Comoros - Investment Promotion Agency Support Project (PAAPI)

Project Summary

Approval Date	23 Nov 2017
Signature Date	01 Mar 2018
Planned Completion Date	31 Dec 2021
Last Disbursement Planned Date	31 Dec 2021
Sovereign / Non-Sovereign	Sovereign
Sector	Multi-Sector
DAC Sector Code	11330
Commitment	U.A 1,100,000
Status	Completion

Project General Description

This project concerns the support to the Investment Promotion Agency (PAAPI). It was designed by the Government of the Union of Comoros with financial support from the African Development Bank Group (ADB) of 1.10 million Units of Account (UA). The project comprises the following components: (i) Opportunities and Promotion of Private Investment, (ii) Investment Facilitation, Investor Services and Investor Monitoring, and (iii) Data and Knowledge Management.

Project Objectives

The PAAPI aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of the National Agency for Investment Promotion (ANPI), as well as the individual capacity of key personnel to promote and facilitate investment through training and especially on-the-job training and training skill developpement. The specific objectives of this project are closely aligned with ANPI's mandate to support this agency and the country's Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development (SCA2D, 2015-2019), whose main objective is to achieve more diversified economic growth creating jobs: (i) prioritizing and developing the sectors with the best prospects for attracting FDI (with a focus on reducing import dependence and increasing value-added); (ii) profiling these sectors, preparing appropriate marketing materials and identifying / reaching potential investors; and (iii) improving ANPI's ability to facilitate investment and provide quality services to investors.

Beneficiaries

The main beneficiary of the project is the Investment Promotion Agency (PAAPI).

Participating Organization

Funding

Transition Support Facility

Implementing

Agence Nationale pour la Promotion des Investissements (ANPI)

Implementing

Gouvernement des Comores

Information

IATI identifier	46002-P-KM-K00-008
Last Update	25 Mar 2023

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Contact Details

Name	Sandrine Ida EBAKISSE TSANGA
Email	s.ebakisse@afdb.org

Geographic Location

Country	Comoros

Coordinates	Location Name
-11.7022 43.2551	Moroni

Project Classification

Finance Type	Aid Grant Excluding Debt Reorganisation
Flow Type	ODA
Aid Type	Other Technical Assistance

Commitments

U.A 1,100,000

Transition Support Facility

U.A 1,100,000

Disbursements

Document Type	Language	Document
Project Completion Report	fr	viewer
Project Completion Report	en	viewer
General Procurement Notice	fr	GPN - Comores - Projet d Appui a? l Agence de Promotion des Investissements PAAPI
Expression of interest	fr	EOI - Comores - Recrutement d un cabinet pour soutenir l Agence Nationale pour La Promotion des Investissements ANPI pour promouvoir et faciliter les investissements - PAAPI
Evaluation Report	en	viewer
Evaluation Report	fr	viewer
Evaluation Report	en	viewer
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT SEPT 2018
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at october 2019
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2014 to 2019 as at january 2020
Contract	en	listing of awarded contracts from 2015 to 2020 as at february 2021
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT JAN 2019
Contract	en	LISTING OF AWARDED CONTRACTS FROM 2013 TO 2018 AS AT APRIL 2019
Appraisal report	fr	viewer

Indicator	Indicator Measure	Target Year	Target Value	Actual Year	Actual Value
Number of sectors (sub) sectors profiled for foreign direct investment (FDI)	Number	2017	6.0	2022	6.0
Number of trained staff and optimised treatment processes	Number	2017	15.0	2022	19.0
Number of extensions/reinvestments	Number	2017	1.0	2022	3.0
Assessed sectoral opportunities and profiled sub-sectors	Number	2017	3.0	2022	3.0
Links with the private sector/ established national suppliers	%	2017	100.0	2022	100.0
Master marketing strategy and key marketing and communication tools developed	%	2017	100.0	2022	100.0
Awareness campaigns/activities/targeting of investors conducted	Number	2017	3.0	2022	3.0
National Agency for Investment Promotion (ANPI) staff capacity developed in sector prioritisation/profiling, investor tracking/targeting, marketing tools, events	%	2017	100.0	2022	100.0
Investor Tracking Service Established	%	2017	100.0	2022	100.0
Monitoring and Studies service set up	%	2017	100.0	2022	100.0
Updated and upgraded website	%	2017	100.0	2022	100.0
Investor and investment data processing software used	%	2017	100.0	2022	100.0
Media awareness campaigns conducted	Number	2017	300.0	2022	100.0
Recommendations on reforms following the policy advocacy workshops	Number	2017	2.0	2022	2.0
Single window in Ngazidja established and operational, capacity of the single window of other branches strengthened	Number	2017	5.0	2022	3.5
Interdepartmental coordination for the delivery of FDI services established, mapping of investment processes by sector completed	%	2017	100.0	2022	100.0
Capacity building in investment facilitation / investor services / monitoring	%	2017	100.0	2022	70.0
Number of investment projects and foreign capital inflows	$ million	2017	15.0	2022	8.0