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| 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 |
| PARLIAMENTARY STRATEGIES FOR ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS OF MIGRANTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SADC REGION |
| Migration has been one of the more important features of greater global integration. There are many positive experiences emanating from migration enabled by increased regional integration in the SADC region. It is true that many migrants are driven by economic forces; however Africa has also witnessed forced migration owing to political instability in some countries. Continue |
| PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING REGIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP: PARLIAMENTARY STRATEGIES FOR ENSURING EQUITABLE ACCESS OF MIGRANTS TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IN THE SADC REGION |
| Johannesburg, 20-22 October 2009 Windhoek, September 2009 The Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), in collaboration with International Organisation for Migration (IOM) will be holding a three day training workshop to sensitize Parliamentarians on the dynamics of migrants’ health in light of globalisation and regionalisation and its impact on the public health, particularly the communicable diseases such as HIV, and ultimately come up with a parliamentary action plan towards advancing HIV Prevention efforts in the SADC region. Continue |
| REPORT ON THE REGIONAL ICT CONFERENCE E-PARLIAMENT, CONCEPTS, POLICIES AND REALITY |
| A Conference organized by the SADC PF, in conjunction with the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA); and the Open Society Institute for Southern Africa (OSISA). DOWNLOAD HERE |
| Resolution of the SADC Parliamentary Forum
(SADC PF) Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) Conference on “e- Parliament, Concepts, Policies and Reality”. |
| Conference held from the 12th until the 14th October, 2009 at the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, in Cape Town, South Africa. |
| The SADC Parliamentary Forum, in conjunction with the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, OSISA and Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, is convening a Regional ICT Conference on “e-Parliament, concepts, policies and reality”, 12-14 October 2009, Cape Town, South Africa. |
| The aim of the Regional Conference is to provide an in-depth analysis of the existing national ICT policy and legislative frameworks, identify challenges and opportunities in order to harmonize the ICT policy and regulation at regional level. Continue or Download the Programme |
| COMMUNIQUE - 25th plenary assembly of the sadc parliamentary forum, HELD AT THE SWAKOPMUND HOTEL, SWAKOPMUND, NAMIBIA (6TH - 7TH JUNE 2009) |
| Having duly constituted the 25th Plenary Assembly session of the Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum in Swakopmund, Namibia to amongst others consider the theme: ‘the Role of Parliament in the Global Economic and Financial Crisis’ herein present our conclusions and resolutions. It is the fifth time that the Plenary Assembly is being held in Namibia. Continue |
| SADC PARLIAMENTARIANS’ WORKSHOP ON POVERTY AND SOCIAL TRANSFERS, 25-26 AUGUST 2009, MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE |
| We the Parliamentarians of the National Assembly of Angola and of the National Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, having constituted the SADC Parliamentarians’ Workshop on Poverty and Social Transfers on 25-26 August 2009, in Maputo, Mozambique, and having considered Social Transfers as a viable way to address poverty, as recommended by the Parliamentarians’ Dialogue on Poverty and Social Transfers held on 30-31 March 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa; Continue |
| PRESS RELEASE FOR WORKSHOP ON SADC JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND SADC LAWYERS ON THE SADC MODEL LAW ON HIV and AIDS on 27 AND 28 AUGUST 2009 in GABORONE, BOTSWANA |
| The SADC Parliamentary Forum in collaboration with the SADC Tribunal and the National Assembly of Botswana will hold a workshop between 27 and 28 August in Gaborone, Botswana to discuss HIV/AIDS related legislation in the region with a view to establishing consistency and compliance with human rights law and commitments across domestic jurisdiction, Continue |
| New Secretary General Dr. Esau Chiviya, Curriculum Vitae |
| Dr. Esau Chiviya, a Public Sector Management Consultant has joined the SADC Parliamentary Forum as its 2nd subastantive Secretary General. He takes over from an illustrious 10 years the institution has enjoyed from Dr. Kasuka Simwinji Mutukwa’s leadership who nartured it from its infancy to where it is now, an institution of note, well recognised for its contribution in the region’s democratic institutions – chiefly, parliamentary democracy. Dr. Chiviya, who had been shortlisted with two more contestants for this position gained the edge over them because of extensive experience he has in the nature of work that the Forum engages in, as the brief notes below will show. The other two contestants were from the Kingdom of Swaziland and the democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to view his CV click here |
| MEDIA RELEASE: UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PARLIAMENTARIANS AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO RESPOND TO HIV and AIDS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA |
