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IPU Innovation Tracker
A quarterly electronic bulletin from the Centre for Innovation in Parliament
Welcome to the Innovation Tracker!
The Innovation Tracker is a blog about recent innovations in the way parliaments do their work. It is where MPs and staff find ideas for solving some of the problems they face in running an effective parliament. It covers all types of innovation in parliament, including (but not limited to) digital technologies. The Innovation Tracker also provides regular news from the Centre for Innovation in Parliament, a partnership between the IPU and parliaments to support parliamentary innovation through improved use of digital tools.All parliaments are invited to contribute ideas for inclusion in the Innovation Tracker via this online form or by e-mail to [email protected]. The Innovation Tracker is published online every three months in English, French and Spanish.
We’ll also be tweeting regularly about innovation in parliament using the hashtags #parliament #innovation. We look forward to hearing from you!
The Spanish versions of the Innovation Tracker are published on the website of the Hispanophone Hub (cip.camara.cl) which is hosted by the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, in the framework of CIP. Translations are kindly provided by IPU GRULAC.
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A quarterly electronic bulletin from the Centre for Innovation in Parliament Welcome to the Innovation Tracker! The Innovation Tracker is a blog about recent innovations in the way parliaments do their work. The Innovation Tracker is where MPs and staff find ideas for solving some of the problems they face in running an effective parliament. It covers all types of