INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND EXPANSION OF SAARC

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1. The 12th Summit 2. The Present Institutional Framework of SAARC 3. Institutional and Financial Capacity Building of the Secretariat 4. Expansion of SAARC and Reviewing of Charter 5. Extension of SAARC Membership

INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND EXPANSION OF SAARC

Author: O. P. Shah

DOI Link: DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2004v25n4a3

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Over the years, SAARC activities have considerably increased and diversified. The new and emerging areas of SAARC cooperation necessitate a thorough review of the situation in order to enable the SAARC Secretariat to carry out its growing responsibility effectively. A balanced course of action is suggested by most, wherein necessary authority is extended to the Secretariat and a corresponding sense of responsibility is also ingrained in them. The creation of a Core Group consisting of immediate past chairs, current chair, the next chair and the Secretary General as an informal arrangement may also help in speedier implementation. There is a viewpoint that having Afghanistan into SAARC will open a new window of opportunity for SAARC's resilience and further innovation towards additional avenues for sub-regional co-operation as well as engineering inter-regional co-operation.

BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

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