Assembly/AU/Dec.413(XVIII) Page 2 Sudan Development Initiative (SSDI) in conjunction with UNECA and UNDP; and Natural Resources Governance to advance the African Mining Vision; 7. NOTES the increasing efforts of African Governments to mobilize domestic resources in the face of the current impact of global financial crisis and REITERATES the critical need to creatively re-assess predictable and sustainable funding options in support of implementing prioritized national and NEPAD programmes and projects; 8. ACCORDINGLY REQUESTS NPCA and United Nations Economic Commission (UNECA), in partnership with relevant institutions to undertake an in-depth study to explore strategies and viable modalities to improve the mobilization of domestic resources as development finance which will be submitted to the NEPAD HSGOC for consideration; 9. RECALLS Declaration Assembly/AU/Decl. 1 (XII) of the Twelfth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of January 2009 which resolved to support the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) as the unique strategic and sectoral framework in Africa to promote physical integration of the Continent and attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as well as the NEPAD goals of promoting sustainable growth and development for which infrastructure is a major cornerstone; 10. APPROVES the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) and the Institutional Architecture for its implementation and RESOLVES to include national priorities, the various programmes and projects contained in the Priority Action Plan (PAP) of PIDA, with special consideration for Island States and to proceed with the expeditious implementation of the Institutional Architecture for Infrastructure Development in Africa (IAIDA) which identifies NPCA as executing agency; 11. UNDERSCORES the need for the promotion of innovative financing mechanisms reflecting Africa’s real commitment to speed up infrastructure development with the overriding need to commit sufficient resources for project preparation; and REQUESTS the Commission to take all the necessary measures in coordination with NPCA, to ensure the accelerated implementation of PIDA and to report annually thereon; 12. COMMENDS the good progress achieved in the implementation of prioritized projects under the AU-NEPAD Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative (PICI) through the work of HSGOC High Level Sub-Committee chaired by H.E. Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa, WHILE RECOGNIZING the pressing need to address challenges of upgrade, maintenance and effective utilization of existing infrastructure to boost intra-African trade for meaningful growth and deepen regional integration; 13. ACKNOWLEDGES the technical inputs of national focal points for PICI projects to designing appropriate regional standards for Public-Private Partnerships