AGI was created to combine functions of forum and source of information and ideas, as well as a mechanism to strengthen and rebuild capacities for Developmental Governance in Africa. This mission is carried out through political dialogue and advocacy among a multitude of social stakeholders, including Civil Society and Local Authorities.

1- Dialogue focuses on the major issues (normative pluralism, legitimacy of politicies and public action, environment and natural resources,...) as well as vectors of change on Governance in Africa (assessment, Africa-EU Partnership, e-Governance). The High Level Seminar on “Current African Thinking on Developmental Governance” thus enabled to identify five large possible thematics of dialogue:

 Citizenship, territories, migration and local government;
 Levers of political and social changes in African societies: examples of the APRM and the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance;
 Stakeholders, mechanisms and processes for a better political accountability;
 Rebuilding State from the local level and regional integration;
 Added-value of the partnership on Democratic Governance and Human Rights with Europe (as part of the joint Africa-Europe strategy).

2- Advocacy relates essentially, in the first three-year Action Plan of AGI, on three points:

 The necessary articulation between Democracy and Human Rights for a Developmental Governance in Africa and identification of innovative directions in these fields, including issues of International Criminal Justice, Transitional Justice, and Protection of Human Rights Defenders;
 The importance of Economic and Social Transformations as vector and catalyst of Developmental Governance in Africa, including the reflexive, critical and comparative analysis of the major initiatives of developmental policies in Africa since 1960 (Lagos Action Plan, African Conceptual Alternative Framework to the Structural Adjustment Program) and the Assessment of the PRSP;
 The articulation between Human Security and Sustainable Development in Africa, integrating, in particular, critical examination of effectivity and appropriation of mechanisms, devices and processes of conflicts prevention and peace and security-keeping in Africa (Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration/DDR, Security Systems Reform/SSR...).

Each of these thematics will illustrate the aspirations of the people of Africa to Freedom, Development and to Sustainable Peace, because Developmental Governance has no meaning without respect for Human Rights, material welfare, peace and security as well as their interactions.

The Political Dialogue and Advocacy Objectives are:

 To perform a critical examination of Developmental Governance key issues in Africa;
 To identify new directions contributing to establish Developmental Governance in Africa, with a particular attention to political, economic and financial innovations, as well as those related to peace and security;
 To promote an inclusive dialogue on the challenges on Governance in Africa between all stakeholders - including public policy makers, Private Sector, Civil Society, Women and Youth;
 To strengthen capacities of national, regional and continental institutions, public policy makers, Private Sector and Civil Society, to face Governance related issues which they are confronted with.

AGI will focus attention on the implementation of ideas and recommendations identified in the political dialogue and advocacy, as well as on the assessment of their scope in the promotion of Developmental Governance in Africa.

AGI’s Political Dialogue and Advocacy Platform function occurs through:
 High-Level Seminars;
 Annual Thematic Lectures;
 Physical and virtual spaces of mediation.