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CSOs to hold leaders conference
Civil Society Constitutional Reform Coordination Mechanism
October 17, 2012

Civil Society organisations in Zimbabwe, under the ambit of the Civil Society Constitutional Reform Coordination Mechanism (CSCMCR), will hold a Civil Society Leaders Conference on the 18th and 19th of October in Harare.

The conference which is jointly convened by NANGO and The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, is being organized partly as preparatory process for the COPAC Second All Stakeholders Conference that is set to be held form 21st to the 23rd of October 2012 in Harare.

The conference will see the participation of 300 delegates to be drawn from different sectors of the Civil Society in the country. It will be held around the different thematic clusters that relate to the constitution - women, labour, young people, media , differently abled, residents, human rights, social and economic justice, arts and culture, students, faith based, health, HIV and AIDS and children's rights. All these sectoral interest groups will be expected to workshop around their themes and come up with recommendations and positions around the draft constitution for input to the 2nd All Stakeholders Conference.

Amongst other key objectives, the conference will give a general background on the journey CSOs have travelled so far with regards to the constitution making process, and locating the remainder of the process in a strategic political context. It will also seek to do a comparative engagement and analyses of other regional perspectives and experiences on constitution making. Specifically learning from the Zambian and Kenyan experience and engage on a global analysis of the draft constitution.

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