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How will it all work?
The Sikh Secretariat in consultation with prominent Sikh organisations will be allocating each part of the agreed 8-point Sikh Agenda to specific Sikh organisations and requesting representatives from these organisations to take the agenda forward.
Individual Members of Parliament, MEPs and members of the Parliamentary All-Party Panjabis in Britain Group in liaison with the Sikh Secretariat are to be asked which items of the Sikh Agenda they wish to embrace and take forward.
The Sikh Secretariat will work closely with Sikh organisations and monitor progress against the aims and objectives set out in the Sikh Agenda. Progress will be reported back to the Sikh community at an annual convention in September each year so the Sikh Agenda can be reassessed and new issues considered.
The UK Government, individual Members of Parliament, MEPs and the Parliamentary All-Party Panjabis in Britain Group will be asked to formally report back on progress on the Sikh Agenda at an annual convention in September each year.
The Sikh Secretariat is a group of professionals, academics and intellectuals from the Sikh community in the UK and individuals from a number of prominent Sikh organisations who will co-ordinate the delivery of the Sikh Agenda and advise and support Sikh organisations responsible for delivering the Sikh Agenda. The Sikh Secretariat in effect represents the "civil service" of the Sikh Nation and is not intended to be an organisation in itself.
To help co-ordinate activities relating to the Sikh Agenda the Sikh Secretariat in consultation with prominent Sikh organisations is also drawing up a series of key contact points. This will ensure each Government Department or agency has one Sikh contact point for all advice and liaison with the Sikh community. The Sikh contact points will liase with relevant Sikh organisations as necessary. The contact points will be appended to copies of the Sikh Agenda provided to Government Departments and agencies.
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