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Enhancing Governance in Africa: The African Governance Architecture

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Learn about the African Governance Architecture and its Platform established by the African Union to promote good governance in Africa. The AGA focuses on norms, institutional frameworks, and processes. Explore clusters like democracy, human rights, anti-corruption, and humanitarian affairs.

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  1. THE AFRICAN GOVERNANCE ARCHITECTURE AND ITS PLATFORM A PRESENTATION BY THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS

  2. BACKGROUND The 16th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union which convened in Jan. 2011 under the theme “Towards Greater Unity and Integration through Shared Values” adopted the African Governance Architecture and its Platform by endorsing the: • EC Decision EX .CL Dec. 619 (XVIII) • Assembly/AU/Decl.1(XVI)

  3. THE AFRICAN GOVERNANCE ARCHITECTURE - AGA The African Governance Architecture - AGA, is the overall political and institutional framework for the promotion of good governance in Africa by enhancing interaction and synergies between African Union organs/institutions with a formal mandate in governance and strengthen and their capacity to produce “Shared" agendas of Governance.

  4. THE AFRICAN GOVERNANCE ARCHITECTURE - AGA The AGA is an evolving mechanism composed of three principal pillars: • Concept: Norms/Vision; • Evolution: Institutional Framework; • Progress: Interaction and Processes.

  5. THE AFRICAN GOVERNANCE PLATFORM In this context, the African Governance Platform as an informal setting: • Established to strengthen cooperation and coordination among AU organs/institutions and other stakeholders with a governance mandate; • Guided by the adopted Rules of Procedure; • Operates on cluster’s basis.

  6. MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN GOVERNANCE PLATFORM

  7. CLUSTERS OF THE AFRICAN GOVERNANCE PLATFORM

  8. DEMOCRACY, ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE Guided by the AU Constitutive Act, and the African Charter on Democracy, Election and Governance, this Cluster will: • Monitor the implementation of democratic electoral processes and standards in Member States. • Monitor the changes leading for good governance at the national level. • Develop a Reporting and an Implementation Framework for the domestication of the Charter. • Develop a Framework to accelerate the ratification and domestication of Shared Values Instruments. • Create synergies between the African Governance Architecture (AGA) and the Peace and Security Architecture (APSA). • Issue an annual report on the state of democracy and governance in Africa titled “the African Union Governance Report” including an index on Election.

  9. HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE Guided by the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and other relevant instruments, the Cluster will: • Coordinate with the concerned organs to monitor the promotion and protection of human and peoples’ rights on the continent. • Monitoring the implementation of the Human Rights Strategy for Africa and its Action Plan. • Develop a framework to speed the ratification and domestication of continental and global Human Rights Instruments. • Coordinate the efforts to develop the Transitional Justice Policy Framework for Africa. • Issue a “Human and Peoples’ Rights Index” as part of the “the African Union Governance Report”.

  10. PUBLIC SERVICE, ADMINISTRATION, ANTI-CORRUPTION, DECENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE Guided by the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Public Service and Administration, this Cluster will: • Facilitate experience sharing on State modernization and transformation as well as public service delivery efforts in AU Member States; • Monitor and evaluate the relevant instruments and the implementation of its Long Term Strategy by Member States; • Develop a ‘Member State Reporting Framework’ on the implementation of relevant instruments; • Issue an annual index on the “State of Service Delivery” and an index on “Assets Recovery” an index on “the State of Decentralization and Local Governance” as part of the African Union Governance Report”.

  11. HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS Guided by the Convention Governing the Specific Aspect of Refugee Problem in Africa and the AU Convention for the Protection & Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, this Cluster will: • Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the provisions of the treaties, through the development of an appropriate mechanism; • Develop coherent mechanism for the implementation of durable solutions to situations of forced displacement; • Ensure that the root causes of forced displacement are addressed by bringing to the attention of Member States the findings of governance reports on the causes of such situations; • Promote the signature, ratification and ascension of the two treaties on forced displacement. • Encourage the development of a common and convergence policy framework for free movement of persons; • Develop an appropriate continental guideline to facilitate interregional movement of persons. • Issue an annual index on the “State of Humanitarian Affairs in Africa” as part of the African Union Governance Report”.

  12. THANK YOU