REGIONAL PARLIAMENTARY WORKSHOP Parliamentary oversight of the security sector: disseminating best practices in ECOWAS Member States Hosted by the National Assembly of Mali and organized by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the African Security Sector Network 28 and 29 November 2011, Bamako (Mali)

Following in the footsteps of the regional seminar held in Dakar on 21 and 22 September 2010, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and the African Security Sector Network (ASSN), in collaboration with the National Assembly of Mali, will be organizing a regional workshop in Bamako on 28 and 29 November 2011. The purpose of the Bamako workshop is twofold: strengthen parliament’s capacity to address security questions in an efficient way with a view to enhancing the parliamentary contribution to governance of the security sector at the national level; and promote parliamentary cooperation at the regional level in order to achieve greater harmonization. The workshop is open to parliamentarians from ECOWAS Member States and representatives of the ECOWAS Parliament and civil society. The parliaments of Mauritania, Mozambique and Namibia have also been invited to attend.   SESSION DOCUMENTS Final report [English] [French] Invitation [English] [French] Provisional agenda [English] [French] Concept note [English] [French] RELATED SITES AND DOCUMENTS Regional Seminar on parliamentary oversight in the area of security in West Africa, held in DAKAR (Senegal), 21-22 September 2010 Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) African Security Sector Network (ASSN) Note: Documents in PDF format require Adobe Acrobat Reader Home page Main areas of activity Structure and functioning Specialized meetings Quick search