A- The Logic

Prepared in the context of the strategy of the positioning of the AGI decided by the 5th session of the Board, the 2012 AGI work plan will take place within the framework of the multiannual (2010-2012) business plan and looks to maintain the momentum of the 2011 through four main objectives:

 The consolidation of an interface for advanced policy dialogue and collective production space for reference knowledge on developmental governance in Africa;

 The development and amplification of the potential of AGI for the capacity development of individuals, Non-state actors and state institutions for developmental governance in Africa;

 The continuing role as facilitator for the Africa/EU dialogue on Democracy and Human Rights, under the leadership of the Department of Political Affairs of the AUC;

 The optimization of data management and collective intelligence on governance in Africa.

B- The Added Value of the AGI

Without doubt there exist many think tanks in Africa and outside the continent that can assume one or more of the purposes of action and can implement them with reasonable success. The added value of the AGI in relation to these structures is, however, due to three essential elements:

 First, in epistemological and methodological terms, the fact that the Institute focuses its work on an inductive approach (not deductive), highlighting the need to respond to endogenous demands from actors in the field involved in the promotion and implementation of developmental governance;

 Next, in an institutional sense, the fact that AGI has a pan-African dimension and that its mandate puts it explicitly in the service of governments, regional and continental organizations and more generally, of other stakeholders involved in developmental governance in Africa (particularly Non State Actors and including development partners);

 Finally, at the strategic and operational level, the positioning of AGI as a platform for dialogue on all the initiatives and on actors on governance in Africa as well as its proven ability to mobilize networks of institutions and bodies working on the issue (including the main institutions mandated on issues of governance in Africa who sit on AGI’s Board);

C- The Approach

The 2012 AGI work plan will be mainly inspired by and anchored in the African Governance Agenda and, more specifically, in its operational versions contained in the African Agenda for Development effectiveness, the UNDP/ECA Joint Governance Initiatives and in the 2012 work programme of the African Union on ’Shared Values’.

In this way, the AGI will avoid any generalization in its actions and, at the same time, will remain relevant by bringing ideas and concrete responses to the demands and problems of governance which the States, peoples and institutions of Africa are confronted with.

The 2012 AGI work plan will also aim to bring about an African understanding to global development processes, particularly where there is a need for an articulation between scientific perspectives and political actors.