In response to the recommendation, the Department mentioned that a policy on candidatures and secondments was adopted by Cabinet. An interdepartmental consultative meeting would be convened to identify intergovernmental forums on which South Africans would be fielded. A further two meetings in May and November would be convened to identify candidates for endorsements by the African Union (AU), and to consider the endorsement of the African candidates to intergovernmental forums. According to Outcome 11, representation in the Secretariats of institutions of global, continental and regional governance was directed through the national secondment strategy and targets set per department/agency in the approved strategy.