146. In addition to expanding and equipping the BAU's, there was an experience exchange with
Portugal and Cape Verde, and in the future it is intended to use an integrated platform for the
provision of services to citizens, through greater integration of sector services, accompanied by
an expansion of the physical space of the BAU.
D. External Position
The APR Panel recommended on this issue that an incentive structure be created that is
geared towards linking the industrialization process with the country's resource base in order to
create strong forward and backward linkages (i), and that the recommendations of the Summit
of Heads of State of the African Union in February 2007 according to which governments
should allocate a budget of at least 1.0% of total GDP for the industrial sector, be implemented
(ii).
147. To ensure a targeted incentive structure linking the industrialization process with the country's
resource base, important activities were carried out, in particular:
Opening up and connecting the country through intensive rehabilitation of primary roads;
Rehabilitation of transport corridors and infrastructure in development corridors;
Expansion of vocational schools;
Approval of the Integrated Investment Programme that established an intersectoral vision
and identifies some of the criteria to be used in project selection; and
Production of monitoring reports on the provision of services crucial to the development of
the private sector such as roads, communication systems, electricity, and infrastructure.
148. To ensure implementation of the recommendations of the Summit of Heads of State of the
African Union in February 2007 according to which at least 1.0% of total GDP should be
allocated to industry, various measures to boost the industrial sector were taken, as mentioned
in previous points, despite the difficulty that budget classifications used in the country do not
enable us to identify the percentage directed to the industrial sector. Sectors such as
infrastructure and education contribute to the creation of conditions for industrial development
and, on this basis, public resources allocated to these sectors also contribute to industrial
development. Estimating total resources that go to industrial development is therefore
complex, but this complexity results from the type of budget classifiers used, namely,
economic, functional, organic and territorial. The above recommendation requires adequate
classifiers, such as the programmatic classifiers, which are now in a pilot phase of
implementation.
149. Therefore, it is suggested that the evaluation should be made from a functional perspective,
where it may also consider the indirect contribution of other sectors.
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