Strategies / activities i) Promote exchanges of information on and reviews of regional and other developments; ii) Establish appropriate mechanisms to avert aggression against Member States through diplomatic initiatives. iii) Consolidate peace, security and stability to achieve sustainable socio-economic development and eradicate poverty iv) Establish and strengthen bilateral commissions; and v) Devise measures to Combat the HIV and AIDS pandemic. OBJECTIVE 2 To promote political co-operation among Member States and the evolution of common political values and institutions Strategies / activities i) Promote public debates and awareness activities through out SADC on its achievements; ii) Convene seminars to establish a forum of the region’s research and academic institutions on foreign policy’; iii) Submit to the regional fora of research and academic institutions concrete proposals on studies to be taken on iv) foreign policy.; Introduce SADC related matters in the curricula of the school system; v) Implement the Protocol on Education and Training, giving 5% of vacancies in public training institutions to students from the region; vi) Promote regular cultural, arts and sports events; and vii) Harmonize structures dealing with SADC Affairs 18