African Conference on Constitutional Processes, Cotonou, Benin

International assistance

The role of international or external support for national processes of constitution building has an instrumental impact on the design of these processes and the institutional choices that ultimately are framed in constitutions.

Training programme

The new Constitution Builders CONNECT Resource – is an interactive training tool that reinforces sharing experiences as a means to building the capacity of practitioners to solve some of the dilemmas that they face in constitution building.

Handbook

The Handbook reviews and discusses some of the institutional and procedural design choices that practitioners have recently considered during contemporary constitution building.

Issue papers

Selected issues are considered at length based on emerging and ongoing dialogues among practitioners and specialists.

Multimedia

A collection of multimedia resources from and about constitution-building processes.

Web links

The web links provide a comprehensive list of relevant organizations and partners working in constitution building and related subjects.

When: 25 Nov 2008 - 27 Nov 2008

The African Conference on the constitutional processes jointly organized by the African Union Commission and the International IDEA was held at the Palais des Congrès in Cotonou (Benin) from the 25th to the 27th November 2008. Present in the meeting were the representatives of Member States, the African and international organizations, the academics and experts invited.