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; Page 9 of 17