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Programme
of the Conference
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Sunday
22 February 2009
• Arrival, reception and installation of
participants
Monday, 23
February 2009
Morning
08:00
AM –09:30 AM:
Reception and registration of participants at the
“Palais des Congrès”
09:30
AM-11:30 AM:
Official opening ceremony
•
Cultural animation
• Intervention of the President of IDH,
Project
Coordinator
•
Intervention of the Representative of the O.I.F
• Intervention of the Representative of the UNDEF
• Cultural animation
• Speech of His Excellency Dr. Thomas Boni YAYI, President
of the Republic of
Benin
, Head of, State, Head of Government or his Representative
11:30 AM:
Cocktail
offered by the UNDEF and IDH
• Establishment of the Bureau and organization of work
1:00 PM:
Lunch on site
Afternoon
3:00 PM– 5:00 PM:
• General introductory communication: «Challenges
of democratic succession in Africa" (Prof. Théodore
HOLO)
• Testimonies:
" Challenges of
democratic succession in Africa,
Great Lakes
experience" (Mr. Augustin GATERA)
"
Electoral experiences
and outgoing crisis in Central Africa, in Democratic
Republic
of
Congo
and in
Cote d'Ivoire
" (Mrs. Bernadette Codjovi)
•
Debates
• Summary of discussions
• Coffee Break
5:30 PM-7:45 PM:
Panel 1: “The
Constitution, the guarantor of democratic succession ”
(Prof. Théodore HOLO)
• "
Civil
society and democratic succession"
( Mr Alioune TINE)
• "Democratic
Renewal and African armed forces: current
state and prospects.(General
Dominique DJENDJERE, Army Chief of Staff-Burkina Faso )
• Debates
• Summary
of discussions
8:00 PM: Free to Dine out
Tuesday, 24
February 2009
Morning
08:30 AM– 10:30 AM:
Panel 2: "
The electoral process and democratic succession "
(Mrs Thoko MPUMLWANA)
"
Media,
public opinion and democratic succession "
(Mr Pius Njawe)
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Coffee Break
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
:
• Debates
• Summary of discussions
1.00pm: Lunch on site
Afternoon
3:00 PM– 4:15 PM:
Panel 3: "
The decision – making power at the end of mandate
"
(Mr
Mathias HOUNKPE)
• "
Good
Governance: rendering accounts and accountability
"
(Pr. Augustine LOADA)
• "
Constitutional
and legal obligations of governments and other national
political authorities
" ( Mr Stéphane BOLLE)
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM: Coffee break
4:45 PM – 6:30 PM:
• Debates
• Summary of discussions
8:00 PM: Free to Dine out
Wednesday, 25
February 2009
Morning
08:30 AM-10:00 AM:
Panel 4: ":
Political
actors faced with election results and democratic
alternation
" (Prof. Albert BOURGI)
• "
Women’s
contribution to the entrenchment of democracy through
education
"
(Mrs Colette HOUETO)
• "Culture of
Democracy" (Pr Honorat AGUESSY)
10:00am – 10:30am: Coffee Break
10:30 AM-12:30 AM
• Debates
• Summary of discussions
1:00 PM:
Lunch on site
Afternoon
3:00 PM:
• Report of each round table
• General Report of proceedings of the Conference
• Adoption of conclusions and recommendations of
the Conference
5:30 PM: Closing Session of the Conference
6:30 PM: Cocktail offered by the UNDEF and IDH
Evening:
Departure of participants
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