rn any other co-operatlon nechanlsn, recomnends a L o-year period of reflection and analysls ai the end of lhe currenl Decade for the preparatlon of the studies referred to in recorulendation 5(b) and recoonendatj.on J (paragraph 102). Recommendalion 5: lhe Inspector, bearing in mlnd the factona diacusaed Ln parag;;-pt--Jl-a-,--98- 99 , lrhich demonsirate lhe need to redefine ECA' s co-ordina- tj.on role, recoEEends thaE tlte EcA Secretariat, i,rithin lhe lramework of a clearly defj.ned oandate, should be instruct€d in consultatlon lrlth the regional and sub- regional organizations and United Natlons agencies concerned: (a) To identlfy, by means of EpecLal studles, lundanental lnter-State projects conslstent !.rllh the overall objectives of ihe Decade and facllitale neSotj.atlons between Stales for the purpose of adopling the studLes and takj-ng the requialte follow-up declsj.ons. (b) To ensure that projects proposed by Sovernnents conform to the objec- tives of the Decade and, if necessary, lo lnltlate negotlatlons wilh Sovernments. (c) To organlze f,und-ralElng actlvitles on the basia of a llst of maior proJects ol re8lonat, and particul.arly sub-regional, lnportance of unlversaLly recognized prlority. (d) To provide support to lhe varlous Afrlcan sub-regional organlzatlons and asalst then in co-ordlnatlng thelr tralrsport and coEnunicallons prograoEes. (e) To seek a iuri.dical framework for ways and dreans of flnancing and j.opledenting lnter-State projecte (establlshnent of 'tAuthorltlestr or I'Co-ordlna- ting CorEEittees " ) so lhat the requests for flnanclng presented by lndividual count!.ies are pLanned and co-ordlnated (see also paragraphs 68 and 59)' Recomnendation 5: fn connectlon with the findlngs and explanallons ln paragE;I!-51=;iT-l@, which reveal that lhe lack of a systen for infornatlon gatherlng, monltoring and evaluation is in the long term detrinental to the Decade and the efficiency of lhe work of ECA itself' the Ingpector recoomends thab:-J8-