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Millennium Challenge Account-Niger Mca-Niger MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT-NIGER MCA-NIGER MINUTES OF THE NINTH ORDINARY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HELD IN NIAMEY ON SEPTEMBER 19th , 2019. The Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Account Niger ("MCA-Niger") held its Ninth Ordinary Meeting on September 19 th, 2019 at 9:45 a.m. at Hotel Soluxe, in accordance with the provisions: (i) The Rules of Procedure of MCA-Niger, in its final version of 04 July 2017; (ii) Decree N °2016-706 / PRN, dated 23 December 2016, on the creation, attributes, composition and functions of the Millennium Challenge Account-Niger ("MCA-Niger"); (iii) The Millennium Challenge Compact between the Government of the United States of America, acting through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (hereinafter, "MCC"), and the Republic of Niger, acting through its Ministries and other government entities, as applicable (the "Government"), signed on July 29, 2016 (the "Compact"); and (iv) Programme Implementation Agreement signed on 29 July 2016 ("Programme Implementation Agreement"), between the United States of America, acting through MCC, and the Government. The capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given in the Compact, the Program Implementation Agreement, and/or the MCA-Niger Rules of Procedure. I. PERSONS PRESENT AT THE MEETING : Members of the Council present: 1. Mr. OUHOUMOUDOU Mahamadou, Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic, Chairman of the Board of Directors, full member ; 2. Mr. KATAMBE Issoufou, Minister of Hydraulics and Sanitation, full member ; 3. Mrs. KANE Aichatou Boulama, Minister of Planning, full member; 4. Mr. BOUCHA Mohamed, Minister Delegate for Livestock, alternate member ; 5. Mrs ELBACK Zeinabou Tari Bako, Minister for the Promotion of Women and the Protection of Children, full member ; 6. Mr. ADAMOU SOULEY Hamadou, Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister, full member 7. Mr OUMA AHAMET Abdoulaye OUMA, Secretary General of the Ministry of Public Works, substitute member; 1 8. Mr DJARIRI Mahaman Salissou, Chief of Staff of the Minister of the Environment, Urban Sanitation and Sustainable Development, alternate member; 9; 9. Mr ABDOU Mahaman Sani, Secretary General of the High Commission for the 3N Initiative, alternate member ; 10. Mr DJADAH Abdoulaye DJADAH Abdoulaye, Vice-President of the Niger Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts, Representative of the Private Sector, full member; 11. Mrs SOUMANA Ramatou, Representative of Women's Civil Society Organizations, substitute member; 12. Mrs PENN Kristin, Resident Director of the MCC in Niger, full member as observer without the right to vote ; 13. Mr. ANNOU Mamane, Director General of MCA-Niger, Secretary of the Board of Directors, full member as non-voting observer. Council members present by teleconference: None Council members absent : - Mr DIOP Mamoudou, Minister of Finance, full member; - Mr BAGNA Djibo, President of the Peasant Platform, Representative of Civil Society, full member; Other persons present: - Mrs. SAMAKE Aminata, Acting Programme Director, MCA Niger Management Services and Market Access Facilitation Manager, - Mr. Soulemane KOUOTOU N'GAPOUT, Director of Legal Affairs, MCA-Niger - Ms Hassana GOURO, Legal Specialist, MCA-Niger ; - Mr. Julien TOUGOURI, Monitoring-Evaluation Director, MCA-Niger; - Mr. Diafarou MOUMOUNI, Irrigation Infrastructure Manager, MCA-Niger; - Mr. Daouda SEINI DIAKITE, Road Manager, MCA-Niger; - Mr. Jonathan ABDOU, Manager PRAPS, MCA-Niger; - Mr. Saidou LAMINOU, Manager CRA, MCA-Niger; - Mr. Saliou MAMADOU DIALLO, Manager Resettlement, MCA-Niger; - Mr. Rodrigue BATIONO, Land Manager, MCA-Niger; - Mrs. GAMBO ILLO DAOURA Halima, Manager Private Sector Mobilization and Engagement, MCA-Niger; - Mr Hans MASRO, Manager Strategic Communication, MCA-Niger; - Mr. Garba ILLO MOTA, Field Communication Manager, MCA-Niger; - Mr. Abdel Kader SALISSOU IDI, Security Manager, MCA-Niger; - Mr. Abdoul Nasser HADI GOURGOUDOU, Audit and Compliance Manager, MCA-Niger; - Mr. Kamil AGALI, Senior Executive Assistant, MCA-Niger; - Mr. IDE SIDDO Naji, Computer Graphics Specialist and Webmaster, MCA-Niger; - Mrs. Ramatou ADAMOU OUSMANE, Communication Advisor, UNOPS; - Mr. Moussa AMADOU, Coordinator of the Support Unit in charge of Monitoring Eligibility Indicators. 