Assembly/AU/Dec.139 (VIII) Page 1 DECISION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AFRICAN EDUCATION FUND DOC.EX.CL/314 (X) The Assembly : 1. TAKES NOTE of the recommendations of the Executive Council on the Report of the second extra-ordinary session of the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union (COMEDAF II) held in Maputo, Mozambique in September 2006; 2. COMMENDS the Conference of Ministers of Education of the African Union for the Plan of Action for the Second Decade of Education for Africa; 3. AUTHORIZES the establishment of an African Education Fund; 4. CALLS UPON Member States to make voluntary contributions to the Fund; 5. APPEALS to African and international agencies, as well as civil society and development partners to support the Plan of Action; 6. REQUESTS the Commission, in consultation with the various Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and development partners, to: a. Facilitate the implementation of the Plan of Action for the Second Decade of Education for Africa; b. Secure funding to strengthen the Education Department in the Commission and at the RECs through capacity building and strategic recruitment c. Investigate the nature and modalities, and set in motion the process of establishing the African Education Fund; d. Expedite the formalization of working relations between the Commission and expert agencies in support of the Plan of Action.