CSOs discuss PRSP 3
By Bampia James Bundu
About 150 civil society organisations have assembled in Freetown to discuss progress in the implementation of pillars in the poverty reduction approach to development.
In September 2012, two organizations were elected by the wider civil society constituents to serve in the working group of each of the proposed eight pillars in the preparatory phase of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper 3 (PRSP III) tagged the ‘Agenda for Prosperity’.
UN engages MPs on good governance
By Crispina Cummings
A ten-member delegation from the United Nations peacebuilding fund, headed by envoy Egvi Llermo Rychinski has engaged the leadership of Parliament on information-sharing and the process of UN support to the country on good governance.
Speaker of the House, Justice Abel Stronge thanked the envoy to Sierra Leone and informed its members about the setup of parliament and the challenges they faced in executing their functions.