Support to the Pact of Stability, Security and Development for the Great Lakes Region
Last Updated on Monday, 16 January 2012 12:17 Written by Communications Intern Monday, 05 September 2011 08:59
Background
The signing, ratification and implementation of The Pact on Stability, Security and Development (the “Stability Pact”) is the end goal of the Great Lakes peace process. The Stability pact, signed by the Heads of State of the International Conference on the Great Lakes states has also been ratified by the required number of member States and is in force. The entry into force of the Pact was the starting point of a process of peace, stability and reconstruction in the Great Lakes region and AWEPA has been asked to facilitate the Forum of Parliaments of Member Countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (the "Forum of Parliaments"), together with the Executive Secretariat of the International Conference on the Great Lakes region (the "Executive Secretariat"). Continued support has been requested by AWEPA's Parliamentary interlocutors to; (a) ensure that Parliaments are informed and are part of the process; (b) to support the Parliamentary ratification of the Stability Pact; and (c) to support the vital Parliamentary oversight of the implementation of the Stability Pact.
Objectives
To assist the Forum to develop the capacity to ensure the involvement of National Parliaments in the evaluation and the oversight and implementation of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region.
Results
The Forum has moved from being a concept designed by the member states of the IC-GLR to a reality. It has in 2010, succeeded in formalizing its institutional structures and approving its rules of procedure. The project seeks to support the vision and ambitions of the Forum to play a regional role in seeking to prevent potential future conflicts as well as to contributing towards the resolution of present conflicts. Oversight of the implementation of the Stability Pact is one of the primary aims of the Forum of Parliaments and the constructive cooperation between the Forum of Parliaments, the Executive Secretariat, and the National Coordinators bodes well for the future.
Donors
Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Switzerland (SDC)
