On 18 April 2018, ACCORD’s Founder and Executive Director, Advocate Vasu Gounden met with the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union, H.E. Ambassador Kwesi Quartey in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Advocate Gounden was in Addis Ababa for a Joint Steering Committee of the AU Mediation Support Capacity Project, a partnership between ACCORD, the African Union and the Finnish-based Crisis Management Initiative, which also took place on 18 April 2018.