Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli witnessed the signing of an MoU between the automotive unit at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the African Association for Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) for the latter to provide the technical support needed to implement the country’s Automotive Industry Development Programme (AIDP).
Strengthening Programme Implementation
The technical support will include ways of building and structuring the team assigned with the programme; creation of a detailed guide on the accreditation and qualification of automotive assemblers; another on production incentive (PI); and, provision of detailed information on the calculation of the value of local components and suppliers of spare parts, and on the imported component statement.
Capacity Building and Digital Transformation
The AAAM will also train the team to coordinate with government agencies involved in implementing the programme. In addition, it will strengthen their capacity to monitor automotive assemblers and spare parts suppliers. The training will cover reporting on PI, local content value, and imported component data. Furthermore, the team will learn how to prepare information materials for investors, explain the programme, and respond to enquiries. AAAM will also support the digitalisation and automation of the programme’s procedures.
Task Force to Drive Localisation
A task force will be formed to focus on the localization of the automotive industry, and will include investors in the sector, as its mission will be identifying projects for manufacturing certain automotive products locally as a start.
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