SADC Resource Mobilisation Strategy c) d) e) f) g) h) within the SADC Secretariat. The SADC Secretariat shall continue to encourage its Partners to progressively move towards Contribution Agreements and Basket Funding. The SADC SPME shall guide financing support from the ICP’s. The resources will be allocated only to approved projects. Effective reporting systems shall be developed so that the SADC Secretariat is enabled to capture all inflows to the various units. To ensure the availability of external resources when required, the timing of financial commitments shall be progressively aligned to the Secretariat’s planning and budgeting cycle. The SADC Secretariat shall work towards effective harmonisation of development assistance that comes through its system and ensure better capturing of information on all external assistance received. 4.1.2 Resource Planning and Management The SADC Secretariat shall strengthen its planning, budgeting and financial management systems in a manner that will maximise the resource absorptive capacity and optimally utilise resources for its development programmes. The strategy for resource planning and management are as follows: a) The RISDP and SIPO, SADC MTS, technical Directorates’ plans and their associated budgets shall define the areas where resources shall be required. The RISDP and SIPO shall continue to serve as key planning instruments. b) All resources acquired by the SADC Secretariat (both financial and human), shall be delivered, managed, monitored and reported through the official and approved SADC management system. c) The SADC Secretariat shall put in place, enhanced financial oversight and accountability systems and structures that would secure the confidence of all stakeholders. d) The SADC Secretariat will encourage cooperating partners to programme their financial support over multi-year timeframes as well as make multi-year funding commitments in a manner that would make it easier for the Secretariat to plan and make good projections in accordance with predictable funding. e) The SADC Secretariat will work towards improved reporting of external resource flows through a well-functioning Development Cooperation Information System (DCIS) developed as part of the SADC Integrated Management System (SIMS). f) The SADC Secretariat shall request timely information on cooperating partners’ commitments and disbursement schedules so as to secure the required 13