NEPAD/HGSIC-3-2003/APRM/Guideline/O&P 9 March 2003 7.16 Stage Four ends with the Chairperson of the APR Forum communicating the decisions of the Forum to the Head of State or Government of the country being reviewed. Stage Five 7.17 Stage Five involves making public the APRM Report and action on the country review. The Final APRM Report, containing all essential elements, is tabled formally and publicly in key regional and sub-regional structures such as the Summit of the African Union, the Pan-African Parliament, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Peace and Security Council and the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOC) of the African Union, as well as the Regional Economic Community of the region of which the country reviewed is a member. 7.18 Stage Five completes the first cycle of the APR process for any particular country. 7.19 The follow-up to this first cycle is equally important for sustaining the efforts to improve governance and socio-economic development in Africa. It is anticipated that the APRM Report and the decisions on it will suggest a date by which the progress made by the country regarding the implementation of its Programme of Action will be checked. During this follow-up stage, the following is envisaged: a. The country modifies its Programme of Action and continues to implement it and monitors progress; b. The APR Secretariat monitors the country’s progress and interacts with the implementers of the Programme to assist where necessary, especially with capacity building and resource mobilisation; Page 15 of 17