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Investment Conferences Public Utilities (water and energy) and Transports

Conference on Partnership & Investment Opportunities in Transport, Infrastructure and Public Utilities – 15 February 2005. Investment Conferences Public Utilities (water and energy) and Transports Western and Central Africa (February 2006) Eastern Africa / Indian Ocean (June 2006 )

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Investment Conferences Public Utilities (water and energy) and Transports

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  1. Conference on Partnership & Investment Opportunities in Transport, Infrastructure and Public Utilities – 15 February 2005 Investment Conferences Public Utilities (water and energy) and Transports Western and Central Africa (February 2006) Eastern Africa / Indian Ocean (June 2006) Yves Palmero Consortium Bernard Krief Consultants / Stem – VCR / ConfServizi & Sinergie

  2. Pro€Invest Bernard Krief Consultants - France STEM-VCR Italy Confservizi Italy Sinergie Western Africa Structure of the Consulting team • Project Manager • 3 Regional coordinators - Extensive regional network of relations • Sectoral experts / economists – In-depth knowledge of the region • Functional experts: communication, PR, ICT, logistics, etc.

  3. Western and Central Africa Eastern Africa and Indian Ocean INPUT : Countries covered and sectors Public utilities • water: supply, treatment, distribution, sewage, etc. • energy: production, distribution, renewable energies, etc. Transports sea, rivers, roads, air and logistics

  4. Objectives Within target sectors, to support: • implementation of infrastructure projects (creation, extension, modernisation, etc.) • reinforcement of infrastructures management and related services through identification and support to implementation of partnership agreements between: • EU (or third countries)entrepreneurs • and African operators

  5. Which types of partnerships ? • Examples of eligible partnerships: • Financial agreements (stake in existing company, JV, …) • PPP, « management contracts », etc. • Supply of equipments, joint with know-how transfer • Technology transfers • Engineering, services, consultancy • Technical assistance, notably through training etc.

  6. Approach to prepare Investment Conferences Deliberately « Business oriented» approach • Sectoral survey for EA and African countries, in order to identify the most promising sub-sectors and the networks / operators to target by priority • Identification – through « networking » - the efficient African enterprises, within targeted sectors • Identification, selection and structuring “viable” projects with their management • Promotion of these projects to EU (and third countries) entrepreneurs, notably during two regional Investment Conferences (February 2006 and mid-2006)

  7. Participants to Investment Conferences 300 to 400 participants – 3 days duration • From Africa • Key institutional actors in the target sectors • Main African entrepreneurs (public, semi-public and private) • Promoters of “validated” projects • Intermediate organisations (professional organisations, networks of entrepreneurs, investment promotions agencies, etc.), Banks, etc. • From EU (and third countries) • professional organisations • large firms and SMEs operating in the 3 sectors • bilateral and multilateral cooperation agencies • International Financial Institutions (WB, EIB, AfDB, etc.) investment funds, venture capital • International high level keynote / sectoral experts

  8. Interest of Investment Conferences Conferences organised according to two themes: • Investment conferences Thematic conferences with high level keynote speakers, highlighting • key trends at sectoral / regional / national levels • projects, • regulatory environment, etc. • Business meetings • Opportunity for high level meetings • Organisation of face-to-face meetings between promoters of validated projects and EU entrepreneurs • Opportunity of a further EU support

  9. Further EU support After the Investment Conferences, to support, through a tailored technical assistance, the projects’ implementation: • additional market survey • additional technical studies • complete feasibility study and business plan • « bankable »dossier • support to obtain financing • technical assistance to speed-up project implementation • training (management and / or staff), etc.

  10. Our expectations We look forward to associate all interested Companies in Conferences preparation • Preparatory tasks, to better target our search • Your development objectives: • type of projects and / or search for partnerships • priorities: sectors / sub-sectors, countries / regions, etc. • key decision criteria for projects selection • Your feed-back on sectoral / countries surveys • Your recommendations : • African entrepreneurs • sectors / sub-sectors, countries / regions, etc. • Regional Conferences meetings, to fulfil your expectations • Meeting with specific key regional players • Business meetings with specific projects’ promoters, etc.

  11. THANK YOU For further contacts: Yves Palmero y.palmero@bernard-krief.com Web site (under implementation) www.input-proinvest.com

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