy units, and in-service training, work-attachments, study visits
and post graduate training. ACBF also hosts annual capacity building
forums and national and regional workshops. In June 1999 ACBF became
the implementing agency of the Partnership for Capacity Building in
Africa (PACT), a major new collaborative framework to strengthen key
stakeholders in the development process including the public sector,
private sector and civil society. This multidonor effort is an attempt
to integrate previously uncoordinated and donor-driven technical assistance
programs. PACT will focus initially on building a better intereface
between public, private and civil-society organisations, and providing
support for research and training |
| Finance: |
ACBF is well
resourced. The three main donors, the World Bank, African Development
Bank and UNDP, with a number of other bilateral donors contributed
a total of c. $50 million for the first 5 year, Phase I projects (1992-1998).
$66 million was pledged for Phase II projects (1999-2004), but only
$10 million had been received by the end of 1999 leaving the Foundation
unable to guarantee funding for some of the proposed Phase II projects. |
| Notes: |
Clearly a substantial
and well established organisation, with considerable resources. There
is little information available on the internet indicating impact
or effectiveness, although the ACBF web site refers to an external
evaluation in 1996 which "noted that the ACBF had "made
a start towards excellence". |
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| Last Updated:
13 January, 2009
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