1. AFRICA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
NEXT STEPS

2. 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

3. 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

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

5. Verification and Disbursements
Center feedback on draft verification workshop – November 10th
Communication of Verification letters- November 17th
DLI (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
Submission of withdrawal applications- December

6. 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
Student DLIs –
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
DLI 2.8 technical missions to selected ACE – February 2018

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

8. General implementation support and supervision
ACE Audio – Jan 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

9. 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
WB approval and processing of Project extension – February 2017
Restructuring to include fund reallocation in Nigeria and Senegal – February 2017