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Issue 14
IPU Innovation Tracker
The quarterly electronic bulletin from the Centre for Innovation in Parliament
Issue 14
In this edition we look at the highlights of the discussions during the launch of the World e-Parliament Report. We look at how the Chamber of Deputies of Italy and the Parliament of Malawi digitally transform parliamentary processes and work, and announce the 3rd edition of the Transforming Parliaments webinar series.
Innovation Tracker contributions
We are posting examples of innovation in parliament on Twitter using the hashtags #innovation #parliament. Please join us in using these hashtags, or send us good examples that we can share!
Do you have an example of innovative parliamentary working methods to share in the Innovation Tracker? Tell us about it via this online form or by e-mail to [email protected].
Innovation in parliamentary working methods
The World e-Parliament Report 2022, the seventh in the series, focuses on how parliaments have been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, revealing how innovation and digital technologies are offering greater potential for improvements in parliamentary functioning.
On 25 January 2023, the IPU’s Centre for Innovation in Parliament held a webinar as part of the launch of the World e-Parliament Report 2022. The event looked at how the period of “enforced innovation” brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic had affected parliamentary working methods and practices.
Hybrid sittings have demonstrated their worth in times of crisis. But they can now be seen as valuable tools for building more accessible and inclusive institutions.
The Chamber of Deputies of Italy is embracing and promoting the benefits of a modern workplace, showing how hybrid technologies can support more efficient working practices and make the legislative processes more resilient.
The National Assembly of Malawi has recently modernized its parliamentary reporting processes by introducing new digital tools and methods to record and produce transcripts of plenary proceedings.
The third Transforming Parliaments webinar series will kick off in May. The series is an opportunity for anyone interested in the digital transformation of parliament to exchange experiences with a global community of practice.