Session I: APKN Charter and Policy

09:30 – 10:30 a.m.	Internal organization and sustainability of the APKN Chair: Justin Koumba, President of the National Assembly of Congo Introduction: Gherardo Casini, Executive Coordinator of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament Open discussion by Heads of Delegations
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.	Finalization of the Charter Chair: Gertrude Mongella, President of the Pan-African Parliament Open discussion by Heads of Delegations
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.	Consolidation of Action Plan in parallel sessions II and III
12:30 – 01:30 p.m.	Brunch break

Session II: Legislative Process and Information and Research

09:30 – 10:30 a.m.	Information Services: Applications to support parliamentary work and services Interventions: Africa News Monitor (ANM) - A proposal for a Pan-African Real Time News Monitoring System – Erik van der Goot, European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) Africa Parliamentary Information Exchange (APEX); Library Information System – Digital Institutional Repositories; Bill Drafting Editor - UNDESA Africa i-Parliament Action Plan Team Open discussion
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.	Professional Expertise Interventions: Legislative Process Legislative drafting – Giovanni Sartor, Professor of Legal informatics and Legal Theory, European University Institute, Italy Analysis of legislative documents and analytic reports – Tobias Dorsey, Legislative Counsel, United States Sentencing Commission Information and Research Information and Research capacity building: Information Sources Internet searching – Information Management and Records Management – Simon Joseph Engitu, Assistant Director, Library Services, Parliament of Uganda (APLESA) Open discussion
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.	Consolidation of Action Plan Chair: Ibrahim Ismail, Vice-President of the National Assembly of Chad Moderators: Innocent Rugambwa, Director, Library and Research, Parliament of Uganda (APLESA); Sylvester Shikyil, Policy Analysis and Research Project (PARP), National Assembly of Nigeria Legislative Process Information and Research
12:30 – 01:30 p.m.	Brunch break

09:30 – 10:30 a.m.	e-Parliament: Governance & Management Working towards a self-sustaining ICT environment Interventions: Leadership beyond the “ICT department” – Gordon Oyomno, Consultant - Southern African Development Community (SADC) Implementing the Vision – Jeffrey Griffith, Senior Advisor, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament Open discussion
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.	Professional Development: APKN On-Demand Learning Presenting a Framework for Developing Learning Strategies Interventions: ICT Skills Self-Assessment Tools – Avinash Bikha, Programme Officer, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament ICT Skills in African Parliaments: First Indicators of the current situation – Cecilia Matanga, Programme Officer, ICT Managers Network, Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Open discussion
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.	Consolidation of Action Plan Chair: Higiro Prosper, Deputy Speaker of the Senate of Rwanda Moderator: Cecilia Matanga, Programme Officer, ICT Managers Network, Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF)
12:30 – 01:30 p.m.	Brunch break