September 2010

The Role Of Parliamentary Staff Durring the Budget Process

September 6-10, 2010

This training workshop is scheduled to take place in Gaborone, Botswana, for Parliamentary Staff (Committee Clerks, Research Staff etc.) from the Parliaments of Botswana, Malawi and Zimbabwe. This activity aims at strengthening the capacity of parliamentary staff to support parliamentarians to perform their financial oversight functions.This training program is supported financially by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).

August 2010

Financial Oversight Functions of Parliamentarians: Tools and Mechanisms for Optimum Government Budget Analysis

August 30-31, 2010

This In-country Francophone training workshop is scheduled to take place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso for 25 MPs and 5 Parliamentary Staff of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso. This activity aims at strengthening the capacity of parliamentarians to perform their financial oversight functions; and to equip them with tools with which to analyze government budgets particularly identifying pro-poor and gender equity programs. This training program is supported financially by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).

July 2010

Financial Oversight Functions of Parliamentarians: Tools and Mechanisms for Optimum Government Budget Analysis

July 26 - 30, 2010

MPs and Parliamentary Staff from 5 African countries are invited to take part in this activity which aims at strengthening the capacity of parliamentarians to perform their financial oversight functions; and to equip them with tools with which to analyze government budgets particularly identifying pro-poor and gender equity programs. This training program is supported financially by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and will take place at the Learning Centre in Accra, Ghana.

April 2010

Executive Committee Meeting

April 19, 2010

The Executive Committee of APRN will meet in Kampala on April 19, 2010. On the agenda will be:

1. Review/highlights of last APRN Conference, AGM and Election of Executive Committee Report-

2. Update on recent activities-

• 2009 Annual Report to ADA (key highlights and results)
• Training on budgetary oversight for Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda (March 15-19, 2010)

3. Work plan for 2010 / Upcoming activities:

• Parliamentary Staff training: Anglophone countries ( April 2010 postponed to May 2010), Francophone countries (August 2010)
• Budget training-MPs/staff: Francophone countries (Sept.2010), Anglophone countries (Oct. 2010)
• In-country trainings MPs/Staff (Francophone & Anglophone –dates & countries to be determined)

4. Publications:

• Handbook on poverty reduction
• Articles for next issue of APRN Newsletter (June 2010)

5. Second phase of project with ADA and update on funding status

6. Sustainability of APRN

7. A. O. B

March 2010

Financial Oversight Functions of Parliamentarians: Tools and Mechanisms for Optimum Government Budget Analysis

March 15-19, 2010

MPs and Parliamentary Staff from Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania are invited to take part in this activity which aims at strengthening the capacity of parliamentarians to perform their financial oversight functions; and to equip them with tools with which to analyze government budgets particularly identifying pro-poor and gender equity programs. This training program is supported financially by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and will take place at the Learning Centre in Accra, Ghana.