A global partnership of political parties

In April 2016, political parties from Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa gathered for the first time in Jakarta to explore how our three continents could work more closely together.

- PEACE-MAKER JOSE DE VENECIA JR. FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

It was a modest meeting, but in many ways historic. For the first time, major political party organizations met as partners, recognizing that the challenges we face no longer stop at national or even regional borders.The gathering brought together ICAPP, the International Conference of Asian Political Parties, which we founded in Manila in 2000 and which now represents some 350 political parties from 52 Asian countries; COPPPAL, the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean, established in 1979 by our late friend Gustavo Carvajal Moreno of Mexico and representing 70 parties from 30 nations; and CAPP, the Council of African Political Parties, formed in 2013 and composed of 58 parties from 38 African countries.

Followup meetings in Tegucigalpa in 2017 and in Moscow in 2018 deepened conversations among the three regions. Despite vast differences in culture, history, and political traditions, our continents share many common concerns and the same desire for peace, stability, and progress.