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Sudan Updates

First Constitution Academy in Sudan

now open for applications

ith the
aim to
W encourage
a stable, acceptable
and democratic
constitutional
settlement in Sudan,
International IDEA
has launched
the Constitution
Academy, an academic
constitutional initiatives
to engage Sudanese
political actors, civil
society and opinion-
formers in constitution-
building.
The Constitution
Academy consists in an intensive, interactive, constitutional issues, identify opportunities for
residential academy, with a mixture of lectures, consensus, be able to compromise, and ensure that
seminars, Q&A, exercises and simulations. The ‘technical’ aspects of constitution-making do not
training is delivered become detached from
for over eight days. It overriding political and
aims to help improve It aims to help improve the knowledge and societal goals.
the knowledge and understanding of constitutional matters of these It is planned to
actors and establish a community of trained and
understanding of engaged leaders on constitutional issues. engage 20 participants
constitutional matters in the first edition of its
of these actors and Constitution Academy.
establish a community They will be selected
of trained and engaged leaders on constitutional by an open call, which will be advertise through of
issues. It also aims to empower these leaders to different platforms.
keep up pressure for democratic constitutional
change, promote wider public engagement on Sami Ahmed
Communication Officer, International Idea

Credit: International IDEA
Link to the original news article: https://www.idea.int/news-media/news/first-constitution-academy-sudan-now-open-applications

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