Adopted on 20 July 2015, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa “SADCC” means ‘Southern African Development Coordinating Conference.’ “SEAC” means ‘SADC Electoral Advisory Council.’ “SEOM” means ‘SADC Electoral Observation Mission.’ “SEC” means ‘SADC Electoral Commission.’ “SIPO” means ‘Strategic Indicative Plan of the Organ.’ ‘Stakeholders’ means ‘as defined by Article 23 of the SADC Treaty: that is, the people of the region, key actors involved in the process of regional integration, and specifically, civil society, private sector, nongovernmental organisations; workers, employers organisations, academia, women, youth and people with disabilities.’ “STO” means ‘Short Term Observation’ i.e. ‘the observation of electoral processes, for less than 30 days in total, encompassing pre-election, election and post-election periods.’ “STOs” means ‘Short Term Observers’ i.e. Persons assigned to undertake observation of electoral processes for less than 30 days in total, encompassing pre-election, election and post-election periods.’ “Transparent” means ‘elections are operated in an open, clear, visible and unhindered manner.’ “Troika” means ‘A system of coordination within the SADC as defined by Article 9(a) of the SADC Treaty.’ “UN” means the ‘United Nations.’ iv