2 - Mrs. Alicia ROBINSON-MORGAN, Africa Director, MCC ; - Ms. Katerina NTEP, Sector Operations Director, MCC. Chairman of the meeting: Mr. OUHOUMOUDOU Mahamadou, Chairman of the Board of Directors. Secretary of the meeting : Mr. ANNOU Mamane, Director General, MCA-Niger II. PROCEDURE At the opening of the meeting at 9.45 a.m., the Chairman of the Board checked and confirmed: - That the notices for convening this Meeting were delivered to the members of the Board within the deadlines as required by the provisions of Section 3.12 (b) (i) of the MCA-Niger By-Laws, namely September 11, 2019. - That a quorum was achieved by the presence of a majority of the voting members of the Board, including at least one member who is not a representative of the Government as stipulated in Section 3.12 (b) (ii) of the Rules of Procedure of MCA-Niger. He therefore declared the meeting open. He then indicated the presence during this meeting of Ms Alicia ROBINSON-MORGAN, Director Africa/MCC and Ms Katerina NTEP, Director of the Operations Sector /MCC, who was on mission in Niamey to monitor the activities of the Compact. They will attend the board meeting as observers, and will take the floor to provide information on certain issues. Finally, he praised the staff of MCA-Niger for the progress made in the implementation of the Compact, which will be detailed during the meeting: A- Reading of the Notice Convening the meeting and adoption of the Agenda B- Adoption of the Minutes of the Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Council held on June 25th, 2019 C- Approval of Addenda to the Agreements of Implementation Entities C-1. Addendum N°01 to the Agreements concluded between MCA-Niger and the communes of Konni, Tsernaoua, Gaya, Tanda, Tounouga and the SPNCR (Irrigation and Market Access Project) C-2. Addendum No. 01 to the Agreement concluded between MCA-Niger and the Ministry of Primary Education, Literacy, Promotion of National Languages and Civic Education (sub- activity Agricultural Support Services) D- Approval of the Implementation Entity Agreement model between MCA-Niger and the 16 communes of the intervention zone of the CRA project E- Approval of the Private Sector Partnership Fund Grant Facility Procedures Manual 1.2- Open Session: for information F- State of implementation of the recommendations of the Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the board held on 25 June 2019 G- State of progress of the Compact projects: Irrigation G-1. Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) of the Konni Hydro-Agricultural Rehabilitation Project (KHRP) G-2. Sia-Kouanza hydro-agricultural schemes: information on variants H- State of progress of Compact projects: Roads 3 H-1. Resettlement Action Plans for the RN35/RRS and RN7 road projects H-2. Update of the construction work on the RN35/RRS and RN7 roads I- Status of the Compact projects: Sectorial Reforms I-1. Road maintenance reform I-2. Fertilizer Sector Reform 2- Executive Session 2.1- Executive Session: for information J- Staff taxation (monitoring the implementation of the recommendations made by the board ) 2.2- Executive Session: for approval K- Approval of the Amendment N°01 to the Procurement Plan N°06 of MCA-Niger 3- Miscellaneous 4- Closure B - Adoption of the Minutes of the Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Board of Directors held on June 25, 2019 Summary of the debates : The Board made some minor technical corrections to the minutes straight away. The debates on this item having been covered, the President put to the vote the adoption of Resolution N°01. RESOLUTION N°01: The Board of Directors approves and adopts, unanimously of the members present, the minutes of its eighth Ordinary Meeting held on 25 June 2019. C - Approval of Addenda to Agreements of Implementation Entities C-1. Addendum N°01 to the Agreements concluded between MCA-Niger and the communes of Konni, Tsernaoua, Gaya, Tanda, Tounouga and the SPNCR (Irrigation and Market Access Project) Summary of the debates : The General Director of MCA-Niger indicated that it is planned, within the framework of the Large Irrigation component of the Compact, MCA-Niger will assist the Communal Land Commissions of the communes in the project area, as well as the Permanent Secretariat of the Rural Code, in the conduct of their land security missions. To this end, a collaboration platform was set up through the signing of Implementing Entity Agreements between MCA-Niger and these structures on April 3, 2018. However, the implementation of these agreements in practice has proved problematic, due, among other things, to budgetary aspects: the agreements provide for pre-financing of expenses by communes that do not have sufficient financial capacity. In order to overcome these shortcomings, MCA-Niger has drafted amendments to the Agreements and is submitting them to the board for approval. The debates on this item has covered, the President put to the vote the adoption of resolutions N°02 and N°03. RESOLUTION N°02: The Board of Directors approves and adopts, unanimously of the present voting members , the Amendments N°01 to the Implementing Entity 4 Agreements concluded between MCA-Niger and the Communes of Konni, Tsernaoua, Gaya, Tanda, Tounouga. RESOLUTION N°03: The Board of Directors approves and adopts, unanimously of the present voting members, the Amendments n°01 to the Implementing Entity Agreement concluded between MCA-Niger and the SPNCR. C-2. Addendum No. 01 to the Agreement concluded between MCA-Niger and the Ministry of Primary Education, Literacy, Promotion of National Languages and Civic Education (sub-activity Agricultural Support Services) Summary of the debates : The General Director of MCA-Niger indicated that within the framework of the Konni Irrigated Perimeter Rehabilitation Project, producers will benefit from Agricultural Support Services including adult Literacy and health component with the assistance of the MEP/A/PLN/EC.
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