EISA Workshop: Civil Society – Parliament Engagement

Antananrivo, 1-2 September 2008

The Legislative Support programme will be holding a two day workshop with national civil society organisations (CSOs) in Antananarivo on 1 and 2 September 2008 on the theme: Civil Society – Parliament Relations. 30 national CSO participants are expected to attend the workshop which will provide them with knowledge on how they can contribute to participatory democracy through interacting with their parliament. Participants will go through the following broad topics:

• Civil society participation and parliament in perspective
• Influencing policy and law making
• Understanding advocacy and lobbying
• Budgeting and finances for civil society

These topics also form the basis of the handbook for CSOs on Civil society – parliament relations developed by EISA.