| TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToRs)FOR THE CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THIRD (3rd) STRATEGIC PLAN (2011-2015) FOR THE SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM |
The SADC Parliamentary Forum, established in 1996 and formalized by SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government in 1997, is a Regional Parliamentary organization representing fourteen (14) SADC Member Parliaments. The Forum has gone through two strategic phases namely, 2000-2005 and 2006-2010, respectively. During the 1st Phase, the organization identified its unique niche and strategies to fulfilling that whilst the second phase served to consolidate the Forum’s role as an important player in SADC integration. Continue |
| Communique - SADC Parliamentarians’ Dialogue On Transboundary Water Governance, 24th – 25th June 2010, Elephant Hills Hotel Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe |
We, the Members and representatives of the Parliaments of Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe, having constituted the SADC Parliamentarians’ Dialogue on Transboundary Water Governance, 24th to 25th June 2010, Zimbabwe mainly considered Transboundary Water Governance and Climate Change and the role of Parliamentarians. In attendance were also representatives of the SADC Secretariat Water Division, GTZ and INWEnt as well as the Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum; Continue |
| SPEECH BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON THE OCCASION OF THE 3RD TRANSBOUNDARY WATER GOVERNANCE DIALOGUE HELD FROM 24TH TO 25TH JUNE 2010, IN VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE |
Allow me to welcome you all to this important dialogue. I want to express my gratitude to all the SADC Parliaments present (Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi), SADC Secretariat Water Division and our cooperating Partners for accepting to be part of this very important policy dialogue for SADC Parliamentarians. This dialogue is a follow up to the other two dialogues held in 2007 and 2009 respectively. SADC Parliamentarians committed themselves among othersContinue |
| ADVERTISEMENT FOR TWO EXCITING POSITIONS |
ADVERTISEMENT FOR TWO EXCITING POSITIONS Southern Africa HIV Prevention Campaign Establishment Adviser: Civil Society and Parliaments Background The "Movement for Prevention" has been established, with the primary target of reducing the number of new HIV infections in Southern Africa by 50% between 2010 and 2015 and an additional target of ending mother to child transmission of HIV. Continue |
| COMMUNIQUÉ - 27th PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM HELD AT ZAMBEZI SUN HOTEL LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA 27th MAY to 5th JUNE 2010 |
The 27th Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum was held from27th May to 5th June 2010 in Livingstone, the tourist capital Zambia. This was the second time that the Parliament of Zambia has hosted the Plenary Assembly, with the 14th Plenary having been held in the same city in 2003.Continue |
| INTERIM STATEMENT OF THE SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION TO THE 2010 MAURITIUS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS |
The SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) Election Observer Mission to the 2010 Mauritius National Assembly Elections has completed its observation of the electoral process and the polls which were held on Wednesday 5th May, 2010. The 32 member Mission comprising of 18 Members of Parliament and 10 Parliamentary staff from 8 SADC Member States as well as the Secretary General, experts and support staff of the SADC PF Secretariat arrived in Mauritius on Thursday 29th April 2010, at the invitation of the Electoral Commissioner. Continue |
| Parliaments and Civil Society Delivering HIV Prevention Together |
| The follow-up meeting on Prevention Movement (“50 by 15”) for SADC Parliamentarians (MPs) in collaboration with Civil Society (CSOs) was held at Southern Sun Hotel, Hyde Park, Johannesburg, South Africa on the 24th – 26th January 2010. Continue |
| A Call for Proposal – Training Module Development |
| The Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) is a regional Parliamentary institution of the SADC. As the voice SADC Parliaments, SADC PF facilitates people-centred engagement on regional matters through information sharing and building of knowledge base among parliamentarians. Continue |
| Consultancy Services for the Development of the Administrative Rules, Procedures and Conditions of Service for the SADC Parliamentary Forum |
| Tenders are invited from qualified consultants, having the required resources and experience, to offer consultancy services for the development of the administrative rules, procedures and conditions of service for the SADC Parliamentary Forum.Continue |
| Press Release
Announcing Regional Workshop: ’50 By 15’
Parliaments And Civil Society Prevention Movement Follow-Up Meeting - Towards Reducing 50% Of New Infection By The Year 2015 |
| Windhoek, Namibia, The SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), in collaboration with UNAIDS RST, World AIDS Campaign, Soul City Institute, SAT, SAFAIDS, and HEARD will be holding a three day workshop as a follow-up meeting of the ’50 by 15’ movement, a new Regional initiative that brings together the Parliamentarians and Civil Society to synergise their efforts in ensuring that we turn off the tap of new infection so that we reach the target of reducing new HIV infections by 50 percent by 2015, together with the virtual elimination of mother-to-child HIV transmission. Continue |
| Consultancy Services for the Production of an Accounting and Budgeting Manual for the SADC Parliamentary Forum |
| Tenders are invited from qualified accounting firms/consultants having the required resources and experience to offer consultancy services for the production of an Accounting and Budgeting Manual for the SADC Parliamentary Forum. Continue |
| COMMUNIQUÉ : 26TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM, HELD AT ELEPHANT HILLS HOTEL, VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE |
The 26th Plenary Assembly Session of the Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) was held at Elephant Hills Hotel, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, under the theme: “Towards Benefiting SADC Citizens”. This was the 2nd time that the Plenary Assembly was hosted in Zimbabwe, with the last one having been in 2001 at the same venue. Continue |
| INTERIM MISSION STATEMENT - SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION TO NAMIBIA ELECTIONS 2009 |
Following the invitation by the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN), the SADC Parliamentary Forum constituted an Election Observation Mission to observe the 2009 Presidential and National Assembly Elections in Namibia. The forty member Mission was in the country from 20th November 2009 to 1st December 2009. It was composed of 20 Members of Parliament, 10 Parliamentary staff from the eleven (11) SADC Parliaments, and 10 staff of the Forum Secretariat. Continue |
| STATEMENT BY THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA AND PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION Hon. Dr. THEO-BEN GURIRAB ON OCCASION OF THE COMMEMORATION OF THE WORLD AIDS DAY 2009 IN NAMIBIA IN CONJUCTION WITH SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARLIAMENTARY FORUM (SADC PF) 1st DECEMBER 2009 |
Every year on the 1st of December, the people of the world commemorate World AIDS Day, in order to reflect and remind ourselves that we have an elephant in the house that we need to keep fighting. HIV/AIDS has become a global emergency and for us in Southern Africa. The epidemic not only threatens to halt development, but to reverse gains made in various sectors. Continue |
| Botswana Election Observation Mission, SADC
Parliamentary Forum Interim Statement |
| At the invitation of the Government of Botswana to the SADC
Parliamentary Forum to come and observe the Botswana General Elections
2009, the Forum Secretariat put together an Observation Mission of 45
people composed of 20 Members of Parliament(MPs), 10 Parliamentary staff
members and 15 SADC Parliamentary Secretariat staff which included
support from SADC Parliamentary Forum, translators and interpreters. Download |
