PRESENTATION BY KARANGIZI STEPHEN DIRECTOR THE AFRICAN LEGAL SUPPORT FACILITY REGIONAL SEMINAR FOR NORTH AFRICA TUNIS, TUNISIA 24-26 JANUARY 2012 THE AFRICAN.

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PRESENTATION BY KARANGIZI STEPHEN DIRECTOR THE AFRICAN LEGAL SUPPORT FACILITY REGIONAL SEMINAR FOR NORTH AFRICA TUNIS, TUNISIA JANUARY 2012 THE AFRICAN LEGAL SUPPORT FACILITY ALSF 1

HistoryPages 3-7 Legal ExistencePages 8-10 Institutional StructurePages OperationalizationPages Approval and implementation of the projects Pages Q & APage 27 2 Presentation Outline

HISTORY THE AFRICAN LEGAL SUPPORT FACILITY 3

History of the ALSF 2003  African Finance Ministers call for legal-technical facility to help HIPCs address growing vulture funds litigations challenge 2005  Commission for Africa reiterates Finance Ministers call as 70% of US$ 1 billion in vulture funds claims are won against RMCs  G8 recognizes vulture funds litigations as obstacle to debt relief arrangements reached at Gleneagles 2007  African Big Table calls for technical advisory facility to:  help RMCs negotiate extractive resources contracts  create appropriate, enabling environment with modern legal & regulatory frameworks for extractive resources sector 4

Focus on Vulture Funds Vulture Funds Prey On:  Indebted countries  More traditional creditors  Multilateral Initiatives such as HIPC and MDRI They Do So By:  Procuring huge debts at heavily discounted rates  Refusing to participate in voluntary restructurings  Litigating to recover full (original) value of debt A Famous Example:  Donegal vs. Zambia 5

Focus on Extractive Contracts Lack of Sound Pre-Contract Legal Advise Has Resulted In:  Constant renegotiation of contracts  Outright cancellation of contracts Constant Renegotiation and Cancellation Create:  Destabilizing and unattractive business environments in RMC economies A key Reason for the Constant Renegotiations is:  Capacity weaknesses in RMCs on the negotiation and drafting of complex contracts 6

A Market-Friendly Regime The ALSF will:  Assist RMCs to fight vulture funds litigations  Provide RMCs legal advise and preliminary analysis of vulture claims  Help RMCs to better under complex issues of commercial- transactional negotiation in the extractive industry space However,  The ALSF will not encourage non-compliance with loan covenants, non-enforcement of legitimate claims or non- compliance with good governance practice. 7

LEGAL EXISTENCE THE AFRICAN LEGAL SUPPORT FACILITY 8

The ALSF Agreement Came into Force on December 15, 2008:  After signatory by twenty-nine member countries and one international organization ALSF Membership is Open to :  AfDB member states;  Other States;  AfDB; and  Other international organizations Current Membership  Forty-two member countries  Four international organizations 9

Full Juridical Personality ALSF Agreement Confers on it the Status of:  An international institution  Full & separate juridical personality with legal capacity to:  Enter into contracts  Conclude agreements  Acquire and dispose of movable and immovable property  Be party to judicial and other legal and administrative proceedings 10

INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE THE AFRICAN LEGAL SUPPORT FACILITY 11

Organization of the ALSF The ALSF is Constituted By:  A Governing Council (12)  A Management Board (5)  A Directorate 12

The Governing Council Composition: Representatives of  Member states  AfDB  Other international organizations Mandate  Determine & approve policy  Appoint Management Board  Authorize resource replenishments  Appoint external auditors 13

The Management Board Composition  Five persons appointed by the Governing Council Mandate  Implement powers delegated to it by the Governing Council  Approve Annual Budget and Work Programs  Issue By-Laws, Rules & Regulations  Ensure efficient and effective operations  Oversee the management of the ALSF Endowment Fund 14

The Directorate Composition  A Director who was appointed in March 16, 2010 Mandate  Chief Executive Officer  Day-to-day administration  Submission of independently audited financial reports to the Management Board and the Governing Council  External representation of the ALSF  Appointment of a staff of professionals, office administrators, and a support staff 15

