The Secretariat prepares the Annual Corporate Plan (ACP) annually in line with Regulation 26 of the SADC Financial Regulations (March 2022) and Section 4.2.1 (iii) of the SADC Policy on Strategy Development, Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (SPMER Policy, 2020). The Annual Corporate Plan is approved by Council in August to facilitate the implementation of the planned outputs in the following Financial Year, running from April 1 to March 31.
1.2 Regulation 26 of the SADC Financial Regulations (March 2022) states that “Every five years, the Accounting Officer shall prepare a draft MTS for approval by Council as set out in the Policy and Guidelines for Strategy
Development, Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (SPMER)”.
1.3 Section 4.2.1 (iii) of the Policy states that the Secretariat “… shall prepare a Five-Year Medium-Term Strategy (MTS) for approval by Council”.