| Key Parliamentarians and civil society organizations from Southern Africa (SADC) have forged a new partnership – the Movement for HIV Prevention - to tackle high levels of new HIV infections in the region, as the representatives of and the advocates for the people. They have committed to a target of halving the number of new HIV infections in the region within six years – 50% by (20)15. Around 60% of new HIV infections worldwide happen in Eastern and Southern Africa. Continue |
| COMMUNIQUE - Strategic Planning Session for Parliament of Lesotho (1st - 3rd July 2009) |
| Members of Social Cluster Committee of the National Assembly and members of HIV and AIDS Committees of both Houses of Parliament of the Kingdom of Lesotho had three days’ fruitful deliberations on HIV and AIDS from July 1-3, 2009 at Victoria Hotel, Maseru. It was opened by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Ntlhoi Motsamai who implored parliamentarians to take full advantage of this exercise and develop a practical guide for parliament’s involvement in national HIV/AIDS responses. Continue |
| INVITATION TO A MEDIA CONFERENCE by the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) |
| The Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum cordially invites you to a press conference at 12:00hrs on Monday, 01 June, 2009 at its headquarters, at Forum house on Love street *Erf 578, Parliament Gardens. |
| FÓRUM PARLAMENTAR DA SADC Missão de Observação EleitoraL DAS ELEIÇÕES No MALAWI |
| A Missão de Observação Eleitoral do Fórum Parlamentar da SADC veio ao Malawi para observar as eleições de 2009 em resposta a um convite feito pela Comissão Eleitoral do Malawi. Os 41 membros da Missão incluem deputados e deputadas, que representam tanto a oposição como o partido no poder, das Assembleias Nacionais de Angola, Botswana, Moçambique, Namíbia, Lesoto, Tanzânia, Seychelles, Suazilândia, Zâmbia, e Zimbabwe, e funcionários do Fórum Parlamentar da SADC em Windhoek. A Missão de Observação Eleitoral é liderada pelo Presidente da Assembleia Nacional do Zimbabwe, Excia. Lovemore Moyo, com o Vice-presidente da Assembleia Nacional da Namíbia, Excia. Doreen Sioka, a actuar como vice-chefe. |
SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ELECTION OBSERVER MISSION TO THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI ELECTIONS 2009 |
| The SADC Parliamentary Forum Election Observer Mission to the Malawi Elections 2009 came in response to the invitation from the Malawi Electoral Commission. The 41 member Mission comprises of male and female Members of Parliament from both the opposition and ruling parties and staff from Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Tanzania, Seychelles, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe together with staff of the Windhoek based SADC Parliamentary Forum. The Leader of the Election Observation Mission is Hon. Lovemore Moyo, the Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe. He is deputised by Hon. Doreen Sioka, the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia. Continue... |
PRESS RELEASE OF THE SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON THE 2009 MALAWI PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS |
The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) is the voice of Parliamentarians in the SADC Region. It was established in 1996 and comprises of the 14 National Parliaments in the SADC region, with over 3000 Members of Parliament. Two of the Forum’s core objectives are: |
| Pictures from - TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRADE AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES (12th - 14th May 2009, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA) |
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| Presentations from - TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRADE AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES (12th - 14th May 2009, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA) |
| Windhoek, 6th May 2009 The Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights and the Centre for the Study of AIDS of the University of Pretoria, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at the American University in Washington, and the Open Society Institute,will be holding a three-day training workshop forMembers of Parliamentand Parliamentary Staff on Intellectual Property, Trade and Access to Medicines. Get the Presentations |
| PRESS RELEASE - TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRADE AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES (12th - 14th May 2009, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA) |
Windhoek, 6th May 2009 The Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights and the Centre for the Study of AIDS of the University of Pretoria, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property at the American University in Washington, and the Open Society Institute,will be holding a three-day training workshop forMembers of Parliamentand Parliamentary Staff on Intellectual Property, Trade and Access to Medicines. The workshop will specifically review the application ofthe human rights-based approach toaccess to medicines, and in view of the legislative and policyengagement to shape trade law issues, such as intellectual property, competition and regulation in medicines for AIDS treatment. Read More |
