A report has been submitted to FARA after reviewing 1) FARA Secretariats current status, 2)
organization development issues such as the historic and current institutional force field of FARA,
strategic plan and SSA CP, FARA governance manual and ownership and commitment of and within
the SROs. The reports advices FARA to complete several organization development objectives to
establish itself as an independent organization and these were:Create and staff a viable administrative organization for the FARA Secretariat,
Clarify and strengthen the working relationships between FARA and its key stakeholders,
Establish a regular and timely formal consultative process between FARA and its key stakeholders to set mutual priorities and work plans and, 4) Increase the research and management capacity at the operational level of the SROs. To accomplish these objectives several tasks and sub-tasks were identified. Some of these tasks and sub-tasks will address multiple objectives. Some are now under way, planned or envisioned by the
FARA Secretariat, details are found in the report.