HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SPECIAL PROGRAMMES STRATEGIES Coordination, harmonisation, monitoring the implementation and engendering of regional policies, strategies and Protocols on education, training, health,nutrition, welfare and social development, culture, information and sports for combating human poverty and HIV and AIDS. OBJECTIVES To increase access to quality and appropriate education, training, welfare and social development, nutrition, health, cultural, sporting services and information, including science and technology and ICT. Protocols conventions and other legal instruments in abovementioned areas ratified and being implemented. Universal primary education achieved; secondary and tertiary net enrolment ratios increased; gender disparities in education and training eliminated. Coordinate and monitor the ratification and implementation of Protocols, conventions and other legal instruments in the abovementioned areas. Increase allocation of resources as a share of GDP to above-mentioned areas, including the combating of HIV and AIDS, TB, malaria and other major diseases 2005 – 2015 2005 – 2015 2005 – 2015 TIME FRAMES Member States & Secretariat Member States and & Secretariat Member States Secretariat,Stakeholders and cooperating partners Member States and Secretariat; RESPONSIBILITY INDIC ATIVE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PL AN Under-five Mortality Rates reduced by two thirds; Maternal Mortality Rates reduced by three quarters. Policies on education, training, health,nutrition, welfare and social development, culture, information and sports harmonised. INDICATORS Review national policies; coordinate the harmonisation, monitoring the implementation of gender-sensitive policies in education, training, health, nutrition, welfare and social development, culture, information and sports. MEASURES PRIORITY INTERVENTION AREA: Priority Intervention Area: Social, Human Development and Special Programmes Goal: To improve the availability of educated, skilled, healthy, productive and efficient human resource for the promotion of equitable economic growth, sustainable socio-economic development of the SADC region and enhancement of its competitiveness in the global economy. TABLE 4.13 REGIONAL 1 3 7