On Wednesday the 23rd of October 2024, the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) and the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) Ghana hosted a cyber security awareness webinar on “Combating Misinformation and Disinformation in a Digitally Resilient Democracy – Our Collective Responsibility.” This interactive session brought together stakeholders, including Members of Parliament from various African countries, media professionals, […]
The African Center for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) has warned against the ongoing impasse in Parliament where the Supreme Court halted Bagbin’s ruling, which declared the seats of four Members of Parliament vacant, saying it may one-day breakdown legislative business in the House. The Executive Director of ACEPA, Rasheed Draman, told Bernard Avle on the Citi Breakfast Show[…]
The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs- ACEPA and the Ghana Statistical Service, under the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation funded Data for Accountability Project (DAP), held a two-day workshop for staff of the Parliament of Ghana on the 19th and 20th of October, 2024. The engagement was geared towards the development of a robust procedural and administrative[…]
The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs- ACEPA is partnering with the Cyber Security Authority Ghana to host a Cyber Security Awareness Webinar. The webinar will delve into the theme of “Combating Misinformation and Disinformation in a Digitally Resilient Democracy – Our Collective Responsibility.” This event aims to bring together parliamentarians, parliamentary staff, members of the media, and[…]
Team members from the implementing partner organizations of the Global Affairs Canada / Affaires mondiales Canada-funded Inclusive Legislatures for Gender Responsive Policies (ILGRP) project, Dr. Rasheed Draman, the Executive Director for African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs- ACEPA, Mr. Peter Hadwen, the Program Director of Africa & MENA, Parliamentary Centre in Canada, and the Project Officer of the[…]
The Inclusive Legislatures for Gender-Responsive Policies (ILGRP) project team in Kenya organised working sessions with the Kenya National Assembly staff from the Directorate of Legal Services. The sessions focused on the law-making process, parliamentary practices, and experiences in formulation and/or amendment and scrutiny of draft laws to make them more inclusive and gender-responsive. They also included a[…]
Hon. Adama Bictogo, Speaker of the National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire on the 23rd of September 2024, opened the 10th Annual Conference and General Assembly of the West Africa Association of Public Accounts Committees (WAAPAC). The week-long conference which was being hosted by the National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire was on the theme “Domestic revenue mobilisation for[…]
The IPPFoRB Academy is a unique and interactive residential training course for parliamentarians that provides capacity building in the field of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB). As part of this year’s 6th IPPFoRB Academy, our Executive Director, Dr. Rasheed Draman participated in the training which was from the 10th to 13th of September. Parliamentarians from Southeast[…]
On September 5 & 6, 2024, the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs- ACEPA and the Parliamentary Centre implementing the Inclusive Legislatures for Gender Responsive Policies (ILGRP) project conducted a workshop in Kenya by the Kenya team with the Secretariat Staff for the Committee on Environment, Forestry, and Mining. This was to enhance the capacity of Committee Staff[…]
The Deputy Director and a Data Management Officer from the Data Management Department of the Parliament of Ghana paid a visit to our office today. The visit was to explore opportunities for collaboration between the newly created department and the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA). The visit was informed by the African Center for Parliamentary Affairs’[…]