DECISION ON THE STRUCTURES OF AU SPECIALISED OFFICE
The Assembly,
RECALLS the following Decisions:
Assembly/AU/Dec.635(XXVIII) of February 2020 requesting the Chairperson of the Commission to finalize the review of the other organs and institutions, and to submit its proposals to the 34th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in February 2021;
AHG/Dec.167(XXXVII) of the 37th Summit of the OAU African Heads of States and Governments held in Lusaka, Zambia, on 11 July 2001 for the establishment of the African Energy Commission (AFREC);
ADOPTS the following proposed structure of AFREC as recommended by the 37th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council:
Post | Grade | Number of Staff | Status |
Office of the Executive Director |
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Executive Director | P6 | 1 | Existing |
Admin. Assistant | GSA5 | 1 | Existing |
Communication Officer | P2 | 1 | Existing |
Division of Policies, Strategies and Support |
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Head of Division | P5 | 1 | Existing |
Country Support & Capacity Building Officer | P4 | 1 | Renamed |
Renewable Energy Officer | P3 | 1 | New |
Energy Efficiency Officer | P3 | 1 | New |
Research, Oil & Gas Officer | P3 | 1 | New |
Energy Product Technologies Officer | P3 | 1 | New |
Energy Economy & Modelling Officer | P3 | 1 | New |
Division of Energy Information System & Statistics |
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Head of Division | P5 | 1 | New |
Energy Statisticians Officers | P3 | 3 | 1 Existing 2 New |
IT & Data Management Expert | P3 | 1 | New |
Graphic Designer | P1 | 1 | New |
Unit of Administration, Finance & support |
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Finance officer | P2 | 1 | Existing |
Assistant Accountant | GSA5 | 1 | New |
Administrative Assistant | GSA5 | 1 | New |
Secretary Receptionist | GSA4 | 1 | Existing |
Driver | GSB7 | 1 | Existing |
Driver (Mail Runner) | GSB7 | 1 | New |
Total Number of Staff | 22 |
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The annual estimated staff cost and other benefits (education allowance) is $ 2,377,843. This excludes other operational cost such as initial recruitment cost.
DECIDES that the implementation of the above structure should be phased and subject to budget availability;
DIRECTS the Commission to finalize the draft structures of the Beijing Office and all the other organs and institutions that are still outstanding, in conformity with the above stated Decision Assembly/AU/Dec.635(XXVIII), to be presented to the next ordinary session of the Executive Council in July 2021.