The Strategic Plan is the product of a collaborative exercise between the APRM Secretariat as leader and all other continental and national APRM restructures. In developing this Plan, my team in Midrand was ably and generously supported by colleagues from the AU Commission and our Strategic Partners, particularly the UNECA and UNDP. Members of the APR Panel of Eminent Persons and many in our Committee of Focal Points have spent their precious time reviewing the draft Strategy Plan at different stages in its development and their inputs and guidance have enriched this document tremendously. I take this opportunity to extend my sincere gratitude to all of them. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya and Chairperson of the APR Forum, for his exemplary leadership and for steering the APRM out of the crisis it was in. Under his leadership, the APRM Strategic Plan 2016-2020 was formally approved by the APR Forum at the Summit meeting it held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 26 August 2016. Professor Eddy Maloka Chief Executive Officer, APRM Secretariat Midrand, South Africa September 2016