High Level Policy Dialogue: The future of Governance in Africa: Is a new concept of governance the key to accelerating the prosperity agenda?

The Experts Roundtable event on the New Concept of Governance in Africa due to be held in Accra, Ghana from 29 - 30 September 2017 will bring together leading policy-makers, academics and representatives from bilateral, multilateral, regional and sub-regional organizations and civil society organizations. Among many, it will seek to address the following overarching questions:

• To what extent are current governance models suitable for peace and development aspirations in Africa?
• How can governance be conceptualised to have legitimacy and meaning for African political elites and local populations alike?
• How can we best identify and tackle the key differences to provide the development "boost" required to achieve Agenda 2030 and 2063?
• To what extent is 'sustaining peace' relevant to the transformational governance agenda and what does 'sustaining peace' as governance look like in practice?  
• How do we move from electoral democracy to inclusive political processes?