Ministerial Roundtable

MARCH 31, 2021 ADVANCING PRIORITY REGIONAL PROJECTS TO STRENGTHEN CRISIS RECOVERY Joint Presentation by AfDB, EU, and World Bank HOAINITIATIVE.ORG

KEY MESSAGES

MAINTAINED SUPPORT SUDAN $3.3bn. DIALOGUE ENGAGEMENT Of the agreed $15bn package, a DURING THE & OUTREACH first wave of $3.3bn expected to PANDEMIC be supported by the three DPs.

3 Ministerial Meetings High-level support (Feb 2020 @Djibouti, May from the Ministers and KENYA and Oct 2020 virtually) $1.02 bn has already been HoA focal points and IGAD approved by DPs, and $1.29 7 technical workshops are essential to advance (Mar 2020 for Pillars 3&4, Oct 2020 bn is under preparation for project preparation. approval by the end of 2021. for Pillars 2, 3, and 4, Mar 2021 for Pillar 1: Digital and Energy) Additionally, the 30mn Euro Further engagement of MDTF is being prepared for taken place since Oct 2019 to additional donors are technical support including strengthen regional dialogue for needed. We welcome Ministers’ view on advancing feasibility studies, policy harmonization and advance advancing further support to the Chair and others. preparation for prioritized projects. donor outreach.

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PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING PRIORITY PROJECTS

1 PRIORITY PACKAGE AGREED Projects are picked up from the priority list of projects worth $15bn that were identified through country-led discussions and cleared by Ministers in BALANCE READINESS the Oct 2019 Ministerial Meeting.

2 READINESS Readiness of delivery has been assessed to demonstrate early deliverables. While projects with advanced readiness have been prioritized for investment projects, feasibility studies are also to be supported through various resources including the MDTF. PRIORITY PACKAGE 3 BALANCE AGREED Balance between 4 Pillars and countries have been considered to maximize the impact of projects and regional spillover benefits.

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Economic Corridors, Energy Trade, Digital Markets

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ASSAB MELLONDI BALHO BURE MANDA DJIBOUTI SEMERA MELLONDI BALHO DJIBUTI TADJOURA GALAFI WEYA SEMERA GALAFI DJIBUTI ALAGE WEYA BOSASO LOYADA ALAGE LOYADA DIKHIL ECONOMIC CORRIDORS DEWELE – DEWELE – DJIBOUTI DEWELE SECTION BERBERA DJIBOUTI DEWELE TOGOCHALE SECTION BERBERADIRE DAWA MIESO HARGEISA KALABAYDH GARDO ISIOLO-MANDERA CORRIDOR ($1.02BN) ADDIS ABEBA HARER Will improve the transport and digital connectivity, cutting TOGOCHALEAWASH ADAMA GAROWE $1.6bn. ETHIOPIA HARGEISA AWARE down transport time by half. MIESO AWASH – MIESO – TOTAL KALABAYDHDIRE DAWA SECTION GARDO JIJIGA GALDOGOB HARERAWASSA ADDIS ABEBA GINIR KEBRI DEHAR DJIBOUTI-ADDIS CORRIDOR ($570MN) AWASH GALKAYO ADAMA $750mn Will develop a new Southern route from Addis to Djibouti Port, GODE GAROWE Approved reducing almost 100km compared to the existing Northern route. NEGELEAWARE AWASH – MIESO – FITU FERFER DIRE DAWA SECTION MANDERA $886mn ISIOLO – SOMALIA FEASIBILITY STUDIES IN SOMALIA MANDERA DOLO ADO GALDOGOB To be delivered AWASSA SECTION To identify priority sections, addressing the challenges of roadsGINIR KEBRI DEHAR JAWHAR in 2021 LIBOI GALKAYO in Somalia of which 87% are unpaved. BUR HAKABA MARSABIT

