The Committee had a workshop at the University of Cape Town with students and lecturers from the Universities of the Western Cape, Stellenbosch and Cape Town. The workshop provided a platform for intellectual analysis of the current foreign policy initiatives and identified areas where focus was needed in order to deal with trends influential to the foreign policy. In opening the workshop, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, Dr Max Price, welcomed the Committee, and expressed appreciation for having been approached to host such a workshop. He went further to commit the institution to continue with the close contact with Parliament and offered to be a resource base for assisting with research and information on various topics as needed.