This overview summarises the regional seminar on parliamentary work. It is centred on four domains: oversight of the executive power, the evolution of the role of parliamentary committees, the status and the management of the parliamentary administration and finally a presentation of AGORA, the portal for the parliamentary development. This seminar took place on October 18th and 19th, 2011 at Libreville with the  support of the French National Assembly, the National Assembly of Gabon and UNDP.