2.2.2.4 Key Considerations 1. Determining the critical skills needed for undertaking specific interventions, projects and programmes towards building resilience will be critical going forward over the Plan period. Specific action must be taken in collaboration with regional universities and tertiary institutions to close gaps, for example, public sector management, ICT, energy, fiscal management, business development and investment (including language skills) and public health. 2. The leadership of youth is vital to ensuring the relevance and sustainability of initiatives for building resilience. Adopting appropriate mechanisms, youth representatives must be at the forefront of planning and implementation. 3. The role of leadership is vital to building social resilience, social cohesion and the moral fabric of the Community. In particular, the enhanced leadership role of Faith Based Organizations and institutions of learning is emphasized. 4. Integrated policy management is fundamental to building resilience. Bearing in mind the interoperable aspects of economic and social resilience, for example linking nutrition with agriculture development; fora that bring together stakeholders in both sectors must be undertaken, for example, joint meetings of the COTED and COHSOD . 5. Over the Plan period, steps will be taken to bring alignment between the Strategic Plan and the Post 2015 Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals. In the period leading up to the development of the Agenda, a coordinated foreign policy approach will be an important tool to ensure the special needs of CARICOM and SIDS are central to the development agenda. 25 | P a g e