Assembly/AU/Dec.283(XIV) Page 2 ii. Mobilize resources and partners in support of the implementation of Africa’s priority programmes and projects; iii. Conduct and coordinate research and knowledge management; iv. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of programmes and projects; and v. Advocate on the AU and NEPAD vision, mission and core principles/values. b. The main features of the NEPAD Governance structures: c. i. The NEPAD Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee (HSGIC), with a change of name to the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC); ii. The HSGOC is a sub-committee of the AU Assembly that provides political leadership and strategic guidance on the NEPAD Programme and reports its recommendations to the Assembly for endorsement; iii. The HSGOC is the essence and spirit of NEPAD with the lead function of high-level coordination of the NEPAD priority sectors; iv. An intermediary body to interface between the HSGOC and the new Agency, consisting of the NEPAD Steering Committee; v. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission exercises supervisory authority over the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency, whilst giving the new Agency adequate and necessary flexibilities to carry out its mandate and thereby maintaining the corporate brand identity of the NEPAD Programme within the African Union. Financing the NPCA and its programmatic activities will be through: i. Established budget from the statutory sources of the African Union Commission; ii. Continuation of voluntary contributions by AU Member-States; Adopted by the Fourteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 2 February 2010