The Africa Parliamentary Knowledge Network (APKN) and the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel (CALC-Africa Region) are convening representatives from African parliaments and government departments at a workshop on “Building Capacity for Legislative Drafting in Africa”, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, on 4-5 July 2012. The workshop will be hosted by the Parliament of South Africa (current Chair of APKN) and supported by the Africa i-Parliament Action Plan of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA).