DECISION OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF
PREVIOUS DECISIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE ASSEMBLY
Doc. 1191 (XXXVI)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report on implementation of the previous Decisions of the Executive Council and the Assembly of the African Union for the year 2019;
2. COMMENDS the Commission on the improvement of the implementation of the Policy Organs decisions and ENCOURAGES all Departments/Directorates/Units to deploy all necessary measures to ensure full implementation of decisions of the Policy Organs;
3. EXPRESSES concern regarding the non-submission of reports on implementation of decisions of the Executive Council and the Assembly of the African Union by all Member States in 2019 and URGES Member States to submit relevant information with a view to facilitating effective monitoring of implementation;
4. REITERATES the need to scrupulously observe the guidelines regarding the preparation and adoption of AU Decisions to facilitate their effective implementation by all stakeholders, i.e. Member States, the Commission, and other Organs;
5. DECIDES to put in place a Performance Management System which includes appropriate sanctions and rewards and REQUESTS the Commission to present the proposed modalities of this system to the 37th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council;
6. RECALLS Executive Council Decision EX.CL/Dec. 1031 (XXXIV) that requests for a single report template to be applied to all PRC Sub-Committee reports; and
7. REQUESTS the Commission to develop a template for reports of the STCs and utilize the same template for all reports submitted to the Policy Organs;
8. ALSO REQUESTS the Commission, through the Office of the Secretary General of the Commission, to establish an annual master calendar to ensure smooth planning and coordination of meetings and events by the Commission and Member States;
9. UNDERSCORES the urgent need to rationalize the agendas and number of decisions taken at each Summit in accordance with the relevant decisions of the Policy Organs, including Decision EX.CL/Dec.898 (XXVIII)Rev.l and Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.582 (XXV), inter alia.