DIRCO Annual Report

Programme: International Relations

Deviation from planned target to actual achievement 2021/22

Audited actual performance 2019/20

Audited actual performance 2018/19

Planned annual target 2020/21

Output indicator

**Actual achievement 2020/21

Reasons for deviations

Outcome

Output

• Reaffirm the growing strategic partnership/s and good bilateral political, economic and social relations; • Bilateral, multilateral, diplomatic and trade and economic issues; • Preparations for Presidential and Ministerial visits and bilateral political consultations during 2021; • Increasing the frequency of political and diplomatic consultations at different levels; • Sector and working groups engagement to prepare for the Structured Bilateral Mechanisms; • Strengthening bilateral cooperation in the fields of agriculture, health - particularly with regard to the COVID-19 Pandemic, regional and global politics, trade issues and areas of potential cooperation; • Strengthening bilateral relations through existing Structured Bilateral

Mechanisms (SBMs) and the establishment of new SBMs.

Department of International Relations and Cooperation

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