Meeting Information
The Forum of Parliaments of Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), is organizing the Sixth Statutory Meeting of the Committee on "Democracy and Good Governance" on September 23, 2020.
Video conference13h00 – 16h00 Kinshasa time (GMT +1)About FP-ICGLR
The FP-ICGLR is an inter-parliamentary organization composed of 12 National Parliaments of the ICGLR Member States namely:
Republic of AngolaRepublic of BurundiCentral African RepublicRepublic of CongoDemocratic Republic of the CongoRepublic of KenyaRepublic of RwandaRepublic of South SudanRepublic of the SudanUnited Republic TanzaniaRepublic of UgandaRepublic of ZambiaMain Objective
The main objective of the FP-ICGLR is to make a significant parliamentary contribution to the implementation of the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region.
Meeting Focus
In accordance with the action plan of 2020-2021 of the FP-ICGLR, the Sixth Statutory Meeting of the Committee on Democracy and Good Governance will focus on:
- 1.The report of the 5th Statutory Meeting of the Committee held from March 28-29, 2019 in Arusha, Republic of Tanzania
- 2.The assessment report on The Implication of COVID-19 Pandemic on Democracy: The Case of ICGLR Member-States
- 3.The preliminary draft resolution on mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Great Lakes Region
This meeting will be attended by parliamentarians who are nominated to serve in the Committee on Democracy and Good Governance.
Press release of the 6th Statutory Meeting of the Committee on Democracy and Good Governance