Bank Group Management and experts, on Monday, 17 November 2008, in Tunis launched a meeting with the Investment Climate Facility's representatives. The purpose of the meeting is to establish a mechanism for enhanced collaboration and partnership between the Bank and ICF. The results expected are among others, having a better knowledge of the work program of the Bank and ICF; identifying areas for collaboration and possibly select joint operations/activities and putting in place mechanisms to follow-up the meeting and assess the performance of the collaboration. The Investment Climate Facility for Africa (ICF) works to remove the barriers that exist to doing business in Africa, recognising that a healthy investment climate is vital for the continent's economic growth.ICF is a unique partnership between private companies, development partners and governments, founded on the principle that African governments and the private sector need to work together to enable Africa to finally realise its very real investment potential.