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Networks of Public Accounts Committees:
Approaches to Capacity Building
Mitchell O’BrienGovernance Specialist
Team Lead – Parliamentary Strengthening Program World Bank
What is a Parliamentary Network?o Parliamentary Network = Formal associations of parliamentary institutions
characterized by a set of relationships, personal interactions, and connections among participants.
o There is an emphasis on information flow and helpful linkages. o A Parliamentary Network is the term used in the parliamentary community to describe
what, in other fields, are called Communities of Practice (CoP) or learning networks.
Parliament is a practice, not a science o Learning networks made up of a community of practitioners are able to collect both
tacit (informal) and explicit (formal) knowledge from individual experts from diverse sources and from, potentially, remote locations, in order to benefit the learning community.
NAPAC is a Community of Practitionerso The parliamentary community has embraced this approach as it facilitates PACs from
multiple jurisdictions learning from each other.
Outline1. Common Design Features of Networks2. Examples of Capacity Building Techniques3. Discussion 4. Working Groups
Recurring Qualities/ Design Features of Successful
Learning Networks
Common Design Features
There are recurring qualities/ design features that can be grouped around the following attributes: Size (number of members) Purpose or objective (achievement of a mutual goal) Degree of formality (informal ↔ formal) Level of members’ commitment Leadership (the degree of sustained leadership by members, for
instance if the CoP is based on distributed leadership in which multiple core members serve as leaders)
Self-organizing vs. sponsored
Moving from Inception to Implementation
What does NAPAC do now?
How does NAPAC do it?
Examples of Capacity Building techniques used by other PAC Networks
Capacity Building Techniques-A Institutional and organizational support to network secretariats to assist them
in stewarding learning networks and communitiesExamples:o Network working groups focused on specific topics, or network
organizational issues such as communication strategies/ operational elements (ARAPAC)
o TA to network Secretariat to enhance know-how on using social learning methods in Network activities
South-South & South-North Exchange - Learning between networks Examples:o NAPAC and other PAC networkso NAPAC and other national, regional, or global networks such as
AFROSAI Knowledge exchange activities within the network guided through a
membership mappingExamples:o Bringing together NAPAC champions and PACs that have identified a
similar capacity constraint
Capacity Building Techniques - B Peer exchange/assist
Examples:o EAAPAC Pilot Peer Assist for South Sudano SADCOPAC Clerk Attachment process
Structured learning around technical areas in order to enhance operational effectiveness
Examples:o Targeted training for Clerks at the end of larger network gatherings
Integrating networking and community strengthening elements as part of traditional knowledge exchange and structured learning activities
Examples:o Surfacing common topics of interest/ concern during knowledge
exchange activities; and helping to design community learning responses to build and share experience (Good practice development process)
Capacity Building Techniques - C Action-orientated planning/ Value creation
Examples: o Convening PAC Members, Committee Clerks and
other parliamentary institutions, to collaboratively develop approaches to performance challenges
Participatory knowledge capture techniques Examples:
o Using Wikispaces during knowledge exchange and structured training activities, to create a shared memory and understanding as to technical content and experience shared.
Discussion?