African Official Gazettes Forum
About the Forum
A pan-African cooperation initiative for modern, standardised and open Official Gazettes — serving access to the law.
Who we are
Vision & objectives
The African Official Gazettes Forum (FAJO) is a pan-African cooperation initiative dedicated to the modernisation, standardisation and opening of Official Gazettes. It promotes access to the law, the flow of legal information and digital transformation.
Our approach builds on sharing experience, pooling good practice and adopting open standards to strengthen public trust and the effectiveness of public administrations.
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Harmonise the publication formats and standards of Official Gazettes.
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Increase the accessibility and openness of public legal data.
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Encourage innovation (digitisation, metadata, interoperability).
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Strengthen training, support and technical partnerships.
FAJO brings together administrations, experts, academics, technical partners, civil society and sponsors around a common goal: making the law more accessible, reliable and interoperable across the continent.
Our priorities
Main themes
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Governance of legal information and authentic publication.
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Open standards, persistent URIs, citability and timestamping.
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Digital transformation: OCR, indexing, APIs, search engines.
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Inclusive access: languages, accessibility, licensing and reuse.
At a glance
Practical information
eJO.Africa
African Gazettes — African Official Gazettes Forum
Announcements
- Call for papers — read the guide.
- Membership — online form.