SADC Polic y for Strategy Development, Planning, M onitoring and Evaluation
with Council decisions.
17.
The Secretariat shall:
i)
Prepare a draft Medium Term Strategy (MTS) for approval by Council.
Drawing from the RISDP and SIPO, the MTS shall provide a clear
view of the possible achievements within a time perspective of five
years on the basis of available evidence, plausible assumptions and
assessment of risk factors in order to realise the SADC Vision and
Mission. The necessary lessons will be drawn from past interventions
through monitoring and evaluation reports and incorporated into
the planning.
ii)
Conduct annual reviews of the MTS in terms of its alignment with
the RISDP and SIPO and the relevance and viability of the strategy
taking into consideration the evolution of the internal and external
factors. The annual review will be the main input to advise Council
on opportunities to revisit priorities and implementation approaches
for the remaining years on the MTS period. The output of the strategy
review process will be an annual strategy update brief highlighting
the main emerging issues influencing the strategic context and
confirm policy directions or recommend changes for the rest of the
MTS time-frame. The annual strategy update brief will launch the
dialogue on priorities for the following year. Upon finalization and
adoption, it will provide guidance to the preparation of operational
plans and the annual budget.
iii)
Conduct evaluations of the MTS component on a regular basis
according to the Secretariat’s evaluation plans. The evaluations will
inform the preparation of the following MTS, which should start at
the beginning of the fourth year.
18. To facilitate the effective implementation of the policy the Secretariat
shall prepare a strategy development and review guidelines for use
by all relevant stakeholders at different levels to set the key priorities
for SADC. As a minimum, the guidelines shall address:
• S takeholder participation modalities, including the participation
of Sectoral and Cluster Ministerial Committees;
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