The IPU facilitates parliamentary diplomacy and empowers parliaments and parliamentarians to promote peace, democracy and sustainable development around the world.
Nearly every country in the world has some form of parliament. Parliamentary systems fall into two categories: bicameral and unicameral. Out of 190 national parliaments in the world, 78 are bicameral (156 chambers) and 112 are unicameral, making a total of 268 chambers of parliament with some 44,000 members of parliament. IPU membership is made up of 180 national parliaments
The Parliamentary Forum at the HLPF is designed to engage parliamentarians in assessing progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global level.
Throughout the year, the IPU and its Members organize many events for parliamentarians to exchange good practices, acquire the latest information and identify avenues for action.
The IPU has been collecting data on parliaments since its inception in 1889, including information on women’s participation in politics since 1945. In this section, discover the IPU's knowledge bank for and about parliaments.
Innovation becomes established in parliaments through different institutional mechanisms. The Directorate for Modernization, Innovation and Institutional Strengthening in the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina was initially conceived as a consultative space to promote more transparency and citizen participation. It gradually consolidated its status as the driving force behind the Chamber's innovative thinking and implementation, and was in the frontline of the response to COVID-19.
The hub team is currently preparing a set of videos aimed at introducing to newcomers the hub and modalities of data exchange with the Open Data Inter-Parliamentary Cloud. Beyond English and Portuguese, those videos will be translated to French and Spanish through a collaborative work with the European Parliament.
The Chamber of Deputies of Brazil and IPU also signed a new Memorandum of Understanding extending the collaboration within the CIP framework throughout 2021 and 2022.
The Knesset of Israel launched the thematic hub entitled 'Transparency - the Next Generation' on 15 February 2021. The launch was conducted via a virtual event that saw the participation of an initial core group of transparency leads from the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, House of Commons of Canada, Parliament of Cyprus, Bundestag of Germany, Parliament of Ghana, Hellenic Parliament of Greece, Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay and the Knesset. The meeting - aside from introducing the hub's concept and rationale - featured exploratory discussions on transparency developments and innovations and what could be next in the parliamentary transparency context. A follow up meeting is scheduled to take place in April that intends to focus on hub objectives, work planning and next steps. The hub is keen to see the participation of additional parliaments to the core group.
The drivers of transparency towards the end goals of engagement, participation and trust. Source: Transparency Hub
The Knesset of Israel launched the thematic hub entitled 'Transparency - the Next Generation' on 15 February 2021. The launch was conducted via a virtual event that saw the participation of an initial core group of transparency leads from the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, House of Commons of Canada, Parliament of Cyprus, Bundestag of Germany, Parliament of Ghana, Hellenic Parliament of Greece, Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay and the Knesset. The meeting - aside from introducing the hub's concept and rationale - featured exploratory discussions on transparency developments and innovations and what could be next in the parliamentary transparency context. A follow up meeting is scheduled to take place in April that intends to focus on hub objectives, work planning and next steps. The hub is keen to see the participation of additional parliaments to the core group.
The drivers of transparency towards the end goals of engagement, participation and trust. Source: Transparency Hub
The hub team is currently preparing a set of videos aimed at introducing to newcomers the hub and modalities of data exchange with the Open Data Inter-Parliamentary Cloud. Beyond English and Portuguese, those videos will be translated to French and Spanish through a collaborative work with the European Parliament.
The Chamber of Deputies of Brazil and IPU also signed a new Memorandum of Understanding extending the collaboration within the CIP framework throughout 2021 and 2022.
This eighth edition of the Innovation Tracker investigates how innovation becomes established in parliamentary development and planning through the case study of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina. We also report on the Parliamentary Roundtable at the virtual Internet Governance Forum 2020, and present the new IPU Social Media Guide for Parliaments and Parliamentarians. There are updates from the CIP hubs, the CIP Steering Committee on preparations for the upcoming World e-Parliament Report.
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View the monthly ranking of women in national parliaments Our shared commitments Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Member States have recognized the equal right of women and men to participate in public