MOGADISHU GODE WAJIR Projects Development Partner Status Target Approval Total ($mn) HABASWEIN CORRIDOR 1 HoA Gateway Development Project (Kenya: Isiolo – Wajir World Bank Approved Sep, 2020 750NEGELE ISIOLO Kismayo, Lamu, Mogadishu – El Wak - Mandera) 1 CORRIDOR 2 Horn of Africa Kismayo, Lamu and Mogadishu Corridor: AfDB Under Preparation Sep, 2021 278 FITU FERFER Assab and Djibouti Elwak-Rhamu-Mandera Road Upgrading Project KENYA GARISSA Djibouti-Addis Road Corridor Project (Djibouti: Djibouti World Bank Under preparation July, 2021 70 CORRIDOR 3 Berbera and Djibouti Port- Arta, RN5 &RN19) NAIROBI 2 KIUNGA Regional Economic Corridor Project (Ethiopia: Awash- World Bank Under preparation July, 2021 500 MANDERA CORRIDOR 4 Mieso- Diredawa) ISIOLO – LAMU Mogadishu, Berbera, and Boaso 3 Somalia HoA Infrastructure Integration Project World Bank Under preparation Jun, 2021 MANDERA38 DOLO ADO EXISTING ROADS Total SECTION1,636

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MOGADISHU

WAJIR

HABASWEIN ISIOLO

GARISSA

NAIROBI KIUNGA

LAMU HOAINITIATIVE.ORG

ENERGY TRADE DJIBOUTI

SEMERA NAGAD $581mn. TOTAL ETHIOPIA BERBERA THE 2ND ETHIOPIA- DJIBOUTI

DIRE DAWA INTERCONNECTOR HARGEISA ADDIS ABEBA $131MN will bring three-fold increase of reliable and affordable electricity trade from the current 80MW to 220MW. Projects Development Status Target Total Partner Approval ($mn) 2nd Ethiopia-Djibouti World Bank Under 2021 45 THE ETHIOPIA- SOMALIA INTERCONNECTOR Power System preparation Interconnection Project GODE (Djibouti) $450MN 1 Is expected to improve energy access in Ethiopia 2nd Ethiopia- Djiobouti AfDB Under 2021 86 Power System preparation and Somalia, including the borderland areas. It is (Ethiopia and Djibouti) HoA Regional World Bank Early Stage 2022 450 in the early- stage planning, while FS is ongoing Integration for Planning SOMALIA Sustainable Energy 2 under EAPP grant. Supply (Ethiopia-Somalia Interconnector) Total 581

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DIGITAL MARKETS

$147mn. TOTAL

HOA GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Under the corridor HoA Gateway Development Project in Kenya, 750km of fiber optic cables are being installed to increase digital access along the Isiolo-Mandera Corridor.

Projects Development Status Target Total ($mn) REGIONAL DIGITAL INTEGRATION PROJECT Partner Approval HoA Gateway $135MN, TBC Development Included in Sep- Project World Bank Approved (1) Economic 2020 Under preparation to fill the access gaps and advance Kenya: Corridors Isiolo-Mandera single digital market. East Africa World Bank Early Stage tbc 135 (tbc) Regional Planning Digital Integration DIGITALIZATION 4 DEVELOPMENT Digitalisation EU Funding tbc 12 with the approved, EU support being planned through European European identification Digitalisation 4 activities Digitalization 4 Development, kick-off workshop with development ongoing HoA countries conducted in Mar 2021. Total 147 (tbc)

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Trade Facilitation, Regional Value Chains

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TRADE AND MARKET INTEGRATION

$255mn. TOTAL

TRADE INTEGRATION IN THE DJIBOUTI CORRIDOR Is being supported by the EU to promote harmonized trading and regulatory frameworks between Djibouti and Ethiopia.

