1 CONSTITUTION OF THE CGPP 2 nd MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNANCE AND POPULAR PARTICIPATION Addis Ababa, March 2011 By Guillermo Mmangué Nnandongo Development Management Officer United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Addis Ababa
2 INTRODUCTION Why the New Constitution? Overall restructuring of ECA in 2006 Change of name of the Division Mandate from CHDCS.4.
3 THE PROCESS ECA/CM Changed the name, 2006 CHDCS.4 Mandate (GPAD/Bureau) CGPP.1 Reviewed and Postponed discussions Two main reasons: - Lack of time - Few countries present at the meeting
4 ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED 1. Standard aspects of the Constitution Including: Preamble, Objectives, Functions, Relationships with other relevant institutions, Working languages, Funding mechanisms, and Amendments of the Constitution.
5 ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED (Cont’d) 2.Specific aspects of the Constitution Includes: Article 4: Membership; Article 7: Bureau members; Article 8: Term of Office; Article 10: Venue & Frequency of meetings.