(d) The functions of the Mining Technical Committee of Officials shall be to:
(i) advise the Committee of Mining Ministers on the activities of the Mining Coordinating
Unit and any other relevant organ;
(ii) recommend the agenda, provisional work programmes, studies, and projects
proposed by the Mining Coordinating Unit for the consideration of the Committee of
Mining Ministers;
(iii) perform such other functions as may be assigned to it by the Committee of Mining
Ministers; and
(iv) supervise the operations of the Mining Coordinating Unit through the Chairman.
4. The Mining Coordinating unit
(a) The Mining Coordinating Unit shall be the executing organ of the mining sector;
(b) The Mining Coordinating Unit shall comprise of a central coordinating unit and various
bodies such as sub-committees, working groups, and other bodies deemed appropriate
for the effective implementation of the programme of work;
(c) There shall be a Coordinator who shall be the head of the Mining Sector Coordinating
Unit;
(d) Although a hosting Member State shall be responsible for the staffing of the Mining
Coordinating Unit, experts may be seconded to it from within or outside SADC;
(e) The Mining Coordinating Unit shall be required to:
(i) implement the Protocol;
(ii) implement the sector's work programme and the decisions of the Committee of
Mining Ministers;
(iii) organise and manage meetings of the various organs established under this Protocol;
and
(iv) manage finances and general administration.
5. The Coordinator, Mining Sector
(1) The Coordinator shall be appointed and removed by the sector's host Government. In
exercising these functions, the host Government shall be guided by the need to ensure
the highest standards of efficiency, professional competence and integrity;
(2) The Coordinator shall have the following functions and duties:
(i) coordinate and integrate the work of the Region's mining sector programme;