HoR joins pan-African legal training talks
has represented North Africa at the second meeting of the Training Committee under the Council of Legal Advisers to African Parliaments.
The virtual meeting focused on adopting a unified training policy, proposing virtual training initiatives, and approving a partnership with Kenya's Parliamentary Studies and Training Centre to provide quarterly programmes.
Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Abdullah Bliheg, said the talks also explored regional training needs, capacity-building strategies, and obstacles facing legal advisers in different African regions.
Participants unanimously approved the council's new training policy and set 24 July as the date for the next full council meeting. Tags: HoR
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