Norwegian support for ECA dates back to 1984, when a bilateral agreement was signed for a two year study on “road safety in Africa”. Since then, Norway has signed several grants and cooperation agreements with ECA, particularly helping the Commission to deepen its work in the areas of Gender, Good governance, Poverty reduction, Millennium Development Goals and Assisting Regional Integration in Africa.
The support is aligned with the Joint Financing Arrangement (JFA) of mulitdonor support to the ECA Business plan that was signed earlier this year.
The JFA ensures donor harmonization by coordinating efforts, simplifying procedures and sharing information. Reporting is only required once a year in the new agreement format, and the reporting requirements are the same for all of the donors. In addition to Norway, the UK, Sweden and Denmark are also part of the arrangement.
Charge d’affaires ai.i Rolf Ree signed the agreements with his counterpart Doreen Bongoy-Mawalla, Director of the ECA Division of Administration.
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