The Parliamentary Centre and the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs -ACEPA are implementing partners of the Global Affairs Canada funded Inclusive Legislatures and Gender Responsive Policies (ILGRP) Project. A citizen engagement session on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was organized in Masai…
Singapore, February 20, 2025 – Women legislators from Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Thailand, Ukraine, and the Philippines convened to share their experiences in security, defence, and peace – where women’s leadership remains underrepresented yet vital. Facilitated by the Parliamentary Centre,…
This project focuses on strengthening the capacity of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso through a multi-faceted and targeted support for the Speaker, the 127 MPs, and the parliamentary staff that assist them. The objective of the PROCAB is to…
Aimed at improving development outcomes and human rights the project will support three partner parliaments (Ghana, Kenya and Togo) and parliamentarians to consider the differential impacts of policies, laws, and budgets on the poorest and most marginalized populations, particularly women…
May 25, 2021, is Africa Day, in which we commemorate the formation of the African Union and celebrate Africa, its cultures, achievements, traditions, and peoples. This year, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, stressed the importance of Africa’s rich and diverse cultural…
The Support for Democracy Project in Burkina Faso ended its activities in March, 2019. It was approved in the wake of the popular insurrection that led to the burning of the National Assembly with a view to recast a new…
From March 31-April 4, 2014, the Parliamentary Centre hosted a twenty-member parliamentary delegation from Nigeria, which included members from the Nigerian Senate, the Nigerian House of Representatives, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) of Nigeria and Federal High Court of…
The popular uprising in the Middle East has exposed the fragility of the governance models in the region. The Centre collaborated with two institutions to build local capacity and to strengthen their skills in parliamentary relation: One World Foundation for…
The African Parliamentary Strengthening Program (APSP) for Budget Oversight has helped seven African parliaments to develop and implement strategies to strengthen their overall role at all stages of the national budget process. The APSP sought to help increase the financial…