Objectives

Thematic workshops

The Conference will take place over two days in plenary and parallel sessions.

The plenary opening session in the morning of the first day is aimed at presenting an overall analysis of issues, challenges and objectives that the APKN may have to face and deal with from both political and technical perspectives. The session will serve to present the draft Charter for the APKN and the alternatives modalities for its establishment and further developments, around which high-level representatives from Parliaments of the African continent will be asked to provide views and inputs.

Two sessions of parallel workshops focusing on the three main topic areas of the Network identified at the Conference in Abuja will take place in the afternoon of the first day and in the morning of the second day:

• Legislative Process

• Information, Research and Documentation

• Information and communication technologies

Parallel to these, high-level representatives from African Parliaments will continue discussions on the Charter and on its plan of action.

The outcome of the parallel workshops will be presented at the beginning of the final plenary session, in the afternoon of the second day. During this session, the Charter and plan of action of the AKPN shall also be endorsed by participating parliaments.