An International Advisory Board of African and global eminent personalities, chaired by the Egyptian Foreign Minister, acts as the brain trust of the Forum, providing strategic direction. Under the aegis of a National Coordination Committee, headed by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding (CCCPA)–an African Union Center of Excellence in training, capacity building and research–that acts as the Secretariat of the Forum. The Center works closely with a range of African and international think tanks and knowledge partners.