This strategic plan is the result of a protracted process that included a review of the 2000-2005 strategic plan and its implementation, identifying priorities and making strategic choices by the Forum’s Standing Committees and Secretariat staff, as well as consultations between all the national parliaments. The plan was subsequently adopted by the 19th Plenary Assembly of the Forum. The plan details the objectives, goals, and projected methods and approaches that will guide SADC’s work over this 5-year period