Centre for Democratic Institutions

Solomon Islands Parliamentary Strengthening Roundtable

^ Mr Warren Cahill presenting at the August Roundtable at the ANU.

^ Attendees at the event included academics and federal government representatives from a number of agencies and departments including DFAT and AusAID.

Around 20 people attended a special roundtable discussion at the Australian National University (ANU) on August 24 with Mr Warren Cahill, who was the project manager for the UNDP Solomon Islands Parliamentary Strengthening Project from October 2005 to August 2009. Prior to his work in Honiara, Mr Cahill was a long-serving officer of the NSW Parliament.

At the roundtable, Mr Cahill discussed the recent political reform proposals being considered by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands as well as the work undertaken since 2005 to rebuild and strengthen the role of the National Parliament in the Solomon Islands political process.

This event was jointly hosted by CDI and the State, Society & Governance in Melanesia Project (SSGM) at the ANU.

Click on these links for further information:

National Parliament of Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Parliamentary Strengthening Project

SSGM

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	Crawford School of Economics and Government	ANU College of Asia and the Pacific	The Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI) is a government-funded body that supports the efforts of new democracies in the Asia-Pacific region to strengthen their political systems. It provides training, technical assistance and peer support for parliamentarians and emerging leaders in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, with a particular focus on Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. The Australian Government established CDI in 1998. It is funded primarily by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). One of the primary ways in which CDI works to promote democracy is through strengthening parliamentary governance and political parties. The Centre focusses on parliamentary and political party development, and conducts flagship training courses and policy-relevant research on these subjects.
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