June 28-30, 2007
Nairobi, Kenya
The World Bank Institute in support of the State University of New York (SUNY) and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) conducted a workshop composed of Chairs and senior Members of the Public Accounts Committees (PACs), supporting parliamentary staff and Auditors General. The workshop sought to capture and present key features and recent developments regarding parliamentary financial scrutiny in Africa and also provided an opportunity for dialogue between PAC Chairs and legislators from Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Southern Sudan.
The objective of the workshop was to identify best practice regarding Public Accounts Committees and its relations with Auditor General and make further recommendations to parliaments in Africa and address the following issues: i) strategic planning (and recording) of PAC work; ii) opening committee meetings to the public and media; iii) working with departmental committees; iv) relationships with the Auditor-General; v) establishment of national association of PACs in Federal States; vi) Regional/global associations of PACs.
Please click here for a course agenda (PDF 300 kb).
Presentations
Njeru Kirira. Beyond Effective Chronicling of Graft: The Challenges Facing PACs (PDF 227 kb)
Rick Stapenhurst. Good Governance, Parliamentary Oversight and Financial Accountability (PDF 166 kb)
Owino Omolo. Reforming Institutional Inter Relationship between PACs, CAGs, and Anticorruption Agencies (PDF 113 kb)
Best Practices toward Enhancing the Work of PACs(PDF 54 kb)
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