Assembly/AU/Decl.2(XIII) Rev.1 Page 3 3. Develop and implement continental and regional level strategies that embrace climate change mitigation and adaptation measures as integral components in our agriculture development agendas and ensure that Africa’s positions and interests are recognized in the global dialogue on climate change, starting with the forthcoming Post-Kyoto protocol negotiations; 4. Expand investments in specially targeted social protection policies and measures through predictable public support best suited for the local circumstances with special focus on most vulnerable and poor sections of society including gender programmes; REQUEST the Commission, the NEPAD Secretariat and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) to: 5. Continue to mobilise the necessary technical expertise and financial resources to support capacity development and related policy reforms to accelerate CAADP implementation in all Member States, including the signing country CAADP Compacts indicating the policy measures, investment programs, and required funding to achieve the six percent ( 6%) growth and ten percent (10% ) budget share targets for the agricultural sector; 6. Create the tools and instruments to mobilize expertise and build capacity to support, within the CAADP Framework, agricultural and other national planning entities to: i. Support countries build capacity in project preparation; ii. Integrate and strengthen the use of tools to improve transparency of spending through Periodic Public Expenditure Reviews, Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys, and output/results-based budgeting; iii. reform and strengthen spending patterns, service delivery modalities, and budget execution in general to improve efficiency and effectiveness of spending in the agricultural sector. 7. Undertake major initiatives within the context of CAADP to modernize regional trading systems and promote regional integration by: i. Establishing regional commodity exchanges to facilitate trade; ii. Setting up mechanisms to monitor and enforce the application of regional trade arrangements and policies; Adopted by the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the Assembly in Sirte, Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 3 July 2009