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CONSTITUTION OF THE CGPP

2nd MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNANCE AND POPULAR

PARTICIPATION

Addis Ababa, 9 -10 March 2011

By

Guillermo Mmangué Nnandongo

Development Management Officer

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Addis Ababa

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INTRODUCTION

Why the New Constitution?

Overall restructuring of ECA in 2006

Change of name of the Division

Mandate from CHDCS.4.

 

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THE PROCESS

ECA/CM Changed the name, 2006 CHDCS.4 Mandate (GPAD/Bureau) CGPP.1 Reviewed and Postponed discussions

Two main reasons:

- Lack of time

- Few countries present at the meeting

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ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED

1. Standard aspects of the Constitution Including: Preamble, Objectives, Functions, Relationships with

other relevant institutions, Working languages, Funding mechanisms, and Amendments of the Constitution.

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ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED (Cont’d)

2. Specific aspects of the Constitution Includes:

Article 4: Membership; Article 7: Bureau members; Article 8: Term of Office; Article 10: Venue & Frequency of meetings.