- Enabling environment/capacity building for project proponents
- Project scoping, ideation, and concept note development
- Development of pre-feasibility studies
- Development of feasibility studies
- Project financial structuring
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has identified infrastructure as one of the major contributing factors for economic growth and poverty reduction in the region. The present state of infrastructure as well as the infrastructure gap between the SADC region and the more developed countries constitutes a serious handicap to the region’s production and competitiveness. In order to address this issue, SADC has created the Project Preparation and Development Facility (PPDF) as an instrument to facilitate the successful development of bankable projects for market presentation.
The purpose of the PPDF is to:
- Create a conducive environment for investment by financing the preparation of infrastructure projects based in at least one SADC Member State or those with a direct and positive impact on another Member State
- Concentrate on those projects that will be considered as enablers of regional integration providing technical assistance for project identification, preparation and feasibility studies as well as for advisory, and capacity building purposes that will lead to investment in projects
- Provide technical assistance in infrastructure project identification, preparation and feasibility studies with a view to presenting bankable projects to investors and lenders
All SADC Member States are eligible to apply for PPDF financing as long as the proposed project is intended to support regional infrastructure development in the energy, transport, water resources, Information, Communication and Technology (ICT), Trans Frontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs), and other areas not falling within the scope of these sectors but identified as of regional significance in the SADC Infrastructure sector plans.