REGIONAL • INDIC ATIVE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PL AN 8 7 Organising and participating in Programme Steering Partner/s, relevant national government ministries/ Committee meetings; departments, Chairpersons of SNCs of Member States Reporting implementation progress to the Integrated participating in that particular project/programme, NGOs Committee of Ministers and higher SADC bodies; and and/or local academic or research institutes, and relevant Ensuring that SADC decisions are reflected at the Regional Associations. However, it is also crucial that the programme implementation level. committee is kept small enough to meet on a regular basis Cooperating Partners will play an important role in and be effective in reaching strategic decisions. The providing resources for the implementation of the RISDP responsibility for convening the PSCs lies with the and should, therefore, be kept abreast on progress and Secretariat. For any particular programme that the PSCs are their strategic advice sought where necessary. SADC responsible for, they will perform the following functions: should endeavour to create strong partnership with • Approve programme implementation plan; Cooperating Partners by engaging them on regular policy • Monitor programme implementation; dialogue and consensus building. It is critical that • Approve annual work plans and budget; Cooperating Partners are assured that the programmes • Make proposals to the Technical Advisory Com- • • are being implemented as proposed and that the mittees/Sub-committees on changes to programme resources are being used effectively. document; Technical Committees should be created for the key • intervention areas described in the previous chapter to selection of professional staff to Programme provide technical guidance/direction and quality control. Technical Committees should also be created for subsectors within the intervention areas (e.g. water, energy, transport, communications, meteorology, tourism). These Management Units; • Manage conflicts and disagreements among key actors; • Assess success, problems, propose solutions and report on overall progress to the Secretariat; and Technical Committees will go a long way in augmenting the capacity at the Secretariat on technical issues, and • Member States participating in the programme have sound and take into account the interests of Member as the programme development stage and will act as technical advisory bodies to the Secretariat on specific issues. They will also act as a technical clearinghouse for the responsibility of ensuring programme success and post-programme sustainability. Participating Member States will have the following responsibilities: • • • Manage impediments to programme implementation as it falls within their territory; fledged programmes/projects. They shall also be responsible for ensuring viability and sustainability of all Provide appropriately qualified counterpart staff to participate in programme activities as required; Committees will receive project ideas from SNCs and assist the Secretariat in developing them into fully Provide the necessary logistical support and information to missions by programme staff; issues/programmes prior to their submission to the Integrated Committee of Ministers for approval. Technical Closely liase with and give strategic advice to SNCs of Member States participating in a particular programme. will ensure that any proposed programmes are technically States. The Technical Committees will be involved as early Make recommendations to the Secretariat on the • Play an advocacy and public relations role on the programmes/projects. It is absolutely essential that the programme to stakeholders. Technical Committees inherited from the old SADC SADC National Committees will be responsible for structure are reviewed with a view to rationalising them information and making maximum use of existing capacity. monitoring of the RISDP at national level and ensuring dissemination, implementation and Programme Steering Committees (PSCs) should be broad and inclusive consultations to prepare for inputs created for specific programmes/projects with a repre- required by the Secretariat. National Committees together sentation of a range of stakeholders that may have an with their Sub-Committees shall be along the lines of the interest or be able to add value to that particular pro- clusters and will therefore provide important inputs into gramme. This may include the Secretariat, Cooperating the Directorates. In essence, therefore, SNCs will be the