METHODOLOGY This progress report is a result of a process that started in 2011 which consisted of data collection, processing and analysis of information from various sources including government documents, as well as organization of regional workshops for data collection involving government officers and civil society organizations. This work was carried out by the APRM National Forum with the support of its National Secretariat in coordination with the office of the APRM Focal Point (His Excellency the Minister of Planning and Development). The initial phase comprised the processing of information gathered from State institutions on the implementation of the recommendations of the APRM Panel of Eminent Personalities contained in the Country Review Report. It included also information on the implementation of activities that are part of the National Programme of Action under the responsibility of each State institution concerning the period between 2010 and 2012. Similar request was extended to civil society organizations which have some responsibility in of the implementation of the APRM National Programme of Action. The above process was followed by another one which started in the second half of 2011, which consisted of compiling data by each APRM thematic area and its presentation in the form of a preliminary report on the degree of progress of the implementation of the APRM Panel recommendations. This was followed by regional workshops (south, Centre and North) involving civil society and provincial government officials with the objective of validating the information contained in the preliminary report and to collect additional inputs. The third step consisted of improvements made to the preliminary draft based in the contributions from the regional validation workshops and meetings with the National Forum as well as sending it to the Government, via the Focal Point, for analysis, comment and relevant contributions. The Government contributions were incorporated in the report which was later submitted to the APRM National Forum for its consideration. The fourth and final phase of this exercise was in the first quarter of 2012, where a meeting was held to validate the final document by the APRM National Forum and incorporation of final contributions from this meeting. Afterwards the report was submitted to the Focal Point who then forwarded it to the APRM Continental Secretariat for the Summit of participating Heads of State and Government of APRM as established by the APRM procedures. The quantitative and qualitative analysis covers the period 2010/2012 – with some exceptions of cases in which available information refers to the period up to 2011 – and this analysis is made by individual objective and encompasses the four APRM thematic areas which are the integral part of the country Review Report namely: Democracy and Political Governance, Economic Governance and Management, Corporate Governance and Socioeconomic Development. 15