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An agreement framework for cooperation was signed today, Friday, in the city of Laayoune between the House of Councillors and the Network of African Parliamentarians for Development Evaluation, on the sidelines of the work of the tenth general assembly of the Network of African Parliamentarians for Development Evaluation.
This agreement, signed by the President of the House of Councillors, Mohamed Ould Errachid, and the President of the Network of African Parliamentarians for Development Evaluation, Jeremy Adoumahou, aims to establish a formal framework for cooperation between the two parties, aiming to promote a culture of evaluation within African parliaments, and strengthen the capabilities of parliamentarians and parliamentary administrations in the field of development evaluation.
It also seeks to organize joint institutional, scientific and technical activities aimed at evaluation, and to establish mechanisms for cooperation regarding the exchange of data, experiences and methodological means, and to support the establishment and activation of the African Parliamentary Observatory for Development Evaluation.
The cooperation between the two parties, under the agreement, includes a set of axes that include training and capacity building, organizing workshops, seminars, training courses and approved training programs, developing joint programs to enhance the skills of parliamentarians and administrative frameworks, research, expertise and technical support, carrying out joint studies, conducting model evaluations, and developing pilot programs, in addition to governance and establishing a culture of evaluation, by supporting the establishment of parliamentary units concerned with evaluation or strengthening their existing structures within parliaments, and contributing to the establishment and activation of the African Parliamentary Observatory for Development Evaluation.
This cooperation also includes organizing conferences, forums, thematic parliamentary days and high-level meetings, and joint participation in international initiatives related to evaluation and governance, in addition to strategic cooperation and parliamentary diplomacy, as well as implementing joint initiatives within the framework of continental organizations, parliamentary networks and partner international organizations, and strengthening South-South cooperation and African parliamentary cooperation.
Under this agreement, the House of Councillors is committed to working to provide the infrastructure, technical and logistical means necessary to implement the planned activities, contributing to the financing of joint initiatives as determined by the annual programs, facilitating the participation of Moroccan parliamentarians in the activities organized by the network, and effectively contributing to the work of the African Parliamentary Observatory for Development Evaluation.
For its part, the network is committed to providing the necessary African and international expertise to develop evaluation programs, enhancing the participation of the House of Councillors in the main bodies, programs and activities of the network, placing the networks of experts, technical partners and supporting institutions affiliated with the network at the disposal of the Council, and coordinating and consulting with the Council in all matters related to the establishment and activation of the German African Observatory for Development Evaluation, and publishing the Council's contributions within the African parliamentary space.
Within the framework of this agreement, a leadership committee will be established to oversee the implementation of this agreement and ensure the follow-up of progress, holding at least one meeting annually, and proposing an annual action plan for the activities to be implemented.
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