The SAARC comprises five leayers of organizational structure: 1.

Council: At the top, there is the Council represented by the heads of the government of the member countries. The council the apex policy making body. It meets once in 2 years time. 2. Council of Minister: It is to assist the council. It is represented by the foreign ministe of the member countries. Its functions include: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Formulation of policies Review of functioning Deciding new areas of cooperation Chalk our additional mechanism Decide about general issues of common of interest of the SAARC member.

3. Standing Committee: It is comprised by the foreign secretarian of the member government. Its major functions are: 1. 2. 3. 4. To monitor and co-ordinate the programmes To determine inter-sectored priorities To mobilise cooperation within and outside the region To deal with the modalities of financing.

4. Programming Committee: It consist of the senior official of the member governments. Its functions include: 1. 2. 3. 4. Scrutinizing the budget of the secretarials Finalizing the annual schedule External activities assigned by the standing committee Analyses the respects of the technical committee.

5. Technical Committee: It consist of the represented of the member nations. Its function are: 1. 2. 3. To formulate project and programmer To monitor and execute the projects To submit reports.

The Technical Committee convers the areas such as: Aqriculture, Communication, Environment, Rural Development, Health and Population, Science and Technology, Tourism and Transport. 6. Secretarial: The SAARC secretarials is located in Nepal. Its fuction include: 1. Coordination, execution and monetaring of SAARC activities 2. Servicing the SAARC meetings 3. Work as communication link between the SAARC and other international forume. The secretarials is headed by the secretary-General appointed by the Council of Ministers. These are 7 Director (One from each member nation) and the general service staff.