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=Media Release=

by Prince Moloi, Media Coordinator, Gauteng Provincial Legislature
The Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbethe and the Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature Honourable Richard Mdakane would like to invite you cover an opening of the National //Public Participation Conference// to be held at the Birchwood Hotel Conference Centre in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province.

More than 500 representatives from the civil society and the provincial legislatures will converge at this conference to find a common approach on how to intensify and take the core business of the legislatures which is public participation, and oversight and law-making in provinces to a higher level.

This conference follows after a //Speaker’s Forum//; a body representing the speakers of the 9 provincial legislatures and the National Parliament resolved that there is a need to come up with a consultative conference that will allow all citizens to participate in structuring a model for public participation for all legislatures.

With this in mind the Forum and the National Parliament mandated the Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL) Honourable Richard Mdakane to host and facilitate this conference.

The views, inputs and research papers from this conference, on taking Public Participation in the oversight and law making functions of the legislatures to a higher level will form part of the development of a //Public Participation Strategy// for South Africa legislatures.

The Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbethe is expected to deliver a keynote address during the opening of the conference.


 * Details** of the conference:

Theme: “Deepening Democracy through Public Participation”
 * Date**: Tuesday, 25-26 July 2006
 * Time**: 09:00 am
 * Venue**: Birchwood Hotel
 * RSVP**: pmoloi@gautengleg.gov.za

For any further information contact //Media Coordinator, Prince Moloi on 011-498-5753 or 082 0656 719// or you can contact your provincial legislature


 * //Regards,//**
 * //Prince Moloi, Media Coordinator, Gauteng Provincial Legislature//**
 * //011-498-5753//**
 * //082 0656 719//**

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