African Union Commission, July 2013. The country’s National Implementation Strategy for MEAs responds to the country’s obligations and development challenges, and proposes a strategy to increase the effectiveness of implementation of the MEAs through organisational structure and functions, particularly to improve coordination, improved preparation for COPs and reporting after meetings, increasing capacity for implementation, and exploring funding opportunities for implementation and increasing participation in the COPs. The Strategy sets out that as part of the organisational structure, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) will convene the function of a MEA Coordinating Committee, reporting to the environmental affairs council. The role of the committee includes information sharing on activities to be implemented, formulation of projects addressing multiple MEA objectives / synergies (e.g. GEF), Review reports to the COPs to ensure synergy between related MEAs and act as a clearing house for all MEAs.