CDD-GHANA Initiates A Network Of African Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations (PMO)

The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) in collaboration with the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) is organizing an international conference for Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations (PMOs) in Africa from 23rdto 24th February.

The two-day conference, which will take place in Accra, will bring together representatives of civil society organizations across Africa (Anglophone and Francophone) that have been engaging with parliaments with the objective of enhancing the transparency and performance of African parliaments.

The meeting will discuss a draft baseline study conducted by CDD-Ghana with affiliate researchers to map out the status of African PMOs, and seeks to create a network of African PMOs, enabling them to exchange lessons and share best practices. The primary aim of this initiative is to strengthen parliamentary openness and accountability by enhancing the capacity of African PMOs to monitor the functioning and the effectiveness of African Parliaments, as well as to promote citizen-parliament engagement on the continent.

The Accra conference forms part of CDD-Ghana's project titled “Enhancing Transparency and Openness in African Parliaments: The African Parliamentary Monitoring Organization (PMOs)”. The project receives funding from the Open Society Foundations (OSF), in particular its West African body, the Open Society Initiative of West Africa (OSIWA).

Friday, February 20, 2015