Zambia

INTER PARES Partnership with the National Assembly of Zambia

Peer-to-peer partnership

Zambia

Priority 1 Parliament's role in the Budget Process
Priority 2 Strategic Development Capacities
Priority 3 Representation, Citizen Engagement and Youth Participation
Priority 4 Legislative Scrutiny, Oversight and Gender

PRIORITY 1

Parliament's role in the budget process: Activities

  • Brief experts' exchange on the budget process, internal set-ups and challenges
  • Workshop on the budget process, focused on the execution and auditing stages 
  • Study visit in Berlin about different stages of the budget process and other partnership activities

PRIORITY 2

Strategic Development Capacities: Activities 

  • Expert exchange on Supporting the mid-term evaluation of the Strategic Plan

  • Inter-parliamentary Strategic Planning High-level Workshop

  • Produce Guide on Parliamentary Strategic Planning (PSP)

PRIORITY 3

Representation, Citizen Engagement and Youth Participation: Activities

  • Peer-to-peer exchanges on communication with the public on social media and creating educational materials for young audiences
    • Session 1: Communication with the public on social media
    • Session 2: Online community management
    • Session 3: Producing educational materials for young audiences
  • Peer-to-peer exchanges and expert workshops on streamlining website content and navigation
    • Session 1: Use of social media to communicate with the public
    • Session 2: Online community management
    • Session 3: Facilitating on-demand access to parliamentary sessions
  • Shadowing Activity on ICT, Broadcasting and Public Relations
  • Peer-to-peer exchange on Inclusive parliamentary practices for persons with disabilities
  • Carry out a Youth parliamentary Academy 
  • Developing educational materials about the NAZ and the e-Parliament app

PRIORITY 4

Legislative scrutiny, oversight, and gender: Activities

  • Peer-to-peer exchange on legislative scrutiny by citizens, institutions, and external stakeholders.

  • Oversight tools in action: a peer-to-peer exchange (no need to change)

  • Online Workshops on: Exploring the different elements of a gender-sensitive (GS) parliament – joint activity with the Parliament of Botswana

  • Tailoring a quick guide to gender-sensitive scrutiny