General Meteorological Standards and Recommended Practices and conduct roving seminars and training activities using regional resource persons. 3. Member States shall develop a programme to strengthen meteorological research capacity in the Region. 4. For the purposes of paragraph 3, Member States shall investigate a) options for collaboration with other African research institutions; and b) participation in international research programmes, in particular the World Climate Research Programme and Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme. INSTITUTIONAL Chapter 13 INSTITUTIONS, IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING ARTICLE 13.1 IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING 1. Member States shall have primary responsibility for implementing the provisions of this Protocol and shall take all necessary measures to give effect to such provisions, including their observance, by subsidiary levels of government. 2. Member States shall encourage all relevant public and private sector service providers, regulators and other stakeholders to comply with the provisions of this Protocol. 3. Regional impetus to implementation and monitoring shall be facilitated through the collective participation of Member States within the SATCC and regional bodies as contemplated in Article 13. 13. ARTICLE 13.2 PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT, NEW AREAS OF CO-OPERATION AND ANNEXURES 1. Member States shall continuously review the subject matter of this Protocol and, to this end, identify new areas of co-operation. 2. Member States shall dynamically expand their co-operation and, where necessary, update the provisions of this Protocol by amending existing provisions or including new provisions which reflect their deepening co-operation and expanding consensus. 3. Member States shall, in particular, identify and develop new annexes which include relevant technical and implementation decisions based on provisions of this Protocol, which annexes shall form an integral part of this Protocol in the manner contemplated in Article 14.5 of this Protocol. 4. Member States shall progressively implement the provisions of this Protocol in a phased manner, having due regard to the implementation capacity of individual Member States.

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