Overseeing Defense and Security Budgets for Parliamentarians
Channel: Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Date: 2022-03-25

Session 2 of our African Parliamentarians Forum 2022: Pathways to Democratic Security Governance

Presented by:
• Dr. Willene Johnson
• Mr. Neil Cole

• In your experience, what have been the conditions that facilitate parliament’s effective oversight of security and defense budgets and how do they relate to the 3As (ability, authority, attitude)? Can you share any specific examples of how your parliament has been successful in this process, and explain what enabled that?
• What are currently the principal challenges that parliamentarians face in carrying out effective budgetary oversight of the security and defense sector in your country? Could you provide a specific example to illustrate?
• To what extent does work across party lines influence budgetary oversight in your country, whether formally and informally? How important is multiparty debate and discussion to legislative oversight of security sector budgets and expenditures?
• How have you and your colleagues dealt with issues related to secrecy of defense and security budget and expenditure information, or related information about security force deployments, missions, and projects?

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https://africacenter.org/programs/african-parliamentarians-forum-2022/

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