Assembly/AU/Dec.563(XXIV) Page 1 DECISION ON THE REPORT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ORIENTATION COMMITTEE (HSGOC) ON NEPAD Doc. Assembly/AU/10(XXIV) The Assembly, 1. NOTES WITH APPRECIATION the report by the Chairperson of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC), H.E. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal. 2. ENDORSES the conclusions of the Thirty Second Session of the HSGOC. 3. REITERATES that NEPAD represents the inclusive ownership of Africa’s development programmes which attract international recognition and serves as a robust model of implementation in solving Africa’s multi-dimensional challenges. 4. APPRECIATES AND ENDORSES the NPCA Results-based Performance Report for January-December 2014 on the status of NEPAD programmes being implemented towards achieving integrated and inclusive impact in the context of reinforcing regional integration. ENCOURAGES the continued sharing of lessons and experiences on NEPAD implementation amongst NPCA, NEPAD National Offices, RECs and partners under the auspices of the NEPAD Coordinating Structures and Focal Points Platform. 5. SPECIFICALLY NOTES the elaboration of the Malabo CAADP Implementation Strategy and Roadmap (IS&R) to translate the 2025 vision and goals of the Africa Accelerated Agricultural Growth and Transformation into concrete results and impact in response to the Assembly/AU/1(XXIII) Declaration of June 2014. REQUESTS the NPCA to develop a coherent Programme of Work to operationalize the IS&R and monitor implementation performance based on the CAADP Results Framework, with emphasis on enhanced support to small-holder farmers, women, youth and promoting inclusive agricultural value-chains, preference for regional markets and strengthening natural resources governance. 6. CALLS ON the NPCA to accord greater importance to Africa’s structural economic transformation by building knowledge and extend technical support to Member States to appropriately put in place robust planning and evidence-based analytical capacity in African institutions to foster spatial inclusion and economic growth. 7. RECALLS the Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.540(XXIII) and WELCOMES the setup of the NEPAD Climate Change Fund as an innovative mechanism to accelerate action in support of Member States to build resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change. FURTHER REQUESTS the NPCA to mobilize new and additional resources towards converting the existing Fund into a MultiPartner Pool Fund.