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April 09 - As part of the Interpeace thematic programme that focuses on constitution building, Interpeace, the United States Institute of Peace and programme partner International IDEA hosted a consultative 4 day workshop with practitioners from around the globe. The focus of the 4 day workshop was on the ‘Dilemmas and Opportunities of Public Participation in Constitution Building’.  

Consultative workshop held with over 30 practitioners

Between the 2nd - 5th April, over 30 practitioners who played key roles in their own constitution building processes (including many former chairs of constitutional assemblies) or as advisors, came together in Cape Town, South Africa.  The workshop was the seventh in a series of consultative workshops organized by Interpeace and International IDEA on key constitution building issues.

Overall programme goal is to build capacity of national constitution builders

The overall goal of Interpeace’s Constitution Building programme is to promote lasting peace through enhancing the capacity of national constitution builders (including civil society), their advisors, and key members of the international community. The focus is on how to design, implement and support constitution building processes that promote national dialogue and consensus-building, conflict management and transformation, reconciliation, peacebuilding and the strengthening of democratic institutions.

Interpeace’s programme components include ‘constitutionnet’ (a resource website), a handbook on the process aspects of making a constitution, a virtual library of constitutional articles, documents and sample materials, and research on key constitutional issues as well as consultative workshops.


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