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Building open and learning parliaments in Africa

The APKN site has undergone major restyling and reorganisation

Date: Apr 15, 2009

The APKN site has undergone major restyling and reorganisation. The main APKN and the different thematic sub-sites have a uniform look and feel (apart from ANM) to better reflect their being part of APKN. The main banners have been changed and a common colour scheme carries through all the thematic sites.

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APKN endorsed by the Senate of Nigeria

Date: Mar 26, 2009

The President of the Senate of Nigeria's National Assembly, Senator (Dr) David A. B. Mark on the 26 of March 2009 has sent a letter of endorsement of the charter of the African Parliamentary Knowledge Network to the Speaker of the Egyptian's Peoples Assembly.

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The Role of Parliaments in the Development of an Equitable Information Society in Africa

Date: Mar 06, 2009

The international conference “The Role of Parliaments in the Development of an Equitable Information Society in Africa” was successfully closed in Kigali on 5th of March 2009 with the adoption of the “Kigali Declaration”. The conference was hosted by the Parliament of Rwanda and organized in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). It brought together delegations from 36 African parliaments and regional assemblies, 31 of these were MP's4 were Speakers/Presidents and 3 deputy Speakers.

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    an initiative supported by "Africa i-Parliament Action Plan"