Report on the conference of African parliamentarians

Abstract

The objectives the conference deals to facilitate exchange of ideas among African parliamentarians, persons interested in African development and international observers, on the role of parliament as an agent of good governance, democracy and development; to examine the role of parliament in Africa, its strengths and limitations and what can be done, in specific terms, to strengthen its capacity and release its potential for action; to explore the possibility of establishing opportunities for networking and collaboration among African parliaments and parliamentarians, and through that, to push the principles behind the conference onto the agenda of sub-regional organisations and continent-wide organisations such as the ECA, and the OAU; to consider the relationship between minority parties and the majority party in parliament, and to what extent the interaction between both facilitate and/or hinder the role of parliament.