Workshop on internal functioning of parties

21 - 23 May 2007

EISA conducted a workshop for political parties in Kh'artoum, Sudan, on the 21 - 23 May 2007. The workshop is part of a series intended for the capacity building of six major political parties in Sudan. These parties are:

• The Umma Party (UP)
• Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)
• National Congress Party (NCP)
• Communist Party (CP)
• Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM)
• People Congress Party (PCP)

The workshops are organised by a consortium of four organisations: EISA; International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA); The Parliamentary Centre (PC), a Canadian-based NGO; and Partners in Development Services (DPS), based in Sudan. They are are conducted as part of the Strengthening Political Parties in the Sudan project, which is funded by DIFD.

The overall purpose of the project is to assist in developing and strengthening political parties in Sudan so that they

• perform as effective actors of democratisation and good governance, trusted by voters
• are representative and responsive to public needs and concerns
• contribute to public debate
• are equipped to support government and a constructive opposition thus playing an effective and representative role in the elections agreed in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.