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1 ECON EADI Ghana Egypt 1-5 Morocco Senegal 2-7 Project Implementation Workshop Zambia 9-14 Nigeria 1-5 ia Rwanda Ethiopia Mali Uganda 8-14 Project Management Workshop Tanzania 4-14 Mozambique Post Conflict/Fragile States - Public Financial Togo Governance Workshop Sierra Leone Scaling up Poverty Reduction Workshop Cameroon South Africa PBA/DSF Training Workshop Zambia Côte d'ivoire 29 1 Algeria 24 IFAD - National Appropriation Workshops Morocco 1 ia 11 Gestion des Finances Publiques BAD/JICA/ATCT ia Analyzing the Impact of the Financial Crisis and Ethiopia Designing Policy Responses African Negotiation on Carbon Finance ia 6-10 Needs Assessment Study-Stakeholders Workshop Kenya Eminent Speakers program Annual Meetings High-Level Seminars Senegal 9-16 Egypt 30 2 KOAFEC On-The-Spot Workshop DRC 29 4 South Africa EADI: African Development Institute Dates may be adjusted depending on events and countries

2 ECON Uganda 5 days Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Computation Tanzania 5 days Cameroon 5 days Côte d'ivoire 5 days Data validation ia 3 days Data Quality, Validation and Processing in the context of ICP-AFRICA South Africa AGNA Meeting ia 5 days ESTA National Accounts Statistics: Implementing the SNA 2008 IN Africa: conceptual and practical challenges South Africa and Issues relating to ICP requirements MDG Workshop- Peer review Meeting on the MDG report for Africa Ethiopia 8-9 MDG Workshop- Meeting on MDGs to train RMCs on MDG data collection and management TBD July Dissemination of Infrastructure statistics concepts and methods TBD July Data dissemination and archiving Uganda July JOINT AFRICAN INSTITUTE Macroeconomic Management and Fiscal Policy External Vulnerabilities 2-13 Monetary and Financial Statistics National Accounts Statistics Corporate Governance (DBSA-SADC) Pretoria JAI Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Risk-Based Supervision--Market and Operational Risk 4-8 Monitoring and Evaluation Monitoring and Evaluation Integrated Water Resources Management 5-29 ESTA: Statistics JAI: Joint African Institute Dates may be adjusted depending on events and countries

3 JOINT AFRICAN INSTITUTE Strategic Planning and Risk Assessment in Revenue Administration 1-5 Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Training for RECs Nairobi 8-12 AML/CFT Workshop for Financial Sector Officials 15-9 High Level Seminar on Local Governance and Fiscal Decentralization Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Training for RECs Lome Results-Based CSP 29 3 Role of Parliamentarians in Promoting Good Governance 6-10 JAI Cross Border Water Resources Management 7-11 Corporate Governance (DBSA-SADC) Johannesburg Financial Programming and Policies 28-9 Economic Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction Accra Trade Negotiation and Regulation Training Legal and Practical Aspects of Syndicated Loans TBD Financial Law Academy Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics 9-20 Retreat for Heads of Reserves Management Uganda July Application of Asset and Liability Management framework for debt and reserves management Lesotho July Aug PRSP OMBU The Values Promotion Champions program OIVP ONRI Result-based monitoring and evaluation TBD Procurement and financial management TBD 9-13 JAI: Joint African Institute OMBU: Ombudsman ONRI: NEPAD, Regional Integration and Trade Dates may be adjusted depending on events and countries

4 OSVP AFFM Launching and 1 st Governing Council Meeting Jan African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism meeting Nairobi Feb. Congo Basin forest fund governing council meeting Yaoundé, Mar OSAN OSHD OSGE OSFU Training of Sector managers and regional directors on climate change (OSAN/ OSUS/ OINF/ OWAS/ OPSM) Oxford University April Workshop on the impact of climate change on Africa s wetlands April Regional/Country-based Retreat Third AMCF4D on Climate Change Kigali Meeting on the Fast Track Initiative for Education Mar OSHD and FO sector specialists retreat 19 PEFA Training (JAI): Seminar on Governance Measurement in Africa Local Governance and Fiscal Decentralization High Level Seminar. TM Parliaments and oversight training (JAI) 6-10 TI-ADB Transparency and Accountability in the Defense & Security Sector OECD-ADB Ant bribery Workshop 3-4 or Course on Fragility and Conflict 2-5 African Conference on Peace and State Building TBD Oct AfDB-OECD Conference on Contracting Out Core Government Functions & Services in Fragile, Post- Conflict and Developing Countries 8-14 World Bank-AfDB-ECA Retreat on Peace and State Addis Ababa Building OSAN: Agriculture and Agro Industry OSHD: Human Development OSGE: Governance Economic & Financial reforms OSFU: Fragile States Dates may be adjusted depending on events and countries

5 CSVP- HUMAN RESOURCES CHRM Bank Staff trainings ACCESS Initiation POWERPOINT WORD advanced MS PROJECT OUTLOOK EXCEL Initiation EXCEL advanced SAP Project Management System CHRM3 SAP Project Management System SAP Project Management System SAP Project Management System SAP Material Management PR and SES SAP Material Management PR and SES SAP Material Management PR and SES DACON DACON DACON DACON - 1 for PL DACON - 1 for PL DACON - 1 for PL SAP Travel Management SAP Travel Management 8-8 SAP Travel Management SAP Travel Management CHRM.3: Staff Training and Development Dates may be adjusted depending on events and countries

6 CSVP- HUMAN RESOURCES CHRM - Bank Staff trainings Investment Appraisal And Risk Analysis Gestion de la Performance et Rétention du 27 Personnel 3 "Comment Optimiser et Améliorer Mon Travail au Quotidien 9 6 Decentralization/Making Country Teams Work "Comment Optimiser et Améliorer Mon Travail au Quotidien 1-19 Media Training Training on Project Procurement using the new rules/ Formation sur les Acquisitions dans les projets selon les nouvelles règles CHRM3 Training on Project Procurement using the new rules/ Formation sur les Acquisitions dans les 3-6 projets selon les nouvelles règles Training on bank Instruments(Project preparation and management) Management for result(project cycle Key Result based Management -Logical result chain) Mar Training and Skills Development on Fragile states Financial Governance Conflict management(ombudsman) May Conflict management(ombudsman) (staff) May The values promotion champions Gestion des Conflits et Comment travailler avec son Superviseur CHRM.3: Staff Training and Development Dates may be adjusted depending on events and countries

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