• Variable geometry; • Poverty eradication. 6.7 Institutional Arrangements for the Implementation of the RISDP Political Level • SADC Council of Ministers; • Integrated Committee of Ministers (ICM). Operational Level • SADC Secretariat; • SADC National Committees. Programme Level • The Secretariat; • Cooperating Partner/s; • Automatic, to ensure a greater adequacy between the • Technical Advisory Committees and Sub-Committees; programming and implementation of regional projects • Programme Steering Committees; and programs; • SADC National Committees; • Steadily growing, to maintain in real terms, the • Other Stakeholders; capacities of the institution and to sustain the neces- • Implementing Agent; sary extension of the integration scope; • Contractors. • De-linked from funds of national treasuries and other government revenue to protect SADC from the impli- 7. Sustainable Financing of the RISDP cations of shifts in priorities that may occur at national The RISDP is a long term development strategy for level; economic growth and development and requires major • Equitable, equity in this context being not tantamount commitment for sustainable financial and human to arithmetical equality, but relative equality in terms resources both from within and outside the region. The of capacities to contribute. following mechanisms are envisaged: 7.2 Regional Development Fund 7.1 Self-Financing Mechanisms • Finance SPA; • Dedicated resources of the regional institution, • To generate financial resources for investing in distinct from national budgets for the sake of afore mentioned autonomy; • Permanent, to guarantee a regular flow of finances of the institution; peripheral areas; 7.3 Member States Contribution • SADC member states contribute to fund the Organisation's activities, based on an agreed formula.