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Sub-Saharan Africa

The Austrian Parliament is engaged in exchanges with the National Assembly of Zambia as part of various projects.

Inter Pares

INTER PARES is an EU project aimed at strengthening parliaments in third countries. Since 2024, the Austrian Parliament has been cooperating with the National Assembly of Zambia as part of this project. The main focus is on democracy education and strengthening parliamentary oversight powers. Administrative exchanges take place on site and via online conferences between the Zambian National Assembly, the Irish Parliament, the German Bundestag, and the Austrian Parliament.

As part of the measures in the field of democracy education, the Zambian National Assembly, in collaboration with INTER PARES, organised the Youth Parliamentary Academy (YPA) in Lusaka, Zambia. In November 2024, young people from all provinces of the country contributed ideas on promoting youth participation and democracy education. Through workshops, they gained insights into the workings of the Zambian, Irish, and Austrian Parliaments.

North-South cooperation

As part of parliamentary North-South cooperation, Austria engaged in an exchange with the National Assembly of Zambia from 2022 to 2023.

As part of the EU programme ‘Support to Effectiveness and Transparency in Management of Public Resources (EFFECT)’, the National Assembly of Zambia approached the Austrian Parliament to learn more about the involvement of the Parliament’s Budget Office in the budgetary process and to discuss benchmarking the budget analysis procedure. During a series of reciprocal visits at the level of MPs and civil servants, an in-depth exchange took place on best practice models.

Nigeria

In 2023, a delegation of officials from the Nigerian Parliament visited Austria. Shortly afterwards, a further delegation of MPs interested in Austrian parliamentary practice followed. Their focus was on various aspects such as the Visitor Center, the concept of the ‘Open Parliament’ and active citizen participation. The committee system, which plays a central role in the political process, also attracted the delegates’ attention. In addition, they were very interested in the significant role played by the Constitutional Court in the legislative process.