The African Governance Architecture, established under the leadership of African Union Commission, is the overall political and institutional framework for the promotion of democracy, governance and human rights in Africa.

The AGA is thus the framework to facilitate, coordinate and promote structural conflict prevention en Africa.

Establishing the African Governance Architecture (AGA) is not about creating new institutions. It is about strengthening coordination amongst AU organs and institutions with a formal mandate in governance, democracy and human rights as a measure of enhancing their capacity and optimise their impact.

The AGA is an evolving mechanism composed of three principal pillars :
 It constitutes a vision/agenda ;
 Organs and institutions ;
 Mechanism/processes of interaction amongst AU organs/institutions with a formal mandate in governance, democracy and human rights, and relevant stakeholders.

(AUC, ‘Framework of the African Governance Architecture (AGA’), pp 1-2, Banjul, August 2 and 3, 2010).

African Governance Architecture’s Diagram
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