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International Relations
Department of International Relations and Cooperation orientation workshop
29 Jul 2014
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) provided the Committee with an orientation workshop on its work in terms of its six high-level objectives. The workshop gave an overview of South Africa’s foreign policy. There was a changing global environment. Trade and economic patterns were changing. There were new ...
International Relations
Department of International Relations and Cooperation & African Renaissance Fund on their 2014 Strategic Plans
2 Jul 2014
Chief Executive Officer of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) continued the presentation of the Department’s expenditure outcomes for 2013-14, and the overview of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) allocation. He sketched one of the Department’s main challenges -- foreign exchange movements caused by the fluctuations in ...
International Relations
Foreign Relations Sector Overview: briefing by Committee Staff & Institute for Global Dialogue
2 Jul 2014
The Committee Content Advisor briefed the Committee on South Africa’s foreign policy, highlighting that the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and IBSA (India, Brazil and South Africa) alliances showed that South Africa was very well-placed internationally.
The Committee’s Reasearcher presented an overview of the Department of International ...
International Relations
Election of Chairperson; Committee Programme
25 Jun 2014
The Committee met to elect a Chairperson for the new session of Parliament. Mr M Masango (ANC), with no objections, was elected the Chairperson.
The newly elected Chairperson briefly mentioned things that he hoped the Committee would focus on first, but highlighted that the main focus for the Committee would ...