| AIDE MEMOIRE ON A WORKSHOP FOR SADC PARLIAMENTARIANS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES |
The proposed workshop will focus legal and policy issues that parliamentarians may face in drafting legislation and conducting oversight of trade agreements, health policy and other issues affecting access to medicines. More specifically, the workshop seeks to train a cadre of members of parliaments (MPs) on the effects of applying a human rights framework to access to medicines law and policy, including intellectual property, competition, medicines regulation (including pricing and availability measures) and trade law frameworks. Read More |
| AIDE MEMOIR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP FOR DRC PARLIAMENTARIANS/SENATORS 27th – 29th April 2009 at the National Assembly of DRC |
The Parliamentary Leadership Centre (PLC) of the SADC Parliamentary Forum is organizing a Parliamentary Leadership Workshop for DRC Parliamentarians/Senators to be held from 27th – 29th April 2009, at the National Assembly of DRC. The primary goal of the PLC is to equip Members of Parliament, parliamentary staff and the Institutions of parliament in the SADC region with cutting-edge knowledge and information to enhance their personal competencies and professional performance in translating and implementing their respective and collective mandates. Read More |
Download the Interim Statement for the Election Observer Mission to the 2009 National and Provincial South African Election (22nd April 2009) |
The 22nd Election Observer Mission of the Forum arrived in Tshwane on the 13th April 2009. The arrival of the mission was in response to an open invitation by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for organisation to apply for accreditation to observe South Africa’s fourth democratic elections. This is the second time that Forum has had the opportunity to observe election in South Africa, having observed similar election in 2004. |
| COMMUNIQUÉ FROM THE ROUNDTABLE ON THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN ADVANCING EQUITABLE WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION IN PARLIAMENTS AND IN POLITICAL PARTIES IN SADC, HELD IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, 21ST AND 22ND MARCH 2009 |
| Recognising That women form fifty plus percent of the population of each SADC country;That gender equality in political decision-making and other sectors is a democratic and human right imperative for women and an obligation for states and political parties; That the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development sets the goal of fifty percent of women in decision making positions in all sectors in SADC member states by 2015; |
| PRESS RELEASE REGIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP: THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA AND PARLIAMENTARY ENGAGEMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV &AIDS |
SADC Parliamentary Forum ( SADC PF), in collaboration with PANOS Institute Southern Africa (PSAf), will be convening a two day training workshop on 17th and 18th March 2009 to sensitize both media practitioners and parliamentary staff from the 14 SADC Member states on their roles in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The journalists and parliamentary staff will also be made to understand and appreciate the role of parliamentarians and parliamentary staff and how they can collaborate with them in both advocacy and creating public awareness about the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Read More |
| Q&A: Does SADC require a regional parliament? Moses Magadza interviews Dr. KASUKA MUTUKWA, Secretary General of the SADC Parliamentary Forum - IPSNEWS |
| Windhoek - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum has set its sights on becoming a regional parliament with law-making powers. The body was established in 1997 to create a platform for the region's legislators to share knowledge and experiences in governance. Read More |
| PRESS RELEASE - MEETING OF THE NEW SADC PF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE |
Press release on the meeting of the new executive committee of the sadc parliamentary forum at the forum head quarters in windhoek, namibia on 27 and 28 february 2009 |
| SADC PF HIV/AIDS Researchers Sharpen Skills |
Windhoek (15 February 2009) -Newly-appointed SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) researchers seconded to southern African parliaments that are affiliated to the Forum have been sharpening their skills in running HIV/AIDS programmes. Beginning last Wednesday, the researchers, whose experience in working with parliamentary HIV/AIDS programmes ranged from just two days to one year, met for three days to exchange notes on how to be efficient in their work. Read More |
| SADC REGIONAL WOMEN’S PARLIAMENTARY CAUCUS
ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING GENDER MAINSTREAMING AND THE POLITICAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PROGRAMME |
| The Regional Women's Parliamentary Caucus as an established organ of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, provides an institutional framework to follow up on the political commitments on the participation and representation of women in positions of power and decision making at all levels. While gender equality and women’s empowerment for instance demonstrated through the participation and representation of women, Read More |
| LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY MISSION TO THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI BY THE REGIONAL WOMEN’S PARLIAMENTARY CAUCUS (RWPC). BEFORE THE 19th of MAY 2009 PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS |
The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum’s (SADC PF) delegation of the Regional Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (RWPC) to Malawi constituted of Hon. Cesaltina da C. Major, MP Angola (Mission Leader), Hon Moggie Mbaakanyi, MP Botswana, Hon Lucia Basson, MP Namibia and Hon. Regina Musokotwane, MP Zambia. Read More |
Windhoek- the Speaker of the Parliament of Swaziland, The Hon. Prince Guduza Dlamini is the new chairperson of the SADC Parliamentary Forum. He assumed the post when the Executive Committee of the SADC PF stepped down on rotation at the same 24th Plenary which ended its eight-day summit on Thursday 27th November 2008 in Arusha, Tanzania. Article 9 (2) (aa) of the Forum’s constitution limits the term of Executive Committee members to two years.Read More |
Windhoek- Parliaments in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are expected to undertake a process of legislative reform to domesticate the recently adopted Model Law on HIV; a progressive regional initiative, observers hope will further propel efforts to mitigate the impact of HIV/ AIDS in the sub-region.Read More.. |
Painfully aware that Southern Africa is the region with the highest HIV prevalence rate, and that the region forms the global epicentre of the HIV pandemic; Read More |
The 24th Plenary Assembly session of the Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum was held at Arusha, Tanzania under the theme:” the Role of Parliamentarians in addressing challenges and crises to sustainable development facing the SADC region, notably food shortages, electoral disputes, energy crisis, xenophobia, climate change, floods and drought, among others”. This is the 3rd time that the Parliament of Tanzania is hosting the plenary assembly having done so in 1999 and 2004 respectively. Get it in English French Portuguese |
The Plenary Assembly meeting with parliamentarians discussing in small groups level of the policy organs and members of the Executive Committee, Steering Committee and the Regional Standing committees namely: Trade, Development and Integration, Inter-Parliamentary Co-operation and Capacity Development, HIV/AIDS Committee, Regional Women Parliamentarians Caucus and Democratization, Governance and Gender Equality….. Read more |
The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF), wishes to announce the adoption of the Regional Model Law on HIV as from the 24th November 2008, during its 24th Plenary Assembly convened in Arusha, Tanzania, from the 20th – 27th November 2008. Read More |
Honorable Prime Minister, we are highly honored by your presence in our midst as the Guest of honor at this convocation of the Parliamentarians of the SADC region. Allow me Sir to immediately thank the President of Tanzania through you, for the support he has rendered to the noble idea of establishing a SADC Parliament.Read More |
I am honored yet again to address Hon Speakers and Parliamentarians of the SADC region at this Convocation of the Parliamentarians, the 24th Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum. This is the 17th time that I have been privileged to address the Plenary Assembly. Let me commence my brief remarks by drawing your attention to the Roadmap document that drives this organization, and that is our Second Strategic Plan from 2006-2010. Read More |
The 24th Plenary Assembly session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) will be hosted by the Parliament of Tanzania from 19th November 2008 to 28th November, 2008 at the Arusha International Conference, Read More.. |
Dolorosamente ciente que a África meridional é a região com a taxa a mais elevada da predominância do HIV, e que a região forma o epicentro global da pandemia do HIV; Read More |
| Une loi modèle sur le VIH pour l'Afrique australe |
L'Afrique australe est l'épicentre de la pandémie du SIDA. Sur les quatorze Etats-membres de la Southern African Development Community ( SADC ), neufs Etats ont un taux d'infection supérieur à 10 pour cent, six ont un taux supérieur à 20 pour cent, et un Etat a un taux supérieur à 30 pour cent. En 2005, l'Afrique australe comptait 14,8 millions de personnes infectées par le VIH sur 38,6 millions dans le monde. |
| Model Law on HIV in Southern Africa Position Paper |
| Southern Africa is the epicentre of the AIDS pandemic.1 Of the fourteen member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), nine have an adult prevalence rate higher than 10 per cent;2 six states, higher than 20 per cent;3 and one, Read More |
| SADC Observer Mission - Preliminary Statement |
On 2 May 2008 the results of the presidential election were finally announced. None of the four candidates received an outright majority required by the electoral Act. Accordingly, on 19 May 2008, ZEC announced that a run-off election would be held on 27 June 2008 between the candidates of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai and the ZANU-PF, Mr. Robert Gabriel Mugabe, who had secured 47.9 percent and 43.2 percent of the votes respectively. Read More |
| Workshop on consideration of model legislation on HIV & AIDS - Proceedings Report |
