The Executive Board of the African Capacity Building Foundation at its meeting on 8 - 10 December 2014 in Harare approved the Foundation’s 2015 business plan, budget, and six new operations. The management updated the Board on ACBF’s new business model which emphasizes enhanced collaboration with mature implementing partners. The new model also highlights decentralization of operations, effective use of Information and Communication Technology, and multidisciplinary teams for supervision mission and clarity of business processes. The new operations are:
- The Malawi Public Policy Research and Analysis Project
- The African Union Capacity Building Program
- The East African Community Capacity Building Project
- The Capacity Building Project for the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD)
- The Capacity Building Project for the West African Economic and Monetary Union
- The Ghana Policy Analysis, Research and Monitoring and Evaluation Unit
The three-day meeting, held at the ACBF secretariat in Harare, also had an induction program for the new board members on the Foundation’s mandate, organizational architecture, legal and operational frameworks. The board equally approved the Foundation’s revised operations manual. The ACBF operations manual presents the policies and procedures to be used by ACBF staff in project development, implementation, supervision, and monitoring and evaluation. The ACBF operations are divided into two departments - East and Southern Africa, and West and Central Africa. The next Board meeting is scheduled for the end of the first quarter of 2015.
