AIP Governance and Coordination
The AIP Coordination Structures and Terms of Reference for the High-Level Panel Expert Advisory Group were adopted on 28 August 2022 in Stockholm, Sweden, during a High-Level Panel Expert meeting led by African Union Commission. Download the AIP Coordination Structures and Terms of Reference here.
The AIP is implemented by national governments, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), River Basin Organisations (RBOs), and other relevant national agencies. The programme is led by the African Union and the Africa Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and implemented with technical support and backstopping from the AIP Technical Support Unit (AIP Secretariat), which is hosted by Global Water Partnership Africa Coordination Unit in Pretoria, South Africa.
The AIP Advisory Steering Group provides strategic guidance and and advisory support while the Board of the Secretariat (GWPSA NPC) provides oversight on AIP implementation under the guidance of the Alternate Co-Chair of the High Level Panel and African Union Commission.
The AIP Steering Group is supported by the AIP Expert Advisory Core Group led by AUDA-NEPAD and includes the African Ministers’ Council on Water, World Bank Group, Development Bank of Southern Africa, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Global Water Partnership Africa Coordination Unit, and other partners.
The AIP Technical Working Group is made up of AIP partners and provides technical expertise on AIP implementation. The AIP Reference Group provides independent reviews on the AIP.
The AIP is backed by the International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, led by the African Union, with the goal of mobilising high-level political commitment and investments for the AIP.
AIP Governance and Coordination
United Nations
African Union
International High-Level Panel
on Water Investments for Africa
AIP Advisory Steering Group
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AIP Board
AIP Expert Advisory
Core Group
AIP Reference
Group
AIP Secretariat
AIP Technical
Working Group
AIP Steering Group
H.E. Amb. Josefa Sacko
African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture
Nardos Bekele-Thomas
CEO: African Union Development Agency-NEPAD
H.E. Jakaya Kikwete
Chair: Global Water Partnership Southern Africa – Africa Coordination
Hon. Cheikh Tidiane Dièye
Minister of Water and Sanitation: Senegal
Hon. Carl HG Schlettwein
Minister of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform of Namibia
Amb. Henk Ovink
Executive Director: Global Commission on the Economics of Water
Mtchera Johannes Chirwa
Acting Director: Water & Sanitation Development Dept: African Development Bank
Chuene Ramphele
Group Executive, Infrastructure Division: Development Bank of Southern Africa
Cecilia Scharp
Director: WASH & CEED, UNICEF
AIP Partners
