6 4 S O U T H E R N A F R I C A N Target 3: Adoption by Summit in of a public-private sector Action Plan based on the ASCCI White Paper, to be implemented over the RISDP period; D E V E L O P M E N T STRATEGIES • • • and Private Sector Institutions as part of the Collation, processing and dissemination of official statistics; • Target 5: Institutionalise a Private Sector Unit to carry out a support function for both the Secretariat Harmonisation of statistical information (economic, social and cross cutting) in SADC; and final report circulated in June 2004 to facilitate private sector-public dialogue on an on-going basis; Development of a legal framework for regional cooperation in statistics; Target 4: Competitiveness and Business Climate Survey launched in September 2003, and completed C O M M U N I T Y Development of indicators for monitoring and evaluation of regional integration; • Capacity building for national and regional statistical systems. restructured SADC Secretariat by January 2004; Target 6: Facilitate the assessment of capacity, and capacity building, within SADC Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Business Associations to be conducted in 2003, and thereafter every two years; Target 7: Facilitate the creation of sector business associations where these add value to public-private sector dialogue on an on-going basis. TARGETS Target 1: Development of a legal Framework, 20042006; Target 2: Harmonisation of SADC statistics, by 2015; Target 3: Development of integrated regional statistical database in all priority; areas including poverty, gender, informal sector, HIV and AIDS, by 2015; Target 4: Development of indicators for monitoring 4.9 and evaluation, 2004-2005; STATISTICS Target 5: The harmonised development policies and macro- SADC, by 2015; economic convergence are crucial to the regional Target 6: Development of economic models and integration process. SADC has placed the strengthening forecasting mechanisms for Statistics, 2004-2006; of structures to deal with regional integration high on its Target 7: Establishment of a multi-sectoral Forum of agenda. For these structures to function efficiently and users and producers of statistics, 2004; effectively, there is a need to improve the capacity of Target 8: Enhancement of the utilisation of cost national and regional statistical systems to provide the effective ICTs in sharing information in the priority required statistical data needed for regional integration. areas, 2015. Enhancement of statistical capacity in SADC will develop the core indicators for the monitoring and evaluation of the RISDP and the regional policies and programmes derived therein, taking into account the Millennium Development Goals. 4.10 TRADE, ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT Areas of focus 4.10.1 • Legal framework in statistics • Comparability of all SADC statistics • Informal sector statistics database nations or groups of countries that are successfully • Statistical capacity in SADC implementing trade and economic liberalization policies • Integrated regional statistical database are experiencing high economic growth and an • Statistical database on poverty improvement in the quality of life of their peoples. Given Introduction Global trends and developments indicate that those