Multinational - Institutional Capacity Building for the African Union Project

The proposed operation is a grant of UA 8.2million to the African Union (AU) to finance the Institutional Capacity Building for the African Union Commission (AUC) Project. The African Union (AU) is a continental body comprised of the 55 countries that make up the African continent. Its mandate is to promote cooperation among Member Countries on economic, social, and political matters so as to improve the quality of life for the people of Africa. This AUC capacity-building project is an African-owned process that emanates from the AU’s reform agenda. The project will support the AU’s reform agenda, launched in 2017, by strengthening the AUC’s governance systems and processes, growing the expertise of AUC personnel, and increasing the institution’s policy planning and coordination capabilities, especially within the Cabinets of the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson. It is structured in three components: (i) institutional strengthening (systems reform and upgrade); (ii) policy planning, coordination, and corporate service delivery; and (iii) project management. The project will better position the AUC to address the continent’s challenges by more effectively implementing programs that stimulate sustainable growth and development and deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.