Above left: The CPA-World Bank Extractive Industry Seminar provided a valuable and unique opportunity for Parliamentarians to come together to discuss and share up-to-date experience of an important global issue of current concern for parliamentary development. The Seminar was opened by the CPA Director of Programmes, Ms Meenakshi Dhar and World Bank representative, Mr Mitchell O’Brien. The CPA Branches represented included: Cameroon; Kenya; Uganda; Western Australia; Zambia; Nigeria; Northern Territory, Australia; Quebec, Canada; British Columbia, Canada; Pakistan; Malawi; Balochistan, Pakistan; Malaysia; United Kingdom.
Right: The Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, Mr. Mian Raza Rabbani met with CPA staff on his first visit to the CPA Secretariat and was accompanied by staff from the High Commission for Pakistan.
Below right: Newly elected MPs attended the CPA Post-Election Seminar at the Mauritius National Assembly which was opened by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Mrs Santi Bai Hanoomanjee. The three-day seminar was open to all Members of the National Assembly and was also attended by Members from the Parliament of South Africa; Lok Sabha, India; Parliament of Tanzania; UK House of Commons; and the African Centre of Parliamentary Affairs.
Below right and below left: The CPA Workshop on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for the Africa Region took place in Abuja, Nigeria hosted by the CPA Nigeria Branch and the National Assembly of Nigeria. The Workshops, in partnership with the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) were opened by the Hon. Yusuf Lasun, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives who spoke of the need for legislative action to maximise potential of ICTs. Minister of Communications, Hon. Adebayo Shitu MP gave the keynote speech.
Above right: The CPA Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures Workshop took place in Perak, Malaysia for the CPA Asia, India and South East Asia Regions. The Workshop was opened by Hon. Deputy Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly, Dato Nasaruddin Bin Hashim in the presence of CPA Members and the Director of Programmes from the CPA Secretariat, Ms Meenakshi Dhar.
The Parliamentarian | 2016: Issue One | 13
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92
