NEPAD/APRM/Panel3/guidelines/11-2003/Doc8 NEPAD/APRM/Panel2/country /10-2003/Doc a. Define, in collaboration with key stakeholders, a roadmap on participation in the APRM, which should be widely publicized and provide information about the national coordinating structures, the stages of the APRM and the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders from government, nongovernmental organizations, private sector and international development partners. b. Establish and publicize feedback mechanism between different levels of government and with non-governmental stakeholders. c. Ensure participation by relevant stakeholders in the implementation of the Programme of Action. d. Make annual progress reports to the APR Secretariat on the implementation of the Programme of Action 36. The organisation of public participation in the APRM process is in by itself a central aspect of enhancing the state of governance and socioeconomic development in the participating country. Such interactions can build trust, establish and clarify mechanisms for ongoing engagement and empowerment of stakeholders. These processes will be most effective if they build on existing structures, rather than duplicating or creating parallel processes such that learning becomes cumulative. Figure 2, outlines the potential benefits of public participation in the various stages of the APRM. 37. Existing national oversight institutions should be an integral part of the national preparation for and participation in the APRM, especially those oversight institutions whose constitutional functions cover the four identified areas of governance and development; for example, the Auditor-General, the Public Accounts Committees of Parliament and the Human Rights Commission. These institutions will be useful in helping to identify key areas of concern, ensuring the technical competence and integrity of the review process, as well as in drawing up and implementing the national Programme of Action. 38. Intra-Governmental processes can link national processes to local level processes. Such mechanisms may include the involvement of parliamentarians and members of state legislatures, which can engage their constituents and bring local level inputs into the national level policy formulation processes. Further to that, regional and local government participation in workshops and technical assessments can provide important local level inputs to set priorities, determine public action choices, and make the necessary trade-off decisions in the Programme of Action, ensuring a more broad-based improvement in governance and socio-economic development. Page 12 of 20