Recommendation 5

As such, we call upon the Government, in partnership with the Government of Ireland and in close consultation with the Northern Ireland parties, to commission a formal, independently led review (hereafter “the Review”) into the operation of the institutions of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. The Review should: • examine the institutions’ ability to provide effective and stable government in Northern Ireland, with broad cross-community inclusion; • explore the extent to which the North/South and East/West bodies have supported effective governance in Northern Ireland and facilitated effective cooperation across these islands; • include mechanisms for substantive consultative engagement with Northern Ireland society; and • make recommendations on how the institutions could be reformed with a defined roadmap for the achievement of those reforms. (Paragraph 23) Strand One - democratic institutions in Northern Ireland