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In October 2006 AWEPA and the Dutch Embassy in Pretoria signed a three year programme (2006-2009) to provide institutional capacity building support to the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) which is based in Midrand, South Africa.
About PAP
The PAP was established in March 2004 by Article 17 of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, as one of the nine Organs provided for in the 1991 Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community. The PAP represents all the peoples of Africa as it consists of 5 MPs from every member country of the African Union. The ultimate aim of the PAP is to evolve into an oversight institution for the African Union with full legislative powers, whose members are elected by universal adult suffrage. More information about the PAP can be found here .
Objective
Since 2006, AWEPA has worked with PAP with the overarching aim of capacitating the parliament to exercise full legislative powers. Through its institutional capacity building programme, AWEPA helps strengthen parliamentary staff capacity and PAP’s ability to communicate with its diverse constituencies. AWEPA also works with the PAP Committee and its Members to enhance PAP’s oversight capacity, to deepen Members’ knowledge in specific policy areas and to promote principles of gender parity.
Results
· Staff members have acquired professional competencies and clear knowledge of management processes.
· Website designed and launched, whilst ICT Officer completed training and undertakes continuous website updates, which ensures that PAP can better engage with its members, other African inter-governmental institutions and the general public.
· Draft protocols on staff regulations, financial procedures and procurement procedures produced.
· Newsletter produced in six PAP official languages.· Members enriched their knowledge in key policy areas, including conflict resolution and providing for orphans and vulnerable children.
· PAP Women’s Caucus drafted and adopted statutes, and elected a bureau. The Caucus also visited Rwanda to celebrate the women parliamentarians’ achievement of a 56% majority in parliament.
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