About the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission (ENDC)

Our Objectives

Functions and Responsibilities

To fulfill its mission, the Commission:

1/ It shall establish Committees and teams of experts that will facilitate and implement dialogues, conduct studies and generate recommendations;

2/ It shall study national dialogue processes that had been carried out by governmental or non-governmental entities and their outcomes, and shall use the same as input in national deliberations it will conduct;

3/ It shall identify differences among different political and opinion leaders and also between societies on national issues through studies, public discussions or other appropriate modalities;

4/ Craft agenda for dialogue, based on issues identified in accordance with Sub-Article (3) of this Article organize dialogues and facilitate deliberations;

5/ It shall organize and convene dialogue forums at the Federal and Regional levels that would bring about national consensus with the participation of representatives of various segments of society drawn from the entire country;

6/  It shall identify and enable participants to take part at a national dialogue conference in accordance with clear criteria, issued detail Directive on this matter;

7/ It shall cause dialogues to be chaired by commissioners or facilitators to be appointed by the Council of Commission, it ensures that the person who are appointed as facilitators meet the qualifications for Commissioner as provides under Article 13 of this Proclamation as much as possible;

8/ It shall appoint professionals who will take minutes of dialogues, consolidate and organize the recommendations of the dialogues and present the same to the Council of Commission;

9/ It shall enact and implement internal Regulations and Directives pertaining to the secretariat internal working procedures, the selection of topics or Agenda for the dialogue and selection of participants to take part in National Dialogue forums;

10/ Prepare a document for the National Dialogue Conference Agendas, the process of the dialogues, the recommendations obtained from the dialogues and strategies to implement the recommendations, and submit the same to the House of Peoples’ Representatives, to the Executive organ and to the relevant organs, and also disclose to the public;

11/ Provide support to the government in the preparation of a clear and concrete plan that would enable it to implement the recommendations arising out of the national dialogue;

12/ It shall devise a system to monitor the implementation of recommendations;

13/ It shall carry out other activities necessary to accomplish its objectives.