On 12-13 June 2009 the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Italian Senate hosted the GLOBE International Legislators’ Forum in Rome. Senior delegations attended from the Parliaments of the G8, Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa.
On 16 June 2009, AWEPA, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), and the East African Business Council (EABC), co-organised a seminar on the role of parliamentarians in Private Sector Development and Climate Change adaptation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The Swedish Parliament hosted the AWEPA EU Presidency Seminar entitled "Promoting African-European Parliamentary Dialogue on Climate, Food Security and Development," 19-21 August 2009.