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PR Newswire | 26 Jul, 2010
KAMPALA (Uganda): The Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) was officially launched on on Saturday in Kampala, on the sidelines of the XV African Union Summit in Uganda.
Previous African Union Summits, particularly those of January 2009 on the development of Transport and Energy and January 2010 on the development of Information and Communication Technologies, supported the strengthening of infrastructure in Africa and notably endorsed PIDA as a program for integrating all regional and continental initiatives.
The official launch was a formal event highlighting PIDA and contributing to disseminate information to political organs and leaders as well as to the public at large, at continental and international levels. To that end the 15th ordinary session of the AU Assembly offers the opportunity to bring all African leaders together.
Referring to the presentation made by the PIDA sponsors during the ceremony, African leaders reiterated their support to the initiative and urged PIDA stakeholders including Regional Economic Communities, Member States, specialized institutions and Africa's development partners to support PIDA and participate in its implementation.
In brief, the PIDA is an initiative of the AU Commission (AUC), the AfDB and the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency. It covers the Energy, Transport, Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and Water (Transboundary) sectors, and will be implemented in two major phases: the study phase and implementation phase.
The main objective of PIDA is to maximize efforts and use of resources and to enable African stakeholders to speak with one voice on the basis of a common agenda and a common vision for infrastructure development.
The specific objectives of the PIDA are to enable African decision-makers to:
• Establish and implement a strategic framework for development of regional and continental infrastructure (energy, transport, information and communication technology and transboundary water) based on a development vision, strategic objectives and sector policies;
• Establish and implement a program of development of such infrastructure, prioritized and divided into short, medium and long term phases; and
• Prepare a strategy and the program's implementation phase, including a priority action plan.
The outcomes of the implementation of the PIDA study phase are:
• Sector Policies;
• Regional and continental infrastructure Programs and Projects;
• Priority actions plans;
• Funding measures, monitoring and evaluation processes.
The planning deadline considered by the PIDA is 2030.It is divided into short-term or priority action plan from 2010-2015, medium term from 2016-2020, and long term from 2021-2030.
The total budget for the PIDA Study is estimated at € 7.781 million covering eighteen (18) months. Thus, the study should be completed by the end of 2011.
The study's various governance organs are in place. The PIDA sector studies practically began on 20 May 2010, following the selection and the signing of a contract with a Consortium of Consulting Firms led by SOFRECO. A series of meetings and validation workshops will be held throughout the implementation of the study to enable African Stakeholders to monitor the study's progress, make important inputs, and to take gradual ownership of the PIDA program.
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