4.5 Expected outputs, related actions, responsible actors, and indicators of success/failure 141. Universal membership is, and must remain, the aspiration of the APRM. To that end, during this Strategic Plan period, we aim to launch a coordinated campaign to persuade countries to join. To these ends, we aim to: 142. This section revisits the key priorities and expected outcomes and matches them up with the body that is responsible for follow-up and implementation, and the measurements and indicators of success and failure. (i) Draft and submit for approval by a statute for APRM integration into the AU processes and structures and implement the same; (ii) Take all necessary steps to ensure that APRM Secretariat’s human resources, procurement, financial, accounting, auditing and other processes are fully aligned with relevant AU rules and regulations; (iii) Organise training programmes for relevant staff to ensure APRM processes that will be already aligned are also internalised in the day-to-day operation of the institution; (iv) Ensure that, in the process of integration, the legal status of the APRM Secretariat office and officers in the Republic of South Africa are addressed once and for all through an appropriate host country agreement signed between the AU and the Republic; (v) Strive, in the process of integration, to ensure the APRM retains a modicum of independence and operational autonomy to adequately discharge its responsibilities; (vi) Develop and adopt a detailed APRM MoU ratification campaign strategy and take it to each AU member state that is not within the APRM today; (vii) Identify and make use of all available forums to engage senior policymakers from these countries, including through the organisation of a series of APRM accession workshops for these countries; and (viii) Devise strategies to enhance APRM relevance for Africa’s regional economic integration agenda. –30–

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