REGIONAL • • INDIC ATIVE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PL AN 5 participate fully in the implementation of the Organization (WTO), The Cotonou Agreement between the programmes and projects of SADC; EU and ACPs as well as the USA's Africa Opportunity Act create appropriate institutions and mechanisms for (AGOA) are all key challenges and opportunities for SADC. the mobilisation of requisite resources for the A global development agenda of crucial importance implementation of programmes and operations of for SADC is currently being championed by the United SADC and its institutions; Nations (UN) and is expressed in the Millennium develop policies aimed at the progressive elimination Declaration and other United Nations led International of obstacles to the free movement of capital and Conventions through the Millennium Development Goals. labour, goods and services, and of the peoples of the SADC will need to align its agenda with such initiatives. region generally, among Member States; • promote the development, transfer and mastery of technology; • improve economic management and performance through regional cooperation; • promote the coordination and harmonisation of the international relations of Member States; and • secure international understanding, cooperation and support, and mobilise the inflow of public and private resources into the region. 1.5 KEY INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT ENABLERS 1.5.1 Peace, Security, Democracy and Good Political Governance SADC Member States are committed to "promote common political values, systems and other shared values which are transmitted through institutions that are democratic, legitimate, and effective" (SADC Treaty Article 5). In line 1.4 REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS The restructuring of SADC Institutions occurs at a time when important transformations are also taking place both at the continental and global levels. In the African context the most significant steps affecting SADC, relate to the transformation of the Organization of African States with this, SADC firmly acknowledges that economic growth and development will not be realised in conditions of political intolerance, the absence of the rule of law, corruption, civil strife and war. SADC Member States are cognisant of the fact that poverty thrives under such conditions, nurturing further political instability and (OAU) into the African Union (AU) and the launching of the conflict, creating a destructive repetitive cycle, which New Partnership for African Development (PAD). perpetuates under-development and extreme deprivation. The AU intends to build on and accelerate the aims of SADC Member States are also committed to the the OAU and the Abuja Treaty. The NEPAD as a programme ideals of the AU and the NEPAD programme which of the AU is a holistic and multidimensional development identifies democracy and political governance, including framework undertaken by African Leaders, which peace and security, conflict management, post-conflict encompasses economic, political, security social and reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction, and the cultural dimensions of development. As with African combating of illicit trafficking in arms and related under the Abuja Treaty, the materials, as essential prerequisites for achieving Regional Economic Communities such as SADC are sustainable development. This is consistent with the expected to act as building blocks in the implementation approach in the RISDP, which has, however, added of the African Agenda under the frameworks of the AU and trafficking in drugs and human beings to this list. Economic Integration NEPAD. In the SADC context, NEPAD is embraced as a credible At the global level, economic challenges facing SADC and relevant continental framework, and this RISDP as a include the process and effects of globalisation, which regional expression and vehicle towards the ideals encompasses, among others, financial, trade and contained therein. Therefore, in view of the fact that technological forces. The agenda of the World Trade NEPAD has already set out the required actions, and that