| Stage 1: Preparatory process | Drafting of a Country Self-Assessment Report (CSAR) with a draft programme of action, using the questionnaire developed by the APRM Secretariat on the APRM's four focal areas: - Democracy and political governance;
- Economic governance and management;
- Corporate governance;
- Socio-economic development.
Input is invited from all roleplayers in Government, Non Government Organisations, and Civil Society.
The Report and preliminary programme of action is sent to the APRM Secretariat. At the same time, the African Union APRM Secretariat develops a Background document through desk research. The APRM Secretariat then draws up an Issues Paper based on the Background document and CSAR that will guide Stage 2 of the country review process. |
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| Stage 2: Country Review Visit | The APRM Team visits SA and consults with Parliamentarians, Government, political parties, business and civil society representatives. Consensus on how to address the Issues Paper is built. |
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| Stage 3: Draft Team Report | The APRM Team then draft a report, taking into account the political, economic and corporate governance and socio-economic commitments that were made in the preliminary programme of action, identifying remaining weaknesses and recommend actions. The report will be discussed with Government, whose response will be annexed to the report. |
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| Stage 4: Final Report | The APRM Team's Report and final Programme of Action will be sent to the APRM Secretariat and the Panel of Eminent Persons, then submitted to the APRM Forum for Participating Heads of State and Government. |
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| Stage 5: Report Tabled Publicly | The Report will be considered by the APRM Forum for Participating Heads of State and Government and then six months later, tabled in key regional and sub-regional structures to which the country belongs, e.g. the AU and SADC in the case of South Africa. |
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| Stage 6: Continuous assessment of progress | The Country Support Mission review progress against the Programme of Action agreed on by the Country stakeholders |
