We wish to acknowledge the many Parliaments and scholars from Africa that contributed to drafting the Guidelines and bringing them to fruition, with their many comments and suggestions. In particular, we are very grateful to Justice Crabbe, the mentor of "legislative drafters" in Africa, who has honoured us with his advice and with an inspiring Foreword to the Guidelines.

We would like to thank as well the EU-institutions who have kindly allowed us to use their drafting Guide ("Joint Practical Guide of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission for Persons Involved in the Drafting of Legislation within the Community Institutions (ISBN 92-894-4063-5)"), as the model for the Guidelines for Africa.

We are grateful to the European Parliament also for the numerous revisions and the advice provided during the drafting of the Guidelines, and for for the translation of the Guidelines in French, Portuguese and Spanish.

We also express our gratitude to the Senate of France, the House of Lords of the United Kingdom and the National Assembly of Portugal for their support and advice, to the People's Assembly of Egypt for the translation in Arabic and the National Assembly of Tanzania for supporting the translation in Swahili, and to the European University Institute and the University of Pretoria for their support and hospitality.

Finally, our thanks go to the Editorial Team who have shepherded these Guidelines through to completion with both expertise and passion, in alphabetical order: Christo Botha, Tobias Dorsey, Monica Parlmirani and Giovanni Sartor.

We thank you, all contributors, for your passion and dedication without which these Guidelines would not have been possible.