4 June 2008

Up one level

agenda

09:30 - 10:30 a.m	Registration
10:30 – 11:45 a.m.	Inaugural session Ahmed Fathy Sorour, Speaker of the People’s Assembly of Egypt Mohamed Safwat al Sherif, Speaker of the Shura Council of Egypt Gertrude Mongella, President of the Pan-African Parliament Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria John-Mary Kauzya, Chief, Governance and Public Administration Branch, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Launch of the new web site of the People’s Assembly of Egypt
11:45 – 12:15 p.m.	Coffee break
12:15 – 01:30 p.m.	Roundtable The challenges of the APKN and the need of political commitment Chair: Ahmed Fathy Sorour, Speaker of the People’s Assembly of Egypt Co-chair: Abdirahim Haithar Abdi, Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly Keynote address – A global overview of ICT use in Parliaments Jeffrey Griffith, Senior Advisor, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament Interventions: Mohamed Nageeb Abou-Zeid, Member of the Shura Council of Egypt Severine Rugumamu, Professor of Development Studies, University of Dar es Saalam, Tanzania Gene Rose, Communications Director, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) of the United States Open discussion
01:30 – 03:30 p.m	Lunch offered by the Speaker of the People’s Assembly of Egypt at the Semiramis Hotel – Cleopatra Hall

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Session I: APKN Charter and Policy

03:30 – 05:00 p.m.

Mission and goals of the APKN and Options for its Charter

Chair: Ntlhoi Motsamai, Speaker of the National Assembly of Lesotho

Introduction:

Gherardo Casini, Executive Coordinator of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

Open discussion by Heads of Delegations

05:00 – 05:30 p.m.

Coffee break

03:30 – 04:00 p.m.	Goal and objectives Moderators: Innocent Rugambwa, Director, Library and Research, Parliament of Uganda (APLESA); Sylvester Shikyil, Policy Analysis and Research Project (PARP), National Assembly of Nigeria Participants’ self-presentations and expectations Q&A: Aligning the focus
04:00 – 05:00 p.m.	Legislation and Policy Interventions: Legislative Process Parliamentary rules and processes: how to track and monitor the status of legislation- Sylvester Shikyil, Policy Analysis and Research Project (PARP), National Assembly of Nigeria Information and Research Evidence-based policy - What Constitutes Valid Evidence of a Programme’s Effectiveness? – Severine Rugumamu, Professor of Development Studies, University of Dar es Saalam Open discussion
05:00 – 05:30 p.m.	Coffee break
05:30 – 06:30 p.m.	Management Interventions: Legislative Process Institutionalization- Information & Research Service and Professional development strategies – Innocent Rugambwa Director, Library and Research, Parliament of Uganda (APLESA) Information and Research Institutionalization - Legislative Service and Professional development strategies – Mohammed Danjuma Hassan, National Assembly of Nigeria Open discussion

03:30 – 04:00 p.m.	Goal and objectives Moderator: Cecilia Matanga, Programme Officer, ICT Managers Network, Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Participants’ self-presentations and expectations Q&A: Aligning the focus
04:00 – 05:00 p.m.	The legislative and policy challenges of Information Society and e-Parliament Interventions: Information Society Legislative Framework – Jeffrey Griffith, Senior Advisor, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament Open Access to Information: The role of Parliament – Giovanni Sartor, Professor of Legal informatics and Legal Theory, European University Institute Open discussion
05:00 – 05:30 p.m.	Coffee break
05:30 – 06:30 p.m.	Tools & Applications to Support Parliamentary Works Interventions: Bungeni portal and modules; AKOMA NTOSO – UNDESA Africa i-Parliament Action Plan Team Open discussion