Parliament of Tanzania and the UNDP in Tanzania have launched the five years legislatures support project

 Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda gives her special thanks to the donor community for the support of the project which aims to strengthen capacity of the Bunge

 Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Mr. Freeman Mbowe moves his vote of thanks and closing remarks after the launch of the Legislatures support Project

 Clerk of The National Assembly Dr. Thomas Kashililah gives his welcoming remarks and introductory note to the Members of the Parliament and donors of the funded project by the UNDP called the legislatures Support Projects, before the official launch yesterday. 

 The UNDP Country Director in Tanzania Mr. Philippe Poinsont gives his overview of the project and how it will benefit the Bunge

 British High Commissioner to Tanzania Ms. Diane Corner, givers her special note before the official Launch of the Project.

 Mr. Elisa Mbise, the Project coordinator of the Legislature Support Project, outlines some of the detail explanation of the Project to the Members of the parliament and how it will benefit Bunge

 Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda displayed the Legislatures support Project books after the official launch in Dodoma yesterday.

 Speaker Makinda gives a copy of the Legislatures support Project book to the The UNDP Country Director in Tanzania Mr. Philippe Poinsont, after the official launch of the project.

Speaker Makinda gives a copy of the Legislatures support Project book to the British High Commissioner to Tanzania Ms. Diane Corner, after the official launch of the project.

The Parliament of Tanzania and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Tanzania, have launched the Four year Project for Parliament of Tanzania called Legislatures Support Project (LSP) 2011 – 2015. The project aims to support Parliamentarians, their Committees and Secretariats for the next four years and it worth 7.8 Million US Dollars. 

The main objectives of the projects is to Strengthen and enhance the capacity of MPs and their committees to better exercise their interrelated functions; law making, executive oversight, national budget approval and oversight and representation of constituents/citizens. Also the project will strengthen the Secretariat to help them deliver effective services to parliamentarians and help build sustainable modern internal parliamentary staff management.

 

The most important partners in this project are The National Assembly of Tanzania, the United Nations Development Programme, National and international civil society organizations, Parliamentary training institutions, Regional Parliaments and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). Also it will involve the Office of the Controller and Auditor General, Local Government Authorities, the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority and Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau, World Bank and the African Development Bank.

 

This is the most important project to Parlimanet of Tanzania as it will help to enhancing capacity of members to effectively deal with expertise on legislative and understand substantive issues, particularly on Oversight and representation function. The main contributors to the project includes the UNDP, DFID, Embassy of Ireland, Embassy of Norway, African Development Bank, South African High Commission