Assembly/AU/Dec.603(XXVI)Rev.1 Page 2 7. REQUESTS the Commission to finalize the ClimDev-Africa proposal developed regarding strengthening the 3-tier negotiation structure and a strategy on how to maximize the benefits of the Paris Agreement for Africa, and an assessment of the needs of African countries for the implementation of their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the Paris Agreement, including in relation to means of implementation, and to present recommendations in advance of the Twenty-second conference of the Parties on ways and means for mobilizing adequate resources to support the implementation of the intended nationally determined contributions by African States; 8. REAFFIRMS the endorsement by the CAHOSCC at its meeting held on 25 September 2015 in New York, USA of the African Adaptation Initiative (AAI) and the African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), building up on the continental initiatives of the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) and the High Level Work Programme on Climate Change Action in Africa (WPCCA) as work in progress; and WELCOMES the launching of the two (2) Initiatives by the Coordinator of the CAHOSCC during COP 21 in Paris, France; In this regard, WELCOMES the coordinating role played by H.E Professor Alpha Condé, President of the Republic of Guinea in the area of Renewable Energy at the level of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and DECIDES to extend the latter’s role at continental level on Africa’s commitments in the area of renewable energy; 9. ACKNOWLEDGES the Governance Framework proposed in the Document ‘The Summary of the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative Framework Document and Action Plan; and AFFIRMS the appointment of the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the Trustee for the AREI and the host of its Independent Delivery Unit as provided in the AREI Framework Document; 10. RECALLS the Assembly's Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.580(XXV) adopted by the 25th Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Johannesburg, South Africa in June 2015 which established a technical working group chaired by the President of AMCEN to develop the African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), and which encouraged AMCEN to develop with the AGN a proposal for an African Adaptation Initiative; and COMMENDS the work by AMCEN, the AGN and the technical working group comprising the Commission, NPCA, AGN, AfDB, UNEP and IRENA in this regard; 11. REQUESTS AMCEN to establish a technical working group in collaboration with the Commission, NPCA, AGN, AFDB, UNECA, UNEP, UNDP, to carry on the work with regard to the African Adaptation Initiative, with the aim of increasing its visibility and ensuring mobilization of adequate resources needed for its operationalization and implementation; 12. ENCOURAGES developed countries to support the implementation of the African Adaptation Initiative, taking into consideration the reaffirmation of the Paris