To ensure the effective implementation of the solidarity mechanism established by this Regulation, representatives of the Member States at the ministerial or other senior political level should be convened in a High-Level Forum, which should consider the Report, Decision and Commission proposal for a Council implementing act establishing the Annual Solidarity Pool and take stock of the overall situation and come to a conclusion on the solidarity measures and their levels needed for establishment of the Annual Solidarity Pool and, where needed, other migratory response measures. In order to ensure the smooth functioning and operationalisation of the Annual Solidarity Pool, a Technical-Level EU Solidarity Forum (the ‘Technical-Level Forum’) comprising representatives at a sufficiently senior level, such as high-level officials of the relevant authorities of the Member States, should be convened and chaired by the EU Solidarity Coordinator, on behalf of the Commission. The Asylum Agency and, where appropriate and invited by the EU Solidarity Coordinator, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, should participate in the Technical-Level Forum.