This forum provides a space for development planners, experts, researchers, and stakeholders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) National Planning Entities (NPEs) to discuss, share, and harness knowledge, directed toward the social and human capital development, by ensuring that socio-economic development is achieved in a human-centered, inclusive, and sustainable manner.

This forum provides a space for development planners, experts, researchers, and stakeholders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) National Planning Entities (NPEs) to discuss, share, and harness knowledge, directed toward the economic transformation of the SADC region, through front-loading industrialisation in the context of evolving technologies, infrastructure development, and regional integration.