AFRICA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE NEXT STEPS

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 ACE Extension and Reallocation

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

Key ACE Project Next Steps-next 6 months 2017 Clearance of Procurement Plans and Annual Work Plans (WB/AAU)-January 5 2017 Submission of Annual Works plans and Procurement Plans (ACEs)- November 30th 2017 2018 Interim financial reporting (ACEs responsible) – February 15 2018 FM DLIs-financial audit for 2017 (ACEs responsible) – Submission June 30 2018 Procurement Audit (ACEs responsible) – June 30th 2018 End of civil works procurement (ACEs responsible) – June 30th 2018

Verification and Disbursements Center feedback on draft verification letters @ACE workshop – November 10th Communication of Verification letters- November 17th DLI 2.1-2.4 (for CDI ACEs) DLI 2.5 self-assessment/accreditation results DLI 2.6 research publications DLI 3 and 4-Financial Management and Procurement WB disbursement clearance letters to each country - November 30 2017 Submission of withdrawal applications- December 15 2017

Next round of verification One round of verification of student, infrastructure/equipment, accreditation and revenue generation (DLI 2.7) – Jan-March 2018 Submission of all results – Jan 15 2018 Student DLIs – 2.1-2.4 Data quality check by Technopolis - Feb 2018 Survey and phone calls – March 2018 Infrastructure and Equipment DLIs – DLI 2.8 Submission of milestones ready for verification – January 15 2017 DLI 2.8 technical missions to selected ACE – February 2018

Verification and Disbursements Next Verification of DLI 2.1-2.4 - Jan-March 2018 submission of results - Jan 15 2018 Data quality check by Technopolis - Feb 2018 Survey and phone calls - March 2018 Draft results of DLI 2.1-2.4 - April 2018

General implementation support and supervision ACE Audio – Jan 15 2018 and March 2018 AAU/WB/ACES Webex with selected ACEs as needed AAU/WB Country level WB/Centers procurement meeting/workshops – August 2017 Supervision missions to selected ACEs – September/October – March-April 2018 AAU/WB/National focal point ACE 1 workshop – May 2018 AAU/IUCEA/WB

Milestones and Restructuring Country /regional level milestones National review meetings-1 per country between now and – May 2018 National review committee Virtual Regional Steering Committee – May 2017 ACE Project Restructuring Submission of extension requests from Ministries of Finance – December 15 2017 WB approval and processing of Project extension – February 2017 Restructuring to include fund reallocation in Nigeria and Senegal – February 2017