Description
This is the second phase of The EU Infrastructure Support Mechanism to AUDA-NEPAD (African Union Development Agency - New Partnership for Africa’s Development). The Global objective is to promote sustainable, smart, resilient, and safe mobility to strengthen African land/road transport regulatory frameworks across the continent.
Project details
Main activities
The project main activities include:
– Strengthening of the infrastructure unit delivery instruments for an optimized implementation of PIDA projects
– Enhancing AUDA-NEPAD collaboration with AUC and the EU for the packaging of PIDA PAP II projects
– Identifying and tracking key transaction milestones
Packaging of PIDA PAP II projects, development of PIMs, and advising project developers on appropriate finance structures
– Identifying of project risk and risk mitigation measures to de-risk and promote bankable projects.
– Training: to develop strategies for Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Road Transport infrastructures 22
– Training: to develop Domestic Resource Mobilisation Strategies for selected PIDA PAP II Road Transport infrastructure projects
– Identifying, tracking, and sharing best investment practices across the Road Transport Sector
– Supporting the development and promotion of policies for private sector engagement & investment in infrastructure and improvement of business climate in Africa
– Providing demand-driven technical support to develop a pipeline of bankable PIDA Road Transport projects that increase investments in horizontal infrastructure initiatives.
– Supporting in organizing investor conferences to mobilize private sector finance and institutional investors for bankable projects or those needing refinancing.