Steering Committee (SC)

Function
The steering committee provides the programme with overall policy guidance and oversees the implementation progress. It aims to ensures coherence, coordination and complementarities of all activities related to HPAI in Africa. It is the highest collective decision making body or organ of the programme.

• Facilitate the overall programme implementation including monitoring and evaluation
• Endorse funding criteria
• Endorse funding proposals/requests
• Approve/endorse programme progress reports
• Review technical and financial documents and reports
• Provide a platform for discussion and information sharing for all actors in the fight against avian influenza in Africa
• Assure dissemination of information on HPAI activities in Africa
• Facilitate contacts and cooperation with other international partners.

Representation
International partners active in the fight against avian influenza in Africa are represented in the steering committee, such as the AU, AU/IBAR, the EC, OIE, FAO, WHO, UNICEF, the ALive platform, AHIF, the ACP Secretariat and the Regional Economic Communities ECOWAS, SADC, ECCAS and COMESA.

Chair
The Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture shall chair the steering committee. Additional international cooperating partners may be invited to join the SC when the occasion arises.

First Steering Committee Meeting

Second Steering Committee Meeting