NEPAD/HGSIC-3-2003/APRM/Guideline/O&P
9 March 2003
6.5
The APR Panel will also advise the APR Forum as to which African
institutions will be invited to conduct the technical assessments on corporate
governance and socio-economic development.
6.6
It is anticipated that the APRM will have to work with a wider range of
Partner Institutions, including those that set international standards, oversight
institutions, African research and policy institutions engaged in policy advisory
services.
6.7
It is envisaged that the Country Review Visit will take place when the
country has completed its draft Programme of Action. It will then submit the
final draft Programme of Action to the APR Secretariat and invite it to send an
APR Team to come and conduct the Country Review Visit. This holistic
review will assess the quality and scope of the final draft Programme of Action.
6.8
The main focus of the Country Review Visit will be on identifying
whether the country's draft Programme of Action is adequate to address the
assessed challenges and, if not, how the country can best be assisted in
strengthening its final draft Programme of Action and its capacities to
implement it. Such further work might eventually include further involvement
of the APR Partner Institutions.
6.9
It is important that there be close cooperation between the APRM and
the Partner Institutions. The APR Secretariat will sign a Memorandum of
Understanding with each APR Partner Institutions that will define the
partnership in specific terms that could include the following areas of common
concern:
a. The roles and responsibilities of the partners;
b. Access to data resources and sharing of information;
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