■ Workshop on Public Participation in Constitution Building, 2-5 April 2009, Cape Town

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.

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.

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

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

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

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