Assembly/AU/Dec.153 (VIII) DECISION ON THE INTEGRATION OF NEPAD INTO AFRICAN UNION STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES The Assembly: 1. TAKES NOTE of the progress report; 2. DECIDES to extend the mandate of the Committee set up in Banjul on the integration of NEPAD into African Union structures and processes until the next Ordinary Session of the Assembly in July 2007, to enable the Committee finalize its proposals on the integration of NEPAD as requested in the Banjul Decision; 3. ENDORSES the proposal for a brainstorming session to take place in Algiers, Algeria before the end of March 2007 to elaborate a roadmap for the integration process, including precise steps, stages and phases; 4. FURTHER ENDORSES the proposal for a preparatory meeting in Nigeria involving the Chairperson of the HSIGC, Chairperson of the AU Commission and the Executive Head of NEPAD and their respective technical teams to determine the issues to be discussed at the Algiers brainstorming exercise and the agenda and programme of the meeting; 5. REQUESTS the Committee to use these inputs and finalize the proposals for the integration of NEPAD into AU structures and processes and to report to the next Ordinary Session of the Assembly; 6. FURTHER REQUESTS the Commission to take all necessary measures to facilitate the implementation of this work programme.