Central African Republic
Official Name: Central African Republic
Capital: Bangui
Independence Day: 13 August 1960
Currency: CFA franc (XAF)
Key Result
CAR is expected to benefit from the Douala-Bangui Douala-Ndjamena Corridor, which aims to modernise the highest priority multimodal ARTIN corridor in Central Africa and facilitate travel for people and goods across the borders between Cameroon, Chad and the Central African Republic.
The country joined the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Initiative, which aims to ensure universal access to modern energy services, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency, and double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. To support this process, the SE4ALL Africa Hub partners led the development of Africa Guidelines for SE4ALL national Action Agendas.
Africa has agreed to commit 100 Million hectares of land for restoration through the application of the restoration opportunities assessment methodology. To-date, CAR has committed 3.5 million ha.
The Central African Republic signed the CAADP Compact in 2011, committing to prioritise agricultural transformation and development. Technical experts were deployed in 2012 to undertake independent technical reviews of the country’s National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP). CAR is currently implementing its NAIP through the support of NEPAD. According to the CAADP Biennial Review Report this resulted in improved policy development and implementation, 100% official development assistance (ODA) disbursed to agriculture against commitments, 65.5% of youth engaged in new job opportunities in agriculture value chains, 21.8% of rural women having access to productive assets in agriculture and an increase of 12,4% in agricultural value added per arable land.
Related
Projects
African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH)
A critical AU Model Law aimed at harmonizing medical products regulatory systems in Africa was endorsed by African Heads of State and Government at the January 2016 AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AU Model Law will contribute towards accelerate the regulation of safe, quality and affordable medical products and technologies in CAR.
Central Africa has embarked on a collaborative framework that will stipulate the activities, roles and responsibilities for implementing an MRH programme in the region. CAR is participating in a mapping exercise in 2016 that shall establish regulatory systems that will guide ECCAS and OCEAC Member States in setting up an MRH programme.
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
CAADP Compact: The Central African Republic signed the CAADP Compact on 15 April 2011.
National Agriculture Investment Plan: Technical experts were deployed to Cape Verde from 14 – 21 May 2012 to undertake independent technical reviews of its National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP). Cape Verde is currently implementing its NAIP through the support of NEPAD.
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
Project : TAH programme
Description : This is phase I of the continental connectivity programme that focuses on completion and standardisation of the TAH missing links by 2030
Project : Single African Sky phase 1 (design and initial implementation)
Description : Single African Sky is a continental programme that will create a high-level, satellite-based air navigation system for the African continent
Project : Yamoussoukro Decision implementation
Description : Accelerate Yamoussoukro Decision implementation by identifying countries that are ready to fully implement it, and discussing and agreeing with both their governments and airlines to launch the voluntary club on a full membership basis;
Project : Pointe Noire, Brazzaville/ Kinshasa, Bangui, N’djamena Multimodal Corridor
Description : This multimodal programme would resuscitate he river transport in the Congo-Ubangi River Basin and modernize road transport along the corridor
Project : Douala-Bangui Douala-Ndjamena Corridor
Description : This programme would modernize the highest priority multimodal ARTIN corridor in Central Africa and facilitate travel for people and goods across the borders between Cameroon, Chad and the Central African Republic
Project : Central African Inter-Capital Connectivity
Description : This programme is specially designed for Central Africa, where one of the key issues for regional integration is the missing links in several intercapital connectors
Project : Central Africa Air Transport
Description : This programme aims at increasing the air transport service levels as well as airport improvement in Central Africa, which are currently limited by the lack of a regional air hub
Project : Central Africa Hub Port and Rail Programme
Description : This programme aims at responding to the future capacity problems in Central African ports. This programme has two components : (a) a regional hub port and rail linkage master plan and (b) port expansion
Project : ICT Enabling Environment
Description : This programme would improve the environment for the private sectors to invest in high-speed broadband infrastructure
Project : ICT Terrestrial for Connectivity
Description : This programme has two main components : secure each country connection by at least two broadband infrastructure and ensure the access to submarine cable to all landlocked countries
Project : Internet Exchange Point (IXP) programme
Description : The aim of this programme is to provide Africa with adequate internet node exchange to maximise internal traffic
African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100)
Capacity Development
Advocacy and Strengthening of Negotiation Capacities on Post-2015 Development Agenda through the Common African Position (CAP)
Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC)
The Global Partnership is an inclusive political forum bringing together governments, bilateral and multilateral organisations, civil society and representatives from parliaments and the private sector, committed to strengthening the effectiveness of development co-operation to produce maximum impact for development. Through its multi-stakeholder platform, the Global Partnership provides support, guidance and shares knowledge to boost development impact with a strong country focus, and to ensure a degree of coherence and collaboration among all development stakeholders on co-operation flows and policies. It offers a global mechanism to ensure co-operation is based on Busan principles of ownership, results, inclusiveness; and transparency and accountability to deliver tangible results on the new SDGs. NEPAD Agency is the Africa’s Secretariat for the Global Partnership.
Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI)
Description : The use of political gravitas and goodwill to unblock and facilitate political bottlenecks affecting the implementation of ICT broadband and optic fibre projects on the continent
Africa UN Food Systems Summit Knowledge Hub
Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)
"At the beginning of 2014, 37 of the 42 opted-in African countries have completed a rapid assessment / gap analysis. The next step for countries is to develop a SE4LL Action Agenda and Investment Prospectus(es). To support this process, the SE4ALL Africa Hub partners have led the development of Africa Guidelines for SE4ALL national Action Agendas. The Africa Guidelines lay out principles and process for developing Action Agendas and put forward a balanced approach of centralized and decentralized solutions to achieve universal access to energy services.
Progress in Central African Republic:
Joined SE4All initiative"
Description : This multimodal programme would resuscitate he river transport in the Congo-Ubangi River Basin and modernize road transport along the corridor