MPs Attend Legislation Training In Torit
The International Republican Institute (IRI) is conducting a training on the basic parliamentary functions for the Eastern Equatoria State legislators supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Torit. 19 January 2013 A section of parliamentarians during the training in Torit yesterday. [ Peter Lokale Nakimangole] By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 19 January 2013 [Gurtong] – “On behalf of the USAID, the American people and the International Republican Institute (IRI), allow me to warmly welcome you to this Parliamentary training on Basic parliamentary functions,” said IRI’s Program Assistant, James Lemoe. He said that IRI commenced its activities in South Sudan in 2004 and since then it has assisted political parties and members of the national and state assemblies to develop the skills necessary to foster a more democratic and representative political climate. IRI focuses on improving the organizational and professional development of political parties and also improving the effectiveness of elected political party members as representatives to increase the participation in the making of public policy. The institute has supported the establishment and continual operation of the national women parliamentarians’ caucus (NLA-WPC) secretariat office and also provides specific training opportunities to select women in the state assemblies. Posted in: Home, Governance, Foreign Aid/Assistance, Parliaments -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
