In light of the significant capacity challenges facing the continent, which requires more resources, there is an urgent need for Africans to step up their own financial support and take the lead in advocating for the financing of the activities of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). This appeal was made by the Foundation’s Executive Secretary, Prof. Emmanuel Nnadozie, at the inaugural meeting of the Permanent Committee of the Board of Governors of the Foundation on Resource Mobilization held on 3-4 November 2014 in Lome, Togo.
“There is an urgent need for Africans to take the driver’s seat in the financing of ACBF,” Prof. Nnadozie said at the meeting. He also called on member countries to give political support to the Foundation’s resource mobilization efforts.
The meeting appealed to the ACBF to continue to build on the level of cooperation it already has with multilateral and non-African partners.
Also at the meeting, Prof. Kako Nubukpo, Chair of the Committee and Togo’s Minister in the Office of the President in charge of Long-Term Planning and Evaluation of Public Policies, said support for the capacity building work of the Foundation was important for African countries as they go through various stages of economic transformation. The Committee adopted a plan of action for resource mobilization in 2015.
As part of the outcomes of the meeting, the committee agreed to engage African heads of state in addressing the financing challenges facing capacity building on the continent. It also decided to solicit one of them to champion this cause among his peers and the international community. The meeting decided to start the engagement by soliciting the support of Faure Gnassingbé, President of host nation Togo.
