In the framework of its 2010 work plan, AGI has attained three goals it will continue to build on:
 Establish and to consolidate its role as platform for policy dialogue and advocacy on developmental governance in Africa;
 Establish itself in the landscape of strategic research on governance in Africa;
 Strengthen its offer and its capacities in the publication and dissemination of reference information on governance in Africa.

The AGI 2011 work plan is developed in the framework of a pluri-annual programming (2010-2012) and aims at four objectives:
 Strengthen the AGI role of support and strategic advisor to the African Union Commission, particularly the Department of Political Affairs in charge of governance, as well as strengthen the links with other pan-African governance organs and actors (REC, UCLGA, PAP, APRM, AfDB, ECOSOCC, civil societies, public and private sectors, ...);
 Establish a strategic and operational partnership between AGI and Regional Economic Communities in their role as pillars of African integration, to strengthen the links between RECs and their role as developmental governance actors in the African Governance Architecture;
 In the framework of its role of facilitator for the EU/Africa dialogue on governance, undertake, as member of a consortium, the study on the impact of the European governance incentive and financial tool on the promotion of governance in Africa;
 Continue to improve the diffusion/dissemination of reference information on governance in Africa, the management of data and of collective intelligence.

These will be implemented in the framework of a programmatic approach supporting long-term processes that emphasize the dynamics of bottom worn by actors rather than sporadic actions in the promotion of developmental governance.

1. Policy dialogue and advocacy.

A- For 2011, the three AGI Annual Lectures will be on the following themes:

 The contribution of Regional Economic Communities to conflict prevention, peace and security in Africa;
 The contribution of Regional Economic Communities to the promotion of democracy and Human Rights in Africa;
 The role of Regional Economic Communities in economic and social transformations in Africa.

For each of these lectures a work plan will be developed and recommendations made on specific issues that can be resolved in the framework of the partnership. The recommendations will be shared with governance decision-makers and the proceedings will be published and disseminated in printed and electronic versions.

B- AGI will continue the support to the consolidation of African governance platform established under the leadership of the African Union Commission (DPA), in particular the harmonisation of the governance agendas of politically-mandated institutions. In this context, in 2011 AGI will develop a dialogue with the various pan-African governance actors and organs of the AGA.

C- IAG will organize a high-level workshop (in collaboration with IDEP, CODESRIA and Transparency International Africa / Middle East) on ’Developmental Governance and accountability’.

2. Operational research

A- AGI will continue its monthly AGI Fridays programme.

B- AGI will lead the Study on the European Initiative for the Promotion of Governance and its Incentive Tranche in response to a call for proposals of the DGDEV/CUE. The work will be conducted from December 2010 to October 2011 by a consortium composed of AGI, ECDPM, IDEP, ECA.

C- IAG will organize a space for operational reflection on the public administration reform in African countries. The aim will be to share on the African Charter on the values and principles of public service and administration of the African Union and to identify a reform agenda empowered by African governments to allow an adjustment of sectoral support strategies from development partners in this area.

3. Dissemination/diffusion, management of data and collective intelligence

After the recent improvements to its website, its electronic documentation centre on governance in Africa and to its Newsletter in 2010, AGI will improve the quality and the quantity of reference information on governance in Africa. This qualitative leap will translate into the following:
 The implementation of the new work plan aimed at revitalizing the mapping of individual governance specialists in Africa;
 The redefinition of the editorial line of the Newsletter (using a problematic and reflexive approach);
 The creation on the AGI website of a space dedicated to the African Governance Architecture (actors, reference documents, links, information, other resources);
 The updating of the electronic documentation centre to simplify access to the documents available;
 The launch of new mediums such as discussion papers encompassing the reflection on a continental governance challenge and destined for governance actors in Africa;
 The continued improvement of the website through the integration of audio files (starting with historical archives on governance in Africa);
 The strengthening of the strategy of syndication of the various websites and information relays on governance in Africa and in the world.

It is important to note that the action plan will be updated to take into account arising opportunities and constraints, and AGI will answer timely requests on high level policy dialogue, advocacy and operational research that it will receive if they fall within its mandate.

The 2011 AGI work plan is crosscutting and places social change at the heart of developmental governance. It aims at promoting new paradigms for public action in African countries. Developmental governance is thought as a process that relies on dialogue and interaction between public, private and social actors. Change does not limit itself to institutions, to rules or to the abilities of each level: it concerns even more the relationships of the various levels of governance as well as the dissemination of information and knowledge on governance.