WHAT: Media is invited to attend the Civil Society Engagement Event.

WHO: APR Focal Points Chair Hon. Mwangi Kuinjuri, APR Panel Members and Chief Executive Officer of the APRM Secretariat Prof. Eddy Maloka and National Governing Council Chairpersons.

DATE: Tuesday – 23 August 2016

WHERE: Inter-Continental Nairobi, Kenya.

BACKGROUND: The Civil Society Outreach Event aims to draw a multifaceted engagement with differencing societal stakeholders, to discuss the important role of civil society within the workings of the APRM and its revitalization programme and to reflect on the significance and importance of the need to consolidate African civil society groups within the workings of the APRM, particularly in its revival efforts aimed at encouraging a more vibrant, dynamic and zealous engagement with this vital sector of society.