Assembly/AU/Dec.635(XXVIII) Page 3 v) Partnership Summits convened by external parties shall be reviewed with a view to providing an effective framework for African Union partnerships. Africa will be represented by the Troika, namely the current, incoming and outgoing Chairpersons of the African Union, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, and the Chairpersons of the Regional Economic Communities as well as the Chairperson of the NEPAD; vi) To ensure continuity and effective implementation of Assembly decisions, a troika arrangement between the outgoing, the current, and the incoming African Union Chairpersons shall be established. In this regard, the incoming chairperson shall be selected one year in advance; vii) Heads of State shall be represented at Summits by officials not lower than the level of Vice President, Prime Minister or equivalent3; viii) The current sanctions mechanism should be strengthened and enforced. This would include consideration of making participation in the African Union deliberations contingent on adherence to Summit decisions. d) On Financing the African Union sustainably and with the full ownership of the Member States i) The Kigali Decision on Financing of the Union (Assembly/AU/Dec.605 (XXVII) should be implemented in full and without undue delay; ii) The Committee of Ten Finance Ministers will assume responsibility for oversight of the African Union budget and Reserve Fund (in para D(iii)), and develop a set of ‘golden rules’, establishing clear financial management and accountability principles; iii) After funding of the budget of the African Union and the Peace Fund, the balance of the proceeds of the 0.2% AU levy on eligible imports, the Committee of Ten Finance Ministers will look into placing surplus in a Reserve Fund for continental priorities as decided by the Assembly; iv) The current scale of contributions should be revised based on the principles of ability to pay, solidarity, and equitable burden-sharing, to avoid risk concentration. 6. FURTHER DECIDES as follows: i) 3 Mandate H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda in his capacity as the lead on the institutional reform of the Union, in collaboration The State of Eritrea entered a reservation. 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 30 - 31 January 2017, Addis Ababa