Assembly/AU/Dec.508(XXII) Page 3 land for small-holder farmers, women and youth, linkages between job creation, food security and nutrition, as well as lesson learning on CAADP accomplishments. 16. REAFFIRMS the immense and continued contributions of NEPAD to forging mutually-beneficial partnerships under the auspices of the African Union by advocating Africa’s common positions and interests in global development processes especially the G8, G20 and BRICS. IN THIS REGARD EXAMINES the impact of current Africa’s partnership engagements particularly the Africa Partnership Forum (APF) established by the 2003 Evian G8 Summit in France to catalyze support for Africa’s development through NEPAD with G8-OECD partners. 17. EXPRESSES CONCERN at the recent operational modalities of the APF particularly in the past two (2) years, NOTING that the evaluation of the APF after 10 years of existence as reflected in the Dakar Reform Proposals did not deliver the desired results. AGREES that an umbrella formation bringing together various strands of existing and new African partnership mechanisms should be established driven by the continent’s common goals. 18. THEREFORE DIRECTS the NPCA to work with the African Co-Chairs of the APF and NEPAD Steering Committee in engaging potential strategic partner countries to determine their interest and willingness to join a new partnership mechanism with Africa. 19. URGES the realistic assessment of the impact of a new partnership structure by ascertaining the expected accruing benefits and value addition to Africa to avoid the proliferation of partnership platforms. CALLS FOR the global review process of Africa’s partnerships to be completed as soon as possible. 20. Concurrent with this, ASSERTS that Africa should pursue the continuation of the G8-Africa Partnership Outreach in its original conception along with the proposed creation of a G20-Africa Outreach through the Development Working Group (DWG) that will be based on the continent’s priorities and the changing global paradigm. 21. INSTRUCTS NPCA to develop the technical capacity to monitor the implementation of partnership commitments given the challenge of dependence on development partners to track the effective delivery of commitments to Africa.