The Desk Assessment of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) presents a review of the progress made in the implementation of the interventions coordinated/facilitated by the SADC Secretariat in collaboration with Member States and International Cooperating Partners in line with the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan, in order to address challenges facing the region in terms of socio-economic growth and development.
The desk assessment is based on the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan implementation framework which provides the main intervention objectives by sector, key intervention areas, expected outputs, main activities for each output, key performance indicators for the implementation of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan in all sectors.
The purpose of this desk assessment is to analyse the actual technical performance of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan with regard to implementation of the 2005-2010 implementing framework by all stakeholders. Emphasis is placed on actual results vis-a-vis the expected ones. The report also tries to answer the questions related to (1) challenges encountered in the implementation of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan during the reporting period and (2) lessons learnt and recommendations for the implementation of the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan.
