SADC Polic y for Strategy Development, Planning, M onitoring and Evaluation 6.1.6 Executive Secretary 50. The Executive Secretary shall: i) Establish appropriate strategies and mechanisms for effective implementation of this policy and ensure the delivery of its outputs and achievement of its objectives; ii) S afeguard the integrity of the systems and outputs related to the implementation of the policy; iii) Ensure policy coherence and coordination amongst intervention areas of the organisation including those of the Secretariat as well intervention areas of other SADC institutions; iv) P  repare strategy and policy reviews for submission and approval by the Council. v) P repare Consolidated Operational Corporate and Operational Business Plans and Budgets of SADC for submission to the Council; vi) Submits strategy and policy reviews to Council for approval; vii) P  repare Annual and Quarterly Progress Reports on the activities, programs and projects of SADC and its institutions; viii) Provides leadership in institutionalising sound practices with regard to the functions within the scope of this policy at the relevant levels of the Secretariat; ix) D  elegates specific tasks in relation to the functions within the scope of this policy to other levels of responsibility as deemed necessary within the over structure of the Secretariat; 6.1.7 Deputy Executive Secretary – Regional Integration 51. Through delegation by the Executive Secretary, The Deputy Executive Secretary – Regional Integration: i) S upervises and provides the necessary impulsion to the Directorate of Policy Planning and Resource Mobilization and other technical 24