WFD brings to you an annual event held by The Democracy Action

Parliamentarians serve diverse populations, composed of individuals with unique needs and experiences based on their

Political parties are often referred to as the ‘gatekeepers’ of democracy, especially when it comes to women’s politi

Artificial intelligence (AI) presents significant opportunities for parliaments to enhance their operations, to becom

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Westminster Foundation for Democracy is organizing this fourth and last session of the webinar series on public debt,

The AGORA Parliamentary Development Community of Practice will hold a workshop on "Measuring Parliaments’ Effectivene

A growing number of parliaments are working with civil society organizations to better inform and involve citizens, a

Join IPEN for an informal workshop to explore good public engagement in parliaments and how to put p

Join us for an open workshop on gender-sensitive parliaments and youth participation

The world is facing a potential new debt crisis.

Amid an unprecedented super-cycle election year and a global trend of dissatisfaction with elections, the sixth editi

Digital identity has transformed interactions and transactions that were previously only feasible in person.

Please join the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and Directorio Legislativo (DL) on Thursday, June 27 at

INTER PARES is thrilled to announce its 2024 Summer School.

The fourth clinic of the Post-Legislative Scrutiny (PLS) Community of Practice will focus on public consultation and

The second WFD post-legislative scrutiny (PL

INTER PARES presents “From Voting Booths to TikTok Activism: Understanding the Expanded Political Repertoire

Digital transformation means applying new digital-based tools and technologies to parliamentary processes and culture

Session 1:  Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 10:00–11:30 CET (interpretation in English, French and Arabic)

INTER PARES is pleased to announce its first online Youth Participation Workshop, taking place on Wednesday 1

With Hadja Lahbib, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium; Adam Bodnar, Elected Sen

Across the world, young people are under-represented, both as elected representatives in parliaments and in the polic

The Parliament of Uruguay, in collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), will host the Second World Summ

Post-legislative scrutiny (PLS) is the practice of monitoring the implementation and evaluating the impact of laws.

Information services for parliamentarians have come a long way during the past decade, from web-based intranets provi

The annual IPU Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians is a unique platform for young Members of Parliament to me

The OGP process often faces setbacks due to changes in the composition of stakeholders involved in the process.

This Public Engagement Hub seminar, jointly organised by the IPU and IPEN, will focus on teacher training by parliame

The Estonian Government will host the 2023 OGP Global Summit on September 6-7 in Tallinn, Estonia.

The IPU and the parliament of Costa Rica will host a seminar for Latin American and Caribbean parliaments.

2023 marks the mid-point in the fifteen-year run toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015 wit

This Public Engagement Hub seminar, jointly organised by IPU and IPEN, will focus on deliberative democracy methods t

This online webinar, co-hosted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Human Security For All campaign (HS4A),

This webinar looks at how data and information services can best be used to support all actors in the legislative pro

Jointly organized by the IPU, the UNECE and UNESCAP, the event will follow up on the recently adopted UNGA resolution

Following a successful first edition in 2022, INTER PARES is thrilled to open 

As parliaments develop more channels for citizens to submit their views, many are then faced with the challenge of ha

International IDEA’s Democrac

As parliaments develop more channels for citizens to submit their views, many are then faced with the challenge of ha

The House Democracy Partnership (HDP), a bipartisan Commission of the U.S.

This IPU/IPEN Public Engagement Hub seminar wi

The Institute for Parliamentary Research (IParl) will hold its first Berlin Spring Academy on Parlia

The side event will aim to inform the new General Recommendation of the Committee on the Elimination of Discriminatio

The joint IPU – UN Women Parliamentary Meeting “The role of parliaments in advancing gender equality through

This virtual learning lab, taking place within the framework of the VIII Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reductio

The European Parliament and the Swedish Riksdag are pleased to invite you to the Euro

The House Democracy Partnership (HDP), in partnership with the International Republican Institute (IRI) and

This seminar will explore how the New Zealand Parliament’s Education Team provides a wide range of education services

Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in the Legislative Process (Columbia University Pr

This meeting will be held in hybrid format on Monday, 6 February 2023, from 13:15 to 14:45 (Geneva time).

The Covid-19 pandemic saw a period of “enforced innovation” in parliamentary working methods.

On the Outskirts of Parliament: the Delegation for Women’s Rights is a PhD thesis analysing law-making in th

In view of the Common Principles ten-year anniversary in 2024, the Roundtable will be on the theme of Agile parliamen

Following the success of the International Mountain Day webinars in 2020 and 2021, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and

The relationship between women and politics

The Inter-Parliamentary Union, in collaboration with the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive

The Inter-Parliamentary Union, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND), the Youth Fusio

At the end of 2022, the world finds itself trapped beneath the weight of a multitude of old and new problems.

As part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (a global campaign held in all countries of the worl

How can parliaments protect the environment?

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the hybrid 

WFD Maldives is looking for a vendor to design and conduct an online course on parliamentary oversight and legislativ

On October 20, all members of OPeN will co-host this year’s GLOW virtual plenary, “

The OGP Europe Regional Meeting will take place in Rome, Italy on October 11-12, hosted by the Government of Italy.

The Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union (IPC-

INTER PARES is organising the “Effective Human Rights Engagement for Parliamentary Bodies”

Join us on 15 September, the International Day of Democracy, for our third edition of #DemocracyDrinks, bringing toge

In celebration of International Democracy Day 2022, the Global Dem

The purpose of this working meeting is to share lessons learned and experiences regarding parliamentary modernization

The need for an effective multilateral system has never been more important to address the nature and scale of today’

The European Endowment for Democracy (EED)

Women in politics face biased, sexist, and discriminatory media treatment. When reporters cover women leaders, they o

In September 2015, leaders of the world called for a ‘new chapter’ in global development to be achieved by 2030 throu

The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University o

A virtual event organised jointly by IPU and  UNDP in partnership with the Agora Parliamentary Development Community

OGP is calling on its community of reformers to step up and actively participate in developing a new strategy of OGP

Supplementary Human Dimension Meetings provide a platform for an exchange of views among OSCE participating States, O

The fourth panel discussion under the 'Anticipating Elections in Fiji' series will be on the following topic: Vot

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically set back progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), affecting all a

This free 3-day conference, organised by Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), will bring together the

The world is becoming more authoritarian as non-democratic regimes become increasingly brazen in their repression, an

Join WFD for this side event as part of the 

Join online roundtable that aims to contribute to a better understanding of the current and likely future effects of

Globally, illiberal actors are exploiting vulnerabilities during Covid-19, political polarization, populism, and seve