Submitting the sale of these products to agency or departmental consultation, authorization and political decision by the United States Government was inconsistent with international trade rules.

Most of the measures provided for in the national plan of action, which is the product of inter-departmental cooperation, will be implemented by the services of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and by the Federal Department of Defence, Protection of the Population and Sports.

c. Workforce planning: strengthening of the workforce planning capacity in the Office of Human Resources Management for the Secretariat as a whole, including (i) production of annual departmental and Secretariat staffing trend reports, (ii) production of prospective workforce projection requirements for departments and the Secretariat, (iii) production of staffing gap analysis reports for departments and the Secretariat, (iv) training of and assistance to departmental focal points in application of workforce and succession planning methodologies;

c. Workforce planning: strengthening of the workforce planning capacity in the Office of Human Resources Management for the Secretariat as a whole, including the production of (i) annual departmental and Secretariat staffing trend reports, (ii) prospective workforce projection requirements for departments and the Secretariat, (iii) staffing gap analysis reports for departments and the Secretariat, and (iv) training of, and assistance to, departmental focal points in the application of workforce and succession planning methodologies;