Parliamentary assistance
Project contact
Antje Fritz
Deputy Head of Southeast Europe Division
Project overview
DCAF supports Western Balkan parliaments and independent oversight bodies to play a more effective role in the democratic governance of national security sectors. To this end, parliamentary assistance projects contribute to five main objectives:
- Strengthening capacities of parliaments to legislate and oversee national security sectors
- Raising awareness on international standards and good practices in the work of parliaments and independent oversight bodies through development and delivery of knowledge products
- Enhancing national exchange and dialogue between parliamentary committees and national justice and security actors
- Providing parliamentary committees and independent oversight bodies with access to independent policy expertise
- Fostering regional parliamentary cooperation related to security sector governance