Assembly/AU/Dec.635(XXVIII) Annex Page 2 national capitals, and act as an advisory body to the Executive Council, and not as a supervisory body of the Commission. C. D. On connecting the African Union to its citizens i) The Commission should establish women and youth quotas across its institutions and identify appropriate ways and means to ensure the private sector’s participation; ii) The Commission should establish an African Youth Corps, as well as develop programs to facilitate cultural and sports exchange among Member States; iii) Member States should make the African passport available to all eligible citizens as quickly as possible, in line with the Assembly decision Assembly/AU/Dec.607(XXVII) adopted in Kigali, Rwanda in July 2016; iv) The Commission should identify and provide a set of new capabilities or ‘assets’ in the form of common continent-wide public goods and services valued by Member States and citizens. Such services could include the provision of neutral arbitration and competition services, or a common technical platform for the data and analysis needed to assess Africa’s progress toward its development goals; v) Member States should engage their Parliaments and citizens, including civil society, on the African Union reform process. On managing the business of the African Union efficiently and effectively, at both political and operational levels On operational management i) The election of the Chairperson of the AU Commission should be enhanced by a robust, merit-based, and transparent selection process; ii) The Deputy Chairperson and Commissioners should be competitively recruited in line with best practice and appointed by the Chairperson of the Commission, to whom they should be directly accountable, taking into account gender and regional diversity, amongst other relevant considerations; iii) The Deputy Chairperson role should be reframed to be responsible for the efficient and effective functioning of the Commission’s administration; iv) The title of Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson may also be reconsidered; 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 30 - 31 January 2017, Addis Ababa