The Southern African Development Community (SADC) will on 12 March, 2021 hold a virtual meeting of the Council of Ministers to discuss issues aimed at advancing regional cooperation, integration and socio-economic development.
Read More Tweet!The RISDP 2020–2030 and Vision 2050 were approved by the SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government in August, 2020. The RISDP 2020-2030 covers strategic priority areas, namely; The Foundation: Peace, Security, and Good Governance; Pillar I: Industrial…
Read More Tweet!There is a notable progress in the preparation and implementation of priority interconnector projects in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) that are aimed to connect Angola, Malawi and the United Republic of Tanzania to the Southern African…
Read More Tweet!The SADC Executive Secretary, Her Excellency Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax, has commended the European Union (EU) for the cooperation that continues to exist with SADC in a number of areas of collaboration, both at the national and regional levels. H. E. Dr…
Read More Tweet!The Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan of SADC is a comprehensive 15–year strategic roadmap, which provides the strategic direction for achieving SADC’s long term social and economic goals. It also provides the SADC Secretariat and other SADC institutions with clear guidelines on SADC’s approved social and economic priorities and policies and therefore, enhancing their effectiveness in discharging their facilitating and coordinating role. It was approved by SADC Summit in 2003 and its effective implementation began in 2005.
The Revised Edition of the Strategic Indicative Plan for the Organ (SIPO II) provides a review of the first edition of the Plan. Based on the objectives and common agenda of SADC, the Strategic Indicative Plan for the Organ, first signed in 2004, provided general guidelines that spelt out specific implementation activities, in accordance with the objectives of the Protocol on Defense, Politics and Security Cooperation, and the strategies for their realisation, covering the Public Security, Political, Defence, and State security sectors.