ALive’s governance is organized around three caucuses of key actors in the sector, each having an essential and complementary role:
- the Caucus of African Institutions, which fosters the emergence of requests for development interventions in the African livestock sector;
- the Caucus of Knowledge, which validates technical proposals for the implementation of these initiatives; and
- the Caucus of Donors, which finances the proposals selected.  These caucuses also receive ongoing support from the OIE and FAO. 
Each of these three caucuses of key actors in the sector has an essential and complementary role to play: the Caucus consisting of African institutions stimulates demand for activities pertaining to the development of African livestock; the Caucus of Knowledge validates the technical proposals associated with the implementation of these initiatives; and the Caucus of Donors funds the proposed activities.  At the same time, these Caucuses receive ongoing support from the OIE and FAO.

Governance of the Partnership, as set forth in its Operational Guidelines, is exercised through: (1) a General Assembly (GA), a consultative body open to all partners and divided into Caucuses, its members debate ALive’s orientations and priorities; (2) an Executive Committee, a decision-making and technical body that determines annual activity programs and implements the policy orientations handed down by the GA; in its initial version it consists of fifteen members duly mandated by their institutions and thus reflects the diversity of the stakeholders involved; and (3) a Secretariat headed by a Partnership Manager. The Secretariat monitors and evaluates the Partnership, communicates with the public, and seeks out and mobilizes Partners.