The African Association of Accountants General (AAAG) presents this Model Government-Wide Integrated Risk Management (GW-IRM) Guide as a strategic reference framework to support Member Countries in strengthening their national capacity to anticipate, assess, manage, and respond to critical risks that may threaten economic development, public welfare, fiscal stability, service delivery, and national resilience.
The Guide responds to the growing reality that governments operate in an environment marked by vulnerability, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Across Africa, public institutions face interconnected risks arising from climate change, public health emergencies, financial and economic shocks, cyber threats, geopolitical instability, infrastructure disruption, terrorism, major accidents, and other systemic pressures. These risks often cut across institutional mandates and sectors, making fragmented or entity-specific risk management approaches insufficient for the scale and complexity of national challenges.