SADC Polic y for Strategy Development, Planning, M onitoring and Evaluation SIPO and poverty monitoring and analysis. 48. SADC National Committees (SNCs) shall, in particular, focus on: a) Coordinate the development of regional plans at national level; b) Coordinate implementation of regional plans at national level; c)  oordinate monitoring and evaluation of implementation of regional C policies and protocol implementation at MS level; and d) E ngage national stakeholders, in particular the private sector, with the view of getting their full involvement and participation in regional integration and cooperation regional policy design, implementation and evaluation. 6.1.5 Secretariat 49. The Secretariat shall be responsible for: i) Strategic planning and management of SADC programs. ii) M  obilisation of resources, coordination and harmonisation of programs and projects with cooperating partners; iii) P  repare annual report with regard to the execution of operational plans; iv) Coordinate the preparation of Audited Financial Statements v) C  oordinate and facilitate policies and protocol implementation reviews in Member States; vi) Undertaking self-evaluation of programmes on a regular basis; vii) Commission external evaluation of programmes on a regular basis; viii)  Organise the above mentioned functions adequately, namely through developing operational guidelines that comply to international best practices; ix) A  dvise Council on reviews of the present policy as and when required. 23