Terms of Reference
The LCG Secretariat will provide organizational and secretarial services to the LCG mechanism. Promoting an inclusive approach, the LCG Secretariat will support, coordinate and facilitate communication and coordination within and among the different dialogue forums. The LCG Secretariat will be accountable to the Chair and Co-chair of LCG Plenary and perform the following functions:
- Provide support to the LCG mechanism to ensure coordination between LCG Plenary and WGs.
- Facilitate the functions of all the LCG-WGs towards ensuring effective development cooperation.
- Support organizing LCG Plenary events and support in implementing necessary follow-up actions.
- Facilitate information exchange between WGs, and other forums of the LCG mechanism.
- Provide support to prepare action plan, and consolidating progress from LCG-WGs for the LCG Plenary.
- Maintain the LCG Website, ensuring that relevant documentation is uploaded in a timely manner and update its content.
- Update the list of LCG Plenary members and LCG-WG Co-Chair.
- Support the preparation, implementation and follow-up actions of the BDF.
- Provide advice to the Development Cooperation Effectiveness WG (DCE WG) for ensuring effective development cooperation and providing guidance and assistance to other WGs regarding development effectiveness.
- Provide secretarial support to the DCE WG in organizing the meetings, setting of the LCG Plenary agenda, preparing background documents, drafting the minutes, maintaining membership lists, and any other tasks deemed necessary.