| The Chairperson commenced proceedings at 9.15am, noting that some delegations were still to arrive. In her introductory statements, Hon Patel noted that the SADC Parliamentary Forum’s engagement on the HIV and AIDS model law initiative could be traced back to the Forum’s regional workshop on HIV and AIDS held in Namibia in February 2002. At this workshop a resolution was adopted on the development of an HIV and AIDS model law for the SADC region. |
| The Pan-African Parliament Election Observer Mission To The Presidential Run - Off and Parliament By-Elections in Zimbabwe - Interim Statement |
Prior to the arrival of the main Mission team on 14 June 2008, an advance team of ten (10)MPs and eight (8) support was deployed on 8 June 2008 with the objective of assessing the prevailing pre-election environment by monitoring the state of preparedness and the political developments in the country. Following their accreditation the Advance Team visited the suburbs of Harare and the neighbouring provinces of Mashonaland East, Central and West and Manicaland. The Team also held preliminary meetings with a number of election stakeholders in Harare. Read More |
| Sex in Prisons |
The SADC Parliamentary Forum Secretariat through its HIV/AIDS program has an obligation to advocate and build the capacity of the MPs in responding to the fight against the AIDS pandemic in our region, be it in their respective Parliaments as well as in the domains of their respective constituencies. Last year in November, the Forum organized a Deliberative Session for Members of Parliament and Legal Drafters on Model Legislation for HIV and AIDS in the SADC Region which was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The recently organized capacity Building Workshop in Pretoria on HIV/AIDS budget analysis and expenditure monitoring for members of Public Accounts Committees and parliamentary staff from the region stand out as an examples. Read More.. |
| Capacity building workshop for members of public accounts committees and parliamentary staff from the sadc member states- hiv/aids budget analysis and expenditure monitoring - Communique (English) South Africa - Pretoria |
The SADC Parliamentary Forum (the Forum) hosted a regional capacity building workshop on HIV/AIDS budget analysis and expenditure monitoring for members of Public Accounts Committees and parliamentary staff from SADC member countries from 9th to 11th of June 2008. Read More.. |
| Interim statement on the consultative forum for members of parliament with, traditional leaders and civil society - Comnnunique (English) Swaziland - Manzini |
| On Monday 19th May 2005, the National Assembly of Swaziland in collaboration with the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (The SADC Parliamentary Forum) hosted a regional seminar to facilitate conceptual understandings on emerging issues in HIV prevention, skills building mechanisms for parliamentarians, traditional leaders and civil society on accountability and oversight on commitments to the HIV response. Read More.. |
Communiqué Sadc parliamentarians’ forum On the energy crisis In southern africa - Zambia |
| We the Chairpersons and representatives of Energy Portfolio Committees of Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia meeting under the auspices of the SADC Parliamentary Forum in Lusaka, Zambia from the 27th – 29th May 2008 to review the energy crisis in Southern Africa and propose measures to mitigate and overcome the negative impact of the crisis on the socio-economic development and welfare of the people. Read More.. |
| Record of proceedings on the roundtable debating the bill on protection of human rights, combatting stigmatization and discrimination among people living with hiv/aids - Communique (English) Mozambique - Maputo |
On Thursday the 15th of May 2008, the National Assembly of Mozambique convened a roundtable to deliberate on the draft bill on Defending Human Rights and the Fight against Stigmatization and Discrimination of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Mozambique. |
| Lei Modelo para o VIH na África Austral - (Portuguese) |
Tristemente cientes de que a África Austral é a região com o mais elevado índice de prevalência do VIH e de que a região constitui o epicêntro da pandemia do VIH no mundo; |
| International Conference Africa Parliamentary Knowledge Network 4 – 5 June 2008 - Charter, Cairo, Egypt |
| Considering the outcome of the World Summit on the Information Society held in two phases in Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005; Acknowledging the resolutions of the Pan African Parliament inviting African assemblies to strengthen inter-parliamentary cooperation, especially through information and communication technologies, for improving coordination of information exchange, capacity building and collaborative development; Read More.. |
| International Conference Africa Parliamentary Knowledge Network 4 – 5 June 2008 - Summary, Cairo, Egypt |
| The International Conference on Africa Parliamentary Knowledge Network took place in Cairo, Egypt, on 4 and 5 June 2008. Building upon the results of the Conference held in Abuja, Nigeria, in March 2007, the Conference was co-organized, under the aegis of the Pan-African Parliament, by the People’s Assembly of Egypt and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). Read More.. |
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