S O U T H E R N A F R I C A N D E V E L O P M E N T C O M M U N I T Y policy harmonisation and liberalisation of markets in all financial resources. These resources will be an important forms of transport; and, lastly, for Water, establishing and determinant of the success of the RISDP in achieving its strengthening integration and development objectives. In terms of shared watercourse systems; and promoting the development of water infrastructure. financing its coordination function, SADC relies on The RISDP also emphasises co-operation in sus- contributions from Member States and grants from tainable food security in order to achieve lasting access International Co-operating Partners. Increases in both to safe and adequate food at all times by all people in sources of funding are essential. Until now, Member SADC for an active and healthy life. The focus of the RISDP is on improving food availability, access to food, and nutritional value of food, while minimizing food losses; improving forecasting, prevention, mitigation and recovery from adverse effects of natural disasters; and improving the institutional framework. The RISDP has formulated strategies for attaining the above sustainable food security goal and objectives, which include: increasing crop and livestock production, productivity and States have been making equal contributions to SADC institutions. From April 2003, their contributions will take into account the relative level of their gross domestic product, which is a more equitable and sustainable basis. In order to improve the financial capacity of SADC further, Member States are exploring the potential for developing self-financing mechanisms for the organisation. In order to increase the resources for financing developments, profitability; promoting irrigation and appropriate governments will also need to improve the management agricultural production technologies; promoting trade in of their revenue and expenditure to generate savings, food and non-food agricultural products; promoting rural improve the functional use and effective application of non-farm income generating activities, entrepreneurship foreign aid, and pursue effective debt relief strategies development, and effective food storage and preservation with creditors to release more resources. They will also technologies; improving the quality of processing, need to change and improve the policy environment to packaging, labelling and preparation of food; broadening stimulate private capital inflows, local savings, and and strengthening the early warning system; and private sector participation through public-private developing Protocols for Food Security and Agriculture, partnerships, debt, equity funds, venture capital, and and the Environment. credit guarantee insurance facilities. In the human and social development priority intervention area, the goal is to contribute to the reduction of 8. Chapter Six asserts that successful implementation human poverty and to improve the availability of educated, of the RISDP will also require an appropriate institutional skilled, healthy, flexible, culturally responsive, productive framework. The RISDP envisages that at the political level and efficient human resources for the promotion of the Council of Ministers through the Integrated SADC's equitable growth, deeper integration and its Committee of Ministers (ICM) will provide policy direction competitiveness in the global economy. In pursuit of this and oversight to implementation. At the operational level, goal, the RISDP focuses on the development and management and coordination of the RISDP will primarily sustenance of human capabilities; the development of be the responsibility of the Secretariat. The implement- positive values, attitudes, and practices; and on increas- ation of particular programmes will involve some or all of ing the utilization of human capabilities. The proposed the following structures: the Secretariat, Technical strategies include the coordination, harmonization and Advisory Committees and Sub-committees, Programme engendering of education, training, health, nutrition, Steering Committees, participating Member States and employment and labour policies; the harmonization of SADC National Committees. The challenge will be to policies for employment creation and income generation; ensure that these structures have the requisite human and establishment of exchange programmes and mech- and financial capacity. International Co-operating Partners, anisms for key stakeholders. Implementing Agents and Contractors will also be involved. Since implementation will be participatory, 7. Chapter Five concentrates on resource mobilisa- there will be participation by women to facilitate gender tion. It argues that successful implementation of the mainstreaming, the private sector and civil society as well. RISDP requires a major commitment of sustainable The RISDP makes proposals for strengthening the role of