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Current Functions of Directorates and Units Table 3.3

Directorate/ Unit Responsible to Functions

Policy, Planning and Deputy Executive • Policy Analysis, Planning and Programming, Monitoring and Evaluation, and
Resources Secretary for Regional Resource Mobilisation.
Mobilisation Integration • Covers Research and Statistics; Policy and Strategy; and Project Management
Support.
Industrial Deputy Executive • Responsible for the implementation of the SADC Industrialization Strategy and
Development and Secretary for Regional Roadmap.
Trade Integration • Ensures effective integration of goods and services markets and widening export
opportunities through new regional, Tripartite and Continental trading
arrangements and enhancement of the trading environment
• Covers Industrialisation and Competitiveness, Value Chains, Industrial Project
Preparation, Trade, Standards and Quality and Science, Technology and
Innovation.

Finance, Investment Deputy Executive • Facilitates trade and financial liberalisation; and to create an enabling environment
and Customs Secretary for Regional for investment.
Integration • Facilitates the development and strengthening of financial and capital markets.
• Ensures capacity for macro­economic management and convergence strategies.
• Covers Customs, Finance and Investment and Macro­Convergence sectors

Infrastructure Deputy Executive • Facilitates achievement of efficient, seamless, integrated and cost­effective cross­
Secretary for Regional boundary infrastructure networks.
Integration • Focuses on the development and quality of strategic infrastructure. 89
• Covers the sectors of Energy, Transport, Information Communication Technology
(ICT), Water and Meteorology.
Food, Agriculture and Deputy Executive • Supports initiatives to improve food availability, access, safety and nutritional
Natural Resources Secretary for Regional value; disaster preparedness for food security; equitable and sustainable use of
Integration the environment and natural resources; and strengthening institutional
frameworks and capacity building.
• Covers areas of Natural Resources and Wildlife, Environment and Climate Change,
Tourism, and Food Security and Agriculture.
Social and Human Deputy Executive • Ensure the availability of educated, skilled, healthy, productive human resources
Development Secretary for Regional required for promoting investment, efficiency and competitiveness of the region in
Integration the global economy, as well as improving the quality of lives of the region's
population.
• Covers Health and Nutrition, HIV and AIDS, Employment, Labour and Youth; and
Education and Skills Development.

Organ on Politics, Executive Secretary • Covers areas of Politics and Diplomacy, Defence, State Security, Public Security and
Defence and Security Police.
Affairs • Guided by the Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Co­operation which aims
to promote peace and security in SADC, protect the region’s people from instability
due to the breakdown of law and order, develop a common foreign policy for the
region, and cooperate on matters related to security and defence.

Internal Audit and Risk Executive Secretary • Responsible for providing assurance on internal controls within the Secretariat.
Management • Ensures coordination of risk management, internal controls and internal audit.
Finance Deputy Executive • Provides an effective and efficient financial advisory service within the SADC
Secretary for Secretariat.
Corporate Affairs • Covers Accounting Services, Grants/Contracts, and Treasury and Budgets
Human Resources and Deputy Executive • Provides efficient and effective services in Human Resources, Administration,
Administration Secretary for Records Management and Conference Services.
Corporate Affairs • Supports the SADC secretariat in attracting and retaining skilled workforce, efficient
administrative, records and conference management services.