· Definition of a clear institutional framework to ensure security; · Involvement of all the actors in the management of security issues; · Rational allocation of resources to institutions and technical departments of the Security Sector; · Setting up competent and professional security forces which would be answerable before the civilian authorities, in particular through the mechanism of parliamentary oversight. 1.18. Democratic Oversight of the Security Sector. Security departments are public structures. As such, they are accountable to the people, or at least before the people's representatives, namely the parliamentarians. The Republican institutions should be able to question their actions at any time, doing so through the Executive and Legislative Arms of Government, as well as through the Judiciary. Such an oversight should be seen as a mean to guarantee the integrity of security structures and effectively ensure the performance of their lawful functions. The oversight shall be conducted at several levels: - Administration(hierarchical control action by the supervisory organs of the Public Administration); - Judiciary(violations of human rights, criminal acts committed, amongst others, by law enforcement agencies); - Parliamentary(written and oral questions, questioning, motions of censure, parliamentary commissions of inquiry); - Citizenry(through the Civil Society Organisations, Independent Institutions such as the Ombudsman, the Controller General, the Committee for Equal Access to Public Media or institutional bodies such as Malian Democratic Consultation Forum). 14