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50 A Decade of NEPAD: Deepening African Private Sector and Civil Society Ownership and Partnership However, the study also noted that the institutional mechanisms for cooperation between the public and private sectors at the national level need to be deepened and bottlenecks that hinder development of trans-national corporations need to be addressed. Toward this end, it was suggested that regional economic community treaties and protocols should be reviewed (and amended where necessary) to ensure that the private sector is explicitly mentioned. In addition to increasing efforts to organize Africa’s private sector through national apex bodies, regional organs, and at the continental level, another, equally important, • The Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa • The Ports Management Association of West and Central Africa • The Association of African Shipping Lines • The Union of African Shippers Councils • The Southern African Rail Association • The African Union of Railways • The Group of African Member Associations of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers • The African Federation of Construction Contractors • The African Wind Energy Association • The African Airlines association • The African Telecommunications Union With the launch of the NEPAD Business Group in 2003, a number of African countries also established NEPAD oriented business bodies. The initial NEPAD Business Group was in fact an apex body, chaired by the African Business Roundtable and comprised of Africa interested business associations from Europe, North America and Africa. In the initial brochure of the organ, the members were presented as follows: ӹ African Business Roundtable (ABR) – The ABR was set up in 1990 by the Africa Development Bank (ADB). It is committed to strengthening the African private sector. The ABR is dedicated to fostering sustainable economic growth and social development in Africa through helping to create a conducive business environment for responsible private sector investment and promoting intra-African trade and investment. It is the foremost pan-African business organisation and has five regional Chapters and an International Chapter. ӹ International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – The ICC is the world’s business organisation and the only representative body that speaks with authority on behalf of enterprises from all sectors in every part of the world. ӹ Commonwealth Business Council – The CBC works to promote trade and investment throughout the phenomena is underway among African professionals who have begun to organize themselves regionally and in a few instances, continentally, around their professions and sectors. These forums are beginning to aggregate African technical expertise and to serve as important knowledge gathering and disseminating vehicles and unique skills development resources. Furthermore, they are also helping to establish expanded trans-national capacity for African private sector participation in larger initiatives through their efforts to help members syndicate opportunities and form project focused joint ventures. Such organizations include the following: • The African Federation of Information and Communications Technology Associations • The African ISP Association • The Eastern and Southern African Federation of Accountants • The African Federation of Clinical Chemistry • The African Federation of Hospital Associations • The African Federation of Women Entrepreneurs • The Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions • The African Venture Capital Association • The African Capital Markets Association • The COMESA Bankers Association • The SADC Bankers Association • The West African Bankers Association Commonwealth. It was set up in 1997 with the support of Commonwealth Heads of Government. The CBC has 150 corporate members, and over 2000 small and medium company associates. ӹ The Forum Francophonie des Affairs (FFDA) – The FFDA is an international organisations promoting business and investment opportunities in francohphone markets across 50 countries and 5 continents. ӹ The Business Humanitarian Forum (BHF) – The BHF’s purpose is to encourage dialogue and mutual support between the business and humanitarian communities, based on their common interests in the stability, prosperity and democratic evolution of developing societies and countries in transition. The Business Humanitarian Forum was founded based on former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s vision of bringing business partners together with humanitarian organisations to rebuild infrastructures and jointly resolve humanitarian problems. The BHF is headquartered in Geneva and its contact group includes all Geneva-based international organisations and multinational businesses. ӹ Conseil Francais des Investisseurs en Afrique (CIAN) – The CIAN is the French Council of Investors in Africa, a private sector organisation, grouping together more
than 100 companies and representing about 80% of all French firms invested or operating in Africa. ӹ Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) – The CCA is the leading US private sector organisation representing US business interests in Africa formed in 1992 with approximately 180 US corporate members. CCA is involved in promoting investment and trade opportunities in Africa and liaising with the U administration on policy matters on Africa. ӹ The British Africa Business Association (BABA) – The BABA was founded in 1995, and is a federal grouping of three major business associations in UK whose main focus is to facilitate investment and trade with sub-Saharan Africa via: The Eastern Africa Association (EAA), The Southern Africa Business Association (SABA) and The West Africa Business Association (WABA). The objective of BABA is to facilitate co-operation between the three member organisations and act on their behalf on matters of common interest as appropriate in London, Brussels, Washington and in Africa. ӹ The International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) – The Forum works strategically with business, civil society and the public sector in transition and emerging economies in order to achieve socially, economically and environmentally sustainable development. ӹ The Business Council Europe Africa Mediterranean (BCEAM) –Through its members organizations, BCEAM represents some 1,500 European Union companies with interests in the African continent, from the Mahgreb to South Africa, and represents over 3,000,000 employees. The activities of BCEAMs member companies cover the complete range of commerce and industry, including, agriculture, mining, transport, banking and the service sectors. At present BCEAM groups all existing EU employers’ Associations of the private sector that specialise in developing economic relationships with African countries. ӹ The Pan-African Employers Confederation (PEC) – PEC is the grouping of all employers associations across Africa with representation in 39 countries on the continent. As the regional representative of the international organisation of employers network, it works closely with over 135 national employers’ organisations from 131 countries. ӹ The Canadian Council on Africa (CCoA) – The Canadian Council was founded in May 2002. The Canadian Council represents the Canadian private sector and 4. NEPAD and the African Private Sector Today A Decade of NEPAD engages with the Canadian government on Africa trade, investment and development issues. While the NEPAD Business Group, as a collective, has not to date initiated many programmes, the individual members in their own capacities have continued to focus on facilitating trade and investment with Africa on behalf of their constituents and have indeed promoted NEPAD (particularly the STAP projects) as a vehicle through which their members can engage with African business and government partners for mutually beneficial gain. Also, in addition to the various chambers of commerce and sector and professional associations and organizations mentioned above, including the original NEPAD Group, in a handful of African countries there are also NEPAD specific business entities: ӹ NEPAD Business Foundation – South Africa ӹ NEPAD Business Group – Nigeria ӹ NEPAD Business Group – Cote d’Ivoire ӹ NEPAD Business Group – Benin In terms of assessing the progress that has been made in incorporating the African private sector into the activity of NEPAD, nearly since the inception of the initiative there have been annual dialogues held in various regions across Africa and outside of Africa about how the African private sector can engage in the NEPAD implementation programme 63 . Continuously the findings have been that the African private sector, individually as enterprises, and collectively through organized business bodies (chambers and sector/ professional organs) is not that well informed about NEPAD, generally, nor about NEPAD projects, initiatives and related business and engagement opportunities, more specifically. National NEPAD “focal points” in most countries have often been sorely under-resourced and there have been few institutionalized mechanisms for engagement and communication facilitation between AU member states and their private sectors. The regional nature of NEPAD projects and the predominantly domestic focus of the majority of African private 63 See page 6 51
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