OPERATIONALIZATION THE AFRICAN LEGAL SUPPORT FACILITY 16

The Constitutive Assembly Tunis Meeting (June 2009):  Approval of By-laws and General Regulations  Election of Governing Council  Governing Council approval of its Rules and Procedure  Governing Council appointment of Management Board and Draft Operational Guidelines  Appointed in March 2010 to fully operationalize activities The ALSF became fully operational by the appointment of the Interim Director in March

APPROVAL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OPERATIONS THE AFRICAN LEGAL SUPPORT FACILITY 18

Projects:  As of today, ALSF has approved and is implementing six projects in line with its objectives: 1. The ALSF / Djibouti Advisory Services Project. 2. The ALSF/PALU Capacity Building Project. 3. The ALSF/ DRC Advisory Services in Litigation Project. 4. The ALSF/Liberia Advisory Services Project. 5. The ALSF/Tunisia Capacity Building Project. 6. The ALSF/Rwanda Capacity Building Project  ALSF's project pipeline is robust and continues to grow with increased awareness of ALSF amongst RMCs and also efforts of ALSF staff to publicize the Facility. 19

Advisory Services The ALSF/Djibouti advisory services Project is in line with the second ALSF objective related to the provision of technical advise for the negotiation of complex commercial transactions. The ALSF/Djibouti advisory services project was completed in Assisted Djibouti review contractual issues with the Dubai Port Authority through services of an international experienced law firm. Enabled the parties avoid potentially expensive litigation and gave comfort to Djibouti in the implementation of the Port concession project 20

Capacity Building Project The ALSF/PALU Project is in line with the third ALSF objective of providing training to lawyers and aims to provide financial assistance in the form of a US$ 900,000 grant to PALU for organizing seminars in Africa for lawyers working within Government institutions and dealing with complex commercial transactions: The objectives of the Regional Seminars, are to: Assess as well as build capacity for complex international commercial negotiations in Africa; Assess as well as build capacity for international commercial dispute resolution and also defence of Vulture Fund Litigation in Africa; Market ALSF and motivate ratifications/accessions amongst African States that have not yet done so; Build a database of knowledgeable, skilled and experienced international commercial lawyers in Africa. 21

Advisory Services- litigation The ALSF/DRC Project – Advisory Services- litigation FG– HEMISPHERE is in line with the first ALSF objective of assisting RMCs address litigation brought against them by vulture funds (and other such entities). Following ALSF’s mission to the DRC in August 2010, the Facility received a formal request from DRC to assist in a case against the vulture fund FG Hemisphere, by recruiting an experienced international law firm to represent DRC. The ALSF/DRC Project will benefit from a grant in the amount up to US$ 500,000 towards legal fees for the appointment of international legal counsel in order to assist the Government of DRC. 22

Capacity Building - Liberia The ALSF/Liberia Advisory Services Project involves supporting Liberia in negotiations of several agro-business concession contracts and was approved by the Management Board on June 6, 2011 The procedure for recruitment of international and local counsel is underway. 23

Capacity Building -Tunisia The ALSF/Tunisia Capacity Building Project supports Tunisia towards capacity building to develop a legal framework for stolen assets recovery has been signed on June 10, 2011 The Tunisian Government, in consultation with the ALSF, has selected two Law firms. 24

Capacity Building - Rwanda The ALSF/Rwanda Capacity Building Project is intended to provide capacity building to the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) in the context of an energy PPP project and review of mining contracts. The project was approved by the Board at the last meeting held on 24 November 2011 and ALSF and Rwanda are in the process of selecting the consulting Firms both international and local 25

Resource Mobilisation ALSF continues to prioritize resource mobilization and fund raising. Several partners have pledged to contribute financially to the Facility and discussions with these countries are underway. France and Belgium have already provided funding to support ALSF programmes. ALSF is also lobbying other RMCs to join the Facility and continues to solicit financial contributions from all Facility members. The need for additional financial contributions is now more acute given the increased number of requests for assistance being received from ALSF participating members. 26

QUESTIONS? THE AFRICAN LEGAL SUPPORT FACILITY 27