Excellence in African Higher Education: Next Steps Overview
Discover the immediate next steps, key milestones, and priorities for African higher education centers of excellence. Explore progress on readiness, accreditation, research, revenue generation, and infrastructure development.
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AFRICA HIGHER EDUCATION CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE NEXT STEPS
Overview Where are we? Where do we want to be? Immediate next steps Key steps over next 6 months Financial and Procurement Reporting Milestones Verification and Disbursements General implementation support and supervision Country /regional level milestones ACE Extension and Reallocation
Where are we? Readiness Student Enrollment & Internship Accreditation Research Publications Revenue Generation Infrastructure and Equipment FM Procurement 100% 28% 40% 78% 24% 17% 35% 18%
Continue the great work! EDUCATION AND APPLIED RESEARCH Msc-Phd and relevant short-term professional training Push for international accreditation Priorities revenue generation activities Priorities completion of infrastructure and equipment results
Immediate next steps Fill ACE survey -today/now! Most Accra 2017 PowerPoints uploaded on AAU website- now Share regional aide memoire-within two week of workshop close! To national governments
Key ACE Project Next Steps-next 6 months Submission of Annual Works plans and Procurement Plans (ACEs)- November 30th 2017 Clearance of Procurement Plans and Annual Work Plans (WB/AAU)-January 5 2017 2017 Interim financial reporting (ACEs responsible) February 15 2018 FM DLIs-financial audit for 2017 (ACEs responsible) Submission June 30 2018 Procurement Audit (ACEs responsible) June 30th 2018 End of civil works procurement (ACEs responsible) June 30th 2018 2018
Disbursement of verification results Center feedback on draft verification letters- @ACE workshop now Submission of requisite EEPs-November 16th Communication of Verification letters- November 23 DLI 2.1-2.4 (for CDI ACEs) DLI 2.5 self-assessment/accreditation results DLI 2.6 research publications DLI 3 and 4-Financial Management and Procurement WB disbursement clearance letters to each country - November 30 2017 Submission of withdrawal applications- Immediately after
Next round of verification-2018 One round of verification of student, infrastructure/equipment, accreditation and revenue generation (DLI 2.7) Jan-March 2018 Submission of all results Jan 15 2018 DLI 2.1-2.4-Student Results Data quality check by Technopolis - Feb 2018 Survey and phone calls March 2018 Infrastructure and Equipment DLIs DLI 2.8 Submission of milestones ready for verification January 15 2017 DLI 2.8 technical missions to selected ACE February 2018
General implementation support and supervision ACE Audio Jan 24 2018 and March 28 2018 AAU/WB/ACES Webex with selected ACEs as needed AAU/WB Country level WB/Centers procurement meeting/workshops August 2017 Supervision missions to selected ACEs September/October March-April 2018 AAU/WB/National focal point ACE 1 workshop May 2018
Milestones and Restructuring Country /regional level milestones National review meetings-1 per country between now and May 2018 National review committee Virtual Regional Steering Committee May 2017 ACE Project Restructuring Submission of extension requests from Ministries of Finance December 15 2017 WB approval and processing of Project extension all countries March 2017 Finalization of restructuring to include fund reallocation in Nigeria, Senegal and Cameroon early 2017
