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Overview The November 2015 general elections in Burkina Faso saw the election of a new National Assembly of 127 members, all of whom are first-timers. Characteristic of all parliaments, Members come into the House with varying professional backgrounds and so require some minimum level of orientation and continuous capacity building to fit them to their new role […]

Overview The Project sought to use an innovative approach to monitoring the effectiveness of the Parliament of Ghana’s lawmaking functions by stimulating debate on existing pieces of legislation with a view to filling the gaps and/or influencing their amendments. The project focused on tracking and monitoring legislation to determine the extent to which laws have been successfully[…]

Overview The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) parliamentary strengthening programme seeks to enable parliaments to promote good financial governance through enhanced oversight, scrutiny and accountability in public financial management. To this end, this project was designed to assist the AfDB in its efforts at strengthening the capacity of African Parliaments, particularly public accounts, budget and finance committees in[…]