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Regional workshop brings 50 participants together on legislative drafting

Regional workshop brings 50 participants together on legislative drafting

The Ivorian Senate and National Assembly are holding a certified training course in Yamoussoukro for around 50 participants from ten French-speaking countries. The workshop aims to improve law drafting and parliamentary initiative in Africa, according to Ivorian Senate President Kandia Kamissoko Camara, cited by AIP.

The Ivorian Senate brought together around 50 participants from ten countries in Yamoussoukro for a certified training course in legislative drafting aimed at strengthening parliamentary initiative in French-speaking Africa, according to the Ivorian Press Agency (AIP).

Organised jointly with the National Assembly of Ivory Coast, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie and Senghor University in Alexandria, the workshop is attended by parliamentarians, parliamentary officials and others interested in legislative issues. The sessions are being held at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research.

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