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Executive Committee through the Permanent Secretariat and advise the Executive Committee on
required amendments to this Agreement.
Corridor Secretariat established
A Permanent Secretariat has been established, which is the Authority’s Administrative and
Management Organ headed by the Executive Secretary.
The status of the Permanent Secretariat is established under a Headquarters Agreement between the
Host Country and the Permanent Secretariat by which agreement the Permanent secretariat and its
senior expatriate staff are accorded diplomatic immunities and privileges.
Responsibilities and working principles of transport corridor governance bodies
The functions of the Permanent Secretariat are described as follows:
 Provide technical and analytical support to the Authority’s organs in the form of strategy
formulation, project identification, analysis of national standards and practices, collection and
storage of data and statistics, and of any other task and study that may be assigned to it by the
appropriate organs of the Authority in technical, economic, institutional and legal matters;
 Set performance indicators and monitors their implementation, including implementation of the
Agreement, and make periodic reports;
 Provide secretarial services to the meetings of the different organs of the Authority including the
preparation and distribution of agendas, keep minutes of the meetings, maintain archives, prepare
work plans and budgets, keep accounts and prepare financial statements for audit;
 Perform all such tasks as shall be assigned to it by the organs of the Authority;
 In exercising its functions the Permanent Secretariat shall be responsible to the Executive
Committee.
The responsibilities of the Executive Secretary are:
 Monitor the implementation of the decisions taken by the policy organs of the Authority;
 Ensure the function of the Authority as far as the procedures for amendment and for consultation
and settlement of disputes are concerned;
 Prepare working papers and reports for all meetings of the Authority and Executive Board;
 Provide secretarial services to all meetings of the Authority and the Executive Board and any other
meetings held in accordance with the provisions of the agreement and the protocols;
 Take follow-up action on reports emanating from meetings held in accordance with the provisions
of the agreement and the protocols;
 Prepare rules and regulations governing financial, administrative and other activities of the
Authority and submit them to the Executive Board;
 Prepare annual budget, accounts and programmes of Activities of the Authority and submit them
to the Executive Board;
 Propose the terms and conditions of service, including remunerations, and submit them to the
Executive Board for approval;
 Recruit staff for the Secretariat (other than those referred to under Section (b) – vii of this Article;
and
 Perform any other functions that the Executive Board may delegate or assign to the Executive
Secretary.