13 Oct 2009: Annual Regional Parliamentary Forum on Environmental Security in Eastern Africa

By invitation only: Annual Regional Parliamentary Forum on Environmental Security in Eastern Africa
13 and 14 October 2009

The Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace – AMANI Forum, Eastern African Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (EAPCCO) and Institute for Security Studies (ISS) are pleased to invite you to a Regional Parliamentary Forum on Environmental Security in Eastern Africa. The Forum will be held from 13th – 14th October at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala, Uganda.

The Forum among parliamentarians is designed as an awareness creation as well as a strategy building session. This is aimed at supporting concrete deliberations on pertinent issues that have implications on environmental security with the aim of generating key policy recommendations to address them. Specifically, the session has been informed by the need for MPs to, a) maintain peace and security, b) support sustainable development and, c) take responsibility for ensuring appropriate legislation in regards to environmental security.

The Forum draws Members of Parliament (MPs) from Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda and the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA).

 

Time: 09:00

 

Venue: Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala Uganda

 

For more information contact Fidelia Imai
email: [email protected]

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