ThE African Development
Bank, AfDB, Wednesday, in
Tunis, received the 2013 midyear
capacity building report
for due consideration and appreciation.
It was approved for review in 2010.
Making the presentation to the
Board, the director of the African Development
Institute, EADI,Mr. Victor
Murinde, observed that during the period
2010-2012, EADI and the partner
departments in the Bank were jointly
engaged in getting the necessary
structures and systems in place.
ese according to himincluded creating
strategic partnerships with local
universities, regional capacity development
institutions such as the
African Capacity Building Foundation,
the African Economic Research Con- sortium, as well as working with relevant
multilateral institutions such as
theWorld Bank, IMF, andWorld Trade
Organization.
A statement from the AfDB saidMr.
Murinde highlighted the following Bve
main achievements under the Capacity
Development Strategy:
e establishment of the African Development
Institute (ADI) in January
2011, as a full-Cedged department
and the bank’s focal point for Capacity
Development (CD) activities, withMr
Murinde himself as its Brst Director.
e adoption of a thematic approach
to ensure a broader selectivity that
aligns CD activities with the critical
needs of the bank and RMCs. In this
regard,Mr.Murinde gave as examples,
the training of trainers among bank
staff and project officials, which has
helped enhance the performance of
the bank’s portfolio in RMCs. ese
training of trainers’ activities have
been systematically carried out by
EADI with departments such as ORPF,
OPSMand ONRI, not tomention corresponding
training of RMC officials
of which 14 African think tanks are
currently programmed for engagement
in policy dialogue.
Fruitful collaboration of key stake holders led by CHRM and
EADI in the design and launch
of the bank’s Frst Knowledge
and Learning Management
System. e system is available
to all staff, and in almost
all RMCs, and it is universally
accessible 24/7.
e establishment of an integrated
CD system to share
knowledge among bank departments,
driven by innovations
in e-learning and the
Knowledge and Virtual Resources
Centre (KVRC), facilitated
through EADI’s
collaboration with CIMM,
PECOD, and CHRM.
A Bank-wide Capacity Development
Network has been
launched, to scale up the coordination
of CD activities in
the Bank.
“Given that the Capacity Development
strategy cuts
across two bank strategies,
namely the mid- term strat-strategy (TYS), we request the
board to take note that, going
forward, the Capacity Development
strategy will be realigned
with the Ten Year
strategy for full implementation
until end of 2014, in
order to capture lessons
learned, which will be reported
in the Final Review Report
in December 2014,” Mr.
Murinde concluded.
e Board took note that a
new Capacity Development
strategy will be designed, in
2014 drawing on the TYS.
Murinde was accompanied
by the Bank’s Capacity Building
Team comprising Mrs.
Bernadette Kamgnia Manager
EADI.2, Mrs. Awuese Oku
Chief Learning Officer CHRM
as well as Messrs Oliver Chinganya
Manager (ESTA) and
Boukary Savadogo Manager
(OSHD.1).