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Issue 15
IPU Innovation Tracker
The quarterly electronic bulletin from the Centre for Innovation in Parliament
Issue 15
In this edition we look at two aspects of digital transformation in parliaments. Firstly, the all-digital chamber and the potential positive impacts on delivering services to members, achieving increased openness and a greener working environment. Second, we look at the considerations that parliaments have for adopting the cloud (or not).
Innovation Tracker contributions
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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 CIP team spoke with Vaapi Kaenda, System Administrator at the Parliament of Namibia, about the “digital-first” chamber that was introduced in 2020, and the impacts for a more open and greener Parliament.
The Transforming Parliaments webinar on Cloud computing: Choosing the best approach brought together parliaments to look at the different cloud services available to parliaments and some specific use cases to support parliamentary processes and business.
The CIP team spoke to Isabel Aires do Nascimento, IT Manager of the Parliament of Mozambique, on the potential of the cloud in her Parliament.