Assembly/AU/Dec.631(XXVIII) Page 2 (iv) Encouraging AU Member states that have already been reviewed to implement their National Plans of Action and recommendations to inform institutional reform at national level and avert highlighted challenges in their peer reviews; (v) Revisiting the APRM questionnaire in sync with current development frameworks including the AU Agenda 2063 and UN Sustainable Development Goals; (vi) Reengineering and rekindling the APRM spirit to deliver comprehensive reviews to avoid fragmentation; (vii) Revisiting the original vision of the APRM and draw fully from their original to address leadership gaps that may have emerged; (viii) Translating political will of APRM into financial contribution for greater ownership of the Mechanism; (ix) Integrating APRM into national plans, RECs and regional development, including NEPAD and relevant international frameworks for greater coherence; (x) Sharing the APRM model, experience and knowledge with other regions of the world for benchmarking and enhancing the international recognition of the Mechanism; and (xi) Exploring domestic resource mobilization avenues for the Mechanism and stabilize APRM financial base through the payment of outstanding arrears; 8. REITERATES that theAPRM remains the premier homegrown, African good governance tool conceived in 2003 and voluntarily acceded to by thirty-six (36) Member States representing 65% of AU Member States, more than half of whom (twenty (20)) have under gone the review; 9. ACKNOWLEDGESthat peer review Reports of Chad,Djibouti, Kenya, Senegal, The Sudan and CONGRATULATES the three (3) AU Member States as well as the Panel of Eminent Persons that led the review work; 10. FURTHER CONGRATULATESthe Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the APRM Secretariat and commends him for his comprehensive report which reflects remarkable progress made in the last eleven (11) months under his leadership to put the review process back on track, restoring confidence in the running of the Secretariat affairsand developing aturn-around strategy; 11. WELCOMESthe Five (5) Year Strategic Plan 2016-2020 of the APRM; 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, 30 - 31 January 2017, Addis Ababa