DE-RISKING AND UPGRADING REGIONAL Projects Development Status Target Total LIVESTOCK VALUE CHAINS Partner Approval ($mn) Development EU Approved - 38 $210MN, TBC of the Djibouti Is under preparation, which aim to de-risk and enhance Corridor COMESA Trade EU Approved - 7 financial inclusion of pastoral production groups, and connect Facilitation Program them better to markets by upgrading livestock value chains and Livestock World Bank Early Stage 2022 210 (tbc) finance and Planning facilitating cross-border trade. $1 of public sector investment is regional value chains expected to leverage at least $2 of private sector capital. Total 255 (tbc)

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Agropastoralism, Locusts, Groundwater, Borderlands

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BUILDING RESILIENCE

$721mn. TOTAL

LOCUST RESPONSE FORCED DISPLACEMENT $232MN $130MN Projects Development Status Target Total Has been delivered in the midst of the Additional Finance to Development Response to Partner Approval ($mn) Locust World Bank Approved - 152 desert locust upsurge in 2020, to scale Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) ($130mn), Response up surveillance and control measures, will additionally support refugees and host Locust EU Approved - 88 Response and rehabilitate crop and livestock communities in Ethiopia. Groundwater World Bank Early Stage 2021-22 200 for Resilience Planning (tbc) productions systems. Additional World Bank Under 2021 130 Finance: preparation AGRO-PASTORALISM Development Response to GROUNDWATER FOR RESILIENCE $151MN Displacement Impacts Project $200MN, TBC Will support interventions for sustainable (Ethoipia) Agro- AfDB Under Sep, 151 Will foster combined use of management of agro-pastoral land, development of pastoralism: preparation 2021 Strengthening groundwater resources which can climate resilient infrastructure, promotion of climate- the resilience of pastoral significantly augment agriculture and smart innovations and technologies, supporting production system to food production, reducing the region’s agribusiness development and strengthening the climate change Total 721 (tbc) dependence on rainfall. adaptive capacity to climate change.

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Epidemics, Skills, Women’s Empowerment, ID4D

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HUMAN CAPITAL

$8.5mn. TOTAL

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE FOR HOA $8.5MN EU supported Disease surveillance for HoA ($8.5mn) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

HEALTH SECURITY, DISEASE

SURVEILLANCE, PREPAREDNESS Projects Development Status Target Total Partner Approval ($mn) AND RESPONSE Disease EU Approved - 8.5 surveillance for Early-stage discussion proceeding in the HoA the WB to consider a project for Health Health Security, World Bank Early Stage tbc disease Planning surveillance, Security, disease surveillance, preparedness preparedness and response. and response Total 8.5

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MULTI DONOR 1 ADVISORY SERVICES AND ANALYTICS On RI Priorities such as research, analysis, surveys, TRUST FUND (MDTF) studies, policy notes.

EU and WB have reached agreement on 2 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND FEASIBILITY setting up an MDTF and hope the soon sign STUDIES the agreement. EU has allocated Euro 30m Such as project preparation or identification, support to the MDTF, which will be administered by for capacity building. e.g. feasibility and design; the WB. A Partnership Council will ensure social and environmental and social safeguards the participation in decision making on the studies, assessments and action plans, etc. MDTF, comprising of HoA countries and partners. Work continues in reaching out to 3 CONVENING OF COUNTRIES AND other interested partners for contributing STAKEHOLDERS to the MDTF. such as through conferences and workshops on thematic areas related to regional integration.

THE HOA MDTF WILL FINANCE SUPPORT TO A SMALL SECRETARIAT TO FOUR BROAD TYPES OF ACTIVITIES 4 SUPPORT THE HOA CHAIR

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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ADVISORY SERVICES AND ANALYTICS

1 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 3 HOA REGIONAL ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM (WB) TO SUPPORT THE HORN aims to strengthen the economic analysis on the OF AFRICA INITIATIVE challenges and opportunities for regional economic SECRETARIAT (EU) integration to support job creation and economic transformation in the HoA. 2 FROM ISOLATION TO INTEGRATION- THE 4 HOA REGIONAL RISK AND RESILIENCE BORDERLANDS OF THE ASSESSMENTS (WB) HOA (WB, COMPLETED) aims to strengthen the understandings of Fragility, Conflict focuses on borderlands & Violence (FCV) drivers and resilience factors in the HoA. perspectives in the HoA, areas with challenges and 5 STRENGTHENING RESILIENCE IN THE HORN OF of economic potential. AFRICA (WB) Significant collaboration with aims to strengthen the foundations for regional IGAD and reference to its approaches to resilience building in the HoA, through identified clusters. working closely with IGAD.

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