{"id":2383,"date":"2026-07-09T12:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:18:14","slug":"institute-for-peace-and-social-justice-ipsj-convened-federal-dialogue-for-constitution-making-with-ayeyarwaddy-federal-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/institute-for-peace-and-social-justice-ipsj-convened-federal-dialogue-for-constitution-making-with-ayeyarwaddy-federal-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u1004\u103c\u102d\u1019\u103a\u1038\u1001\u103b\u1019\u103a\u1038\u101b\u1031\u1038\u1014\u103e\u1004\u1037\u103a \u101c\u1030\u1019\u103e\u102f\u101b\u1031\u1038\u1010\u101b\u102c\u1038\u1019\u103b\u103e\u1010\u1019\u103e\u102f\u1021\u1004\u103a\u1005\u1010\u102e\u1000\u103b\u102f (IPSJ) \u101e\u100a\u103a \u1027\u101b\u102c\u101d\u1010\u102e \u1016\u1000\u103a\u1012\u101b\u101a\u103a\u101a\u1030\u1014\u1005\u103a\u1014\u103e\u1004\u1037\u103a\u1021\u1010\u1030 \u1016\u103d\u1032\u1037\u1005\u100a\u103a\u1038\u1015\u102f\u1036\u1021\u1001\u103c\u1031\u1001\u1036\u1025\u1015\u1012\u1031\u101b\u1031\u1038\u1006\u103d\u1032\u101b\u1031\u1038\u1021\u1010\u103d\u1000\u103a \u1016\u1000\u103a\u1012\u101b\u101a\u103a\u1006\u103d\u1031\u1038\u1014\u103d\u1031\u1038\u1015\u103d\u1032\u1010\u1005\u103a\u101b\u1015\u103a \u1000\u103b\u1004\u103a\u1038\u1015\u1001\u1032\u1037\u101e\u100a\u103a\u104b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>June 26, 2026<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The Institute for Peace and Social Justice (IPSJ) today completed the third installment of its critical working group, the <strong>Federal Dialogue Series 3: Constitution-Making for Ayeyarwaddy Federal Unit<\/strong>. The five-day workshop, held June 22\u201326, 2026, brought together 30 members of the Ayeyarwaddy Interim Measures Drafting Committee to advance foundational governance structures essential to a future federal democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emphasizing the importance of cross-regional solidarity and shared learning, the workshop also welcomes official representatives from the Magway, Sagaing, and Mandalay Federal Units. The opening day focuses on inter-unit experience sharing, enabling the Ayeyarwaddy committee to draw vital lessons, insights, and recommendations from their peers&#8217; progress nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This dialogue series marks a crucial milestone in our collective journey toward a cohesive federal democratic union,&#8221; said Dr. Thaubng Htun, Executive Director of the IPSJ. &#8220;By convening drafting committee members and representatives from other federal units, we are fostering the collaboration needed to build robust, inclusive, and highly functional state institutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A major highlight of the opening day&#8217;s proceedings is the official launch of <em>A Handbook on Transparent Legislative Process<\/em>, authored and presented by U Chan Myae. This new publication will serve as a practical, foundational resource for committee members across federal units as they draft their state&#8217;s interim measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the week, expert facilitators and resource persons\u2014including U Kyaw Kyaw, Zue Zue Myint Lwin, Yamin and Sein Thinzar Latt\u2014led participants through intensive, focused sessions. Key focus areas for the week included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Reviewing Interim Measures:<\/strong>\u00a0Comprehensive input and review of the drafted Ayeyarwaddy Interim Measures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>State Legislatures &amp; Governments:<\/strong>\u00a0Comparative analysis of unicameral versus bicameral legislatures and of parliamentary versus presidential systems, led by U Khin Maung Win.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Local Governance &amp; Autonomy:<\/strong>\u00a0Structuring effective local government institutions, facilitated by Dr. Daisy Kris.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Judiciary Systems:<\/strong>\u00a0Designing a fair, independent, and accessible state-level judiciary, under the leadership of Dr. Daisy Kris.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fiscal Federalism &amp; Resource Management:<\/strong>\u00a0Exploring resource allocation unique to the Ayeyarwaddy region with Dr. Thaung Htun, and sustainable governance and revenue-sharing strategies with Dr. Kenton.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The workshop concluded on Friday, June 26, with a strategic review of the week, outlining the remaining steps in the drafting process and establishing a roadmap for how IPSJ can further support the Ayeyarwaddy Commission in achieving its historic mandate.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 26, 2026&nbsp;\u2013 The Institute for Peace and Social Justice (IPSJ) today completed the third installment of its critical working&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383\/revisions\/2384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ipsj.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}