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CASCO now has various means to execute its vision
and major strategies: its plenary committee, standing groups (i.e. Chairman's
Advisory Group (CAG), Standing group on strategic planning (SGSP), Industry
Advisory Network (IAN), Market feedback panel, Advisory group on standards
and conformity assessment and Communication group), and more than ten working
and ad hoc groups for achieving specific projects. CASCO will endeavour
to serve both existing and recently formed groups by introducing more efficient
working methods.
The recently formed groups, such as Communication group, Market feedback
panel and Advisory group on standards and conformity assessment, increase
the need for human resources: approximately fifteen to twenty experts
nominated from interested CASCO member bodies and a small number of representatives
nominated by liaisons with CASCO. While these groups will work largely
by correspondence, using IT tools as much as possible, the members of
these groups may need to attend occasional meetings, which will accordingly
add additional travel expenses.
Special consideration is also needed for supporting the activities of
Communicators, in order to represent CASCO at various events. It would
be worthwhile to explore the possibility to obtaining funds from international
and regional financial organizations, such as the World Bank and IDB,
for this purpose.

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