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, through the Africa Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), and implemented with technical support and backstopping from the AIP Technical Support Unit, which is hosted by Global Water Partnership Africa Coordination Unit in Pretoria, South Africa.
The AIP Steering Group provides strategic guidance and oversight to AIP implementation.
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 Cordination 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
Steering Group
AIP Expert Advisory
Core Group
AIP Reference
Group
AIP Secretariat
AIP Technical
Working Group
AIP Steering Group
- The AIP Steering Group provides strategic support and guidance to implementation of the AIP, the International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, and the development of the AIP-PIDA Water Investment Scorecard.

H.E. Amb. Josefa Sacko
African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture

Nardos Bekele-Thomas
CEO: African Union Development Agency-NEPAD

H.E. President Jakaya Kikwete
Chair: Global Water Partnership Southern Africa – Africa Coordination

Hon. Serigne Mbaye Thiam
Minister of Water and Sanitation: Senegal

Hon. Carl HG Schlettwein
President: African Ministers' Council on Water

Amb. Henk Ovink
Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Mr. Osward Mulenga Chanda
Acting Director for Water: African Development Bank

Mr. Chuene Ramphele
Group Executive, Infrastructure Division: Development Bank of Southern Africa
AIP Expert Advisory Core Group
Led by the African Union Commission, AUDA-NEPAD, and Sherpas to the Panel Co-chairs, the Expert Advisory Core Group provides support in AIP Implementation and development of the AIP-PIDA Water Investment Scorecard. The Group provides support to the High-Level Panel through contribution to development of the Panel’s report and Investment Action Plan, ensuring that this is aligned with the AIP-PIDA Water Investment Scorecard and the African Union Water Policy.

Partners

Harsen Nyambe
Co-Chair / Head: Environment Climate Change, Water and Land Management
African Union

Amine Idriss
Co-Chair / Director: Programmes Management and Delivery
AUDA-NEPAD

Dr. Towela Nyirenda-Jere
Head of Economic Integration
African Union Development Agency – NEPAD

Dr. Tanko Azzika
Senior Policy Advisor
African Ministers’ Council on Water

Maria Amakali
Director: Water Resource<br /> Management
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry Namibia

Dr. Catherine Tovey
Program Leader
World Bank Group

Robbert Moree
Policy Coordinator: Ministry of Infrastructure and Water
The Netherlands

Kathleen Dominique
Lead: Financing Water
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Graham Ching'ambu
SADC Water Fund
Development Bank Southern Africa

Konstant Bruinette
Finance Specialist
Development Bank Southern Africa

Alex Simalabwi
Executive Secretary
Global Water Partnership Southern Africa – Africa

Catarina Fonseca
Economist
The Netherlands
AIP Partners
