Overview Immediate next steps Key steps over next 6 months Financial and Procurement Reporting Milestones Verification and Disbursements General implementation support and supervision Country /regional level milestones Partnerships

Fill ACE survey-today/now! Immediate next steps Fill ACE survey-today/now! All Lagos 2017 PowerPoints (WB/AAU and each center ppts) uploaded on AAU website-today!- Abed/AAU Share regional aide memoire to national govts- World Bank-within a week of workshop close!

Key ACE Project Next Steps-next 6 months Financial and Procurement Reporting Milestones Interim financial reporting-August 15 2017-ACEs responsible FM DLIs-financial audit for 2016-submission June 30 2017-ACEs responsible Submission of Annual Works plans and Procurement Plans-October 30th 2017-ACEs responsible Clearance of Procurement Plans and Annual Work Plans-WB/AAU-@ November workshop 2017 Procurement Audit-June 30th 2017-ACEs responsible End of civil works procurement September 30th 2017-ACEs responsible

Communication of Verification letters June 1 2017 Verification and Disbursements Center feedback on draft verification letters –ACEs responsible May 26 Submission of DLI 2.7 national accreditation certificates-ACEs responsible-May 26 Communication of Verification letters June 1 2017 (i) DLI 2.1-2.4 (second round results verification) (ii) DLI 2.5 national accreditation and (iii) DLI 2.7 revenue generation- WB disbursement clearance letters to each country-June 10 2017 Submission of withdrawal applications-June 15 2017 Verification of DLI 2.6 research publications-July 2017 Verification of CDI ACEs –submission of results September 2017 and verification in October 2017-AAU/WB

General implementation support and supervision ACE Audio-July 6 2017 and September 13 2017-AAU/WB/ACES Webex with selected ACEs as needed-AAU/WB Country level WB/Centers procurement meeting/workshops-August 2017 Supervision missions to CDI ACEs-July 2017-AAU/WB/National focal point Supervision missions to selected ACEs-September/October 2017- AAU/WB/National focal point Joint ACE 1 and ACE 2 workshop –November 2017-AAU/IUCEA/WB

Country /regional level milestones National review meetings-1 per country between now and-November 2017-National review committee Virtual Regional Steering Committee-August 2017 Partnerships China Partnership Meeting-July 9-15