THE AFRICAN LEGAL SUPPORT FACILITY (ALSF):

The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) is an international organisation established by a Treaty in 2008. The ALSF is an international organisation hosted by the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Its membership is open to (a) All AfDB Member States (b) other states (c) AfDB and (d) other international organisations or institutions. The ALSF’s main objectives include: (i) providing legal advisory services to African governments in the structuring and negotiation of complex commercial transactions related to extractives and natural resources, energy, sovereign debt, and infrastructure development under public-private partnerships (the “Key Sectors”); (ii) capacity building for lawyers and government professionals related to the above; and (iii) development of knowledge products.

The Governing Council is made up of representatives of the Facility’s member st...