AFRICA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE NEXT STEPS

Overview Where are we? Where do we want to be? 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

Where are we? Readiness Student Enrollment & Internship Accreditation Research Publications Revenue Generation Infrastructure and Equipment FM Procurement 100% 28% 40% 78% 24% 17% 35% 18%

Continue the great work! EDUCATION AND APPLIED RESEARCH Msc-Phd and relevant short-term professional training Push for international accreditation Priorities revenue generation activities Priorities completion of infrastructure and equipment results

Immediate next steps Fill ACE survey -today/now! Most Accra 2017 PowerPoints uploaded on AAU website- now Share regional aide memoire-within two week of workshop close! To national governments

Key ACE Project Next Steps-next 6 months 2017 Submission of Annual Works plans and Procurement Plans (ACEs)- November 30th 2017 Clearance of Procurement Plans and Annual Work Plans (WB/AAU)-January 5 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

Disbursement of verification results Center feedback on draft verification letters- @ACE workshop now Submission of requisite EEPs-November 16th Communication of Verification letters- November 23 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- Immediately after

Next round of verification-2018 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 DLI 2.1-2.4-Student Results 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

General implementation support and supervision ACE Audio – Jan 24 2018 and March 28 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

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 –all countries– March 2017 Finalization of restructuring to include fund reallocation in Nigeria, Senegal and Cameroon – early 2017

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