ARTICLE 13.11 TECHNICAL SUPPORT FUNCTIONS OF THE SATCC-TU The SATCC-TU shall provide technical support through assistance with a) the development of a regional policy agenda by developing, implementing, formalising and monitoring regional and national policies; b) identifying research needs and conducting research or having research conducted; c) identifying and evaluating international standards and recommended practices deemed essential for regional implementation; d) developing interactive and unified regional and national data collection and processing systems using reliable data sources and facilitating speedy access to information; e) the maintenance of a library containing relevant international, continental, regional and national technical publications, documents, agreements and legislation; f) the maintenance of inter-sector coordination between the transport, communications and meteorology sectors and other sectors within the SADC; and g) any other functions with which it may be tasked. ARTICLE 13.12 MONITORING FUNCTIONS OF THE SATCC-TU The SATCC-TU shall monitor the implementation of this Protocol by a) liaising on a continuous basis with national and sub-sectoral coordinators, Member States, regional and national institutions and other national stakeholders with responsibility for complying with provisions of this Protocol; b) participating in meetings and activities of regional bodies; c) keeping an implementation workplan programming the implementation of a regional policy agenda; d) requesting Member States for regular updates regarding the status of implementation of individual provisions of the Protocol; e) preparing three-monthly reports for consideration by the sub-sectoral committees contemplated in Article 13.6 of this Protocol regarding progress with the implementation of this Protocol; f) identifying potential delays in the implementation time scales and alerting the subsectoral committees, Committee of Senior Officials and Committee of Ministers of such delays;