SADC Polic y for Strategy Development, Planning, M onitoring and Evaluation iii) P  rovide policy guidance to the Secretariat, including through input to the Medium Term Strategy; 6.1.4 Member States 45. Under the leadership of the National Contact Points (NCPs) designated in the Member States the SADC National Committees (SNCs) have the responsibility to provide coordination function in the Strategy Development, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of SADC interventions at national level in line with the RISDP and SIPO. 46.  For Member States to own and sustain the system, the RISDP implementation and monitoring framework should be mainstreamed into the national planning system. In many countries monitoring of national development goals and objectives is the responsibility of Planning Commissions in the Office of the President and Cabinet or Ministries of Economic Planning and Development. The National Contact Points in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (as in the case of many countries in the Region) provide the interface with SADC Secretariat. The National Contact Points therefore need to continuously engage these agencies to ensure that they integrate RISDP/SIPO in their national plans and budgets which have to be implemented by line Ministries where sector specific country targets and objectives are concerned. The achievements of the RISDP/ SIPO targets at national level will have to be regularly reported (i.e. quarterly and annually) to the Central Planning Commission who in turn will have to report to SADC Secretariat. The Country reports will be aggregated into a regional report. The SADC National Committees with their coordinating responsibility will from time to time review and endorse the country progress reports before they are finally sent to SADC Secretariat. 47. The annual RISDP/SIPO country report will inform the wider public and policy and decision-makers of progress towards major milestones of the RISDP/SIPO. It is essential that these country-specific RISDP/SIPO reports do not generate parallel processes but should support good statistics and strengthen national capacities for RISDP/ 22