Objectives of the Conference The conference was aimed at delegates discussing and sharing experiences on a wide range of issues including: . Management of Affairs in the CPA Africa Region; . Constitutional Reforms and other strategies to entrench the gender agenda; . Achieving Millennium Development Goals through Gender Budgeting; . Impact and implication of the financial meltdown on sustainable development; . Have the principles of separation of powers, checks and balances been achieved among African Commonwealth States; . Electoral reforms and political stability in Africa; . Management of political parties in the democratization process in Africa.