Governance

One programme area where Dolen Cymru has been active in recent years is that of governance. Workshops have been facilitated in Lesotho on good governance, electoral transparency and the role of civil society groups in ensuring good governance. Several Unions are already linked with Unions in Lesotho and the WCVA Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Task Force, that was created to enable civil society in Wales to contribute to the achievement of the MDGs, has made Lesotho a priority country in which Welsh organisations and groups should focus their efforts.
 
Links between the National Assembly of Wales (NAW) and the Lesotho National Assembly (LNA) were forged in 2005 when a delegation of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Committee (CPA) Wales Branch visited Lesotho. Mike German AM and leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats and John Griffiths AM, Deputy Health Minister for the Welsh Assembly Government visited the NAL in October 2005 to discuss with parliamentary colleagues there how the two national assemblies could work together to improve services to members and build the capacity of their staff. Following on from this visit, five members of staff from the LNA spent two weeks on attachment at the NAW in 2006.