Assembly/AU/Dec.406(XVIII) Page 2 8. ALSO ENCOURAGES schools and universities to set up educational instruments and scholarship funds under the name of Wangari Maathai, to support students in the field of environment and sustainable development; 9. FURTHER ENCOURAGES the AU Commission, within the framework of the Make Peace Happen Campaign, as well as Member States, the private sector, the African Development Bank, the United Nations Environment Programme and other related international organizations and foundations, in cooperation with the Green Belt Movement, to take all the necessary measures to mobilize resources in support of ‘Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies’, as an African Center of Excellence, to encourage research on environmental governance and its linkages with peace human rights and democracy in Africa; 10. DECIDES to create the “Wangari Maathai Award for Outstanding African Achievements in Environment and Biodiversity Conservation” recognizing outstanding achievements of individuals committed to preserving the environment, and REQUESTS the Commission, in collaboration with the Republic of Kenya, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Green Belt Movement and other interested parties to define the modalities of establishing the Award and report thereon to the next Ordinary Session of the Assembly in June/July 2012 on ways to operationalize this Decision.