AFRICAN UNION INSTITUTIONAL

REFORM
PROGESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSEMBLY DECISION
635
 5 REFORM PRIORITIES
• Focus on key priorities with continental scope; 

• Realign African Union institutions in order to deliver against those priorities; 

• Connect the African Union to its citizens; 

• Manage the business of the African Union efficiently and effectively at both the
political and operational levels; 

• Finance the African Union sustainably and with the full ownership of the Member
States. 
 Implementation Principles

• Implementation of Decision 635 within the framework of the

Constitutive Act;

• Assembly-led supervision of the reform implementation process

• Build on existing processes to drive delivery;

• Proposals developed with key stakeholders to ensure ownership.

 JANUARY 2018 SUMMIT REFORM
PROPOSALS

•Henceforth the Ordinary Summit will be in January, with an AU-REC Coordination Meeting in June/July;

•Proposal for a mechanism to ensure legally binding decisions are implemented

•Proposal
  for strengthened sanctions mechanism

•Proposals for women and youth quotas

•Review of Options for the NEPAD Governance Structure

• Proposals on Financing the Union

Achieving the Existing Women’s Quota
Establishing a Youth Quota across the
Union

Three proposals to be considered:

1. 35% youth in employment across the Union by 2025;

2. 100% Member State financing for the Youth Volunteer program ($XXX)

3. 100% Member State financing for the Junior Professional program ($XXX)
Ordinary Summit in January, with an AU-REC Coordination
Meeting in June/July

Four Proposals to be considered:

1. The delegation of Assembly powers on budget adoption to the Executive
Council, including amendment of Rule 18 of the Rules of Procedure of the
Executive Council, in line with Article 10 (1) of the Constitutive Act to enable new
budget adoption process by the Executive Council in the June/July period;
2. The Budget to be adopted by Executive Council in a joint sitting of Foreign
Ministers and Ministers of Finance
3. The formula for the rotation of the Ordinary Summit and June/July Co-ordination
meeting venues; and
4. The date when the move to one Ordinary Summit will take effect.
Financing the Union
Five Proposals from the Committee of Finance Ministers to be considered:

1. Expansion of the Committee of Ten Finance Ministers to a Committee of Fifteen (F15).

2. Endorsement of the F15 budget oversight role;

3. Adoption of a set of ‘golden rules’, establishing clear financial management and accountability
principles;

4. Member States to retain any surplus funds arising from the 0.2% levy on eligible imports; and

5. Accelerate the operationalization of the Peace Fund’s enhanced governance and management and
accountability structure endorsed by AU Policy Organs.