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The Report of the World e-Parliament Conference 2008 is now available.

The World e-Parliament Conference 2008 took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on 25 and 26 November 2008. The Conference was co-organized by the European Parliament and the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, a joint initiative of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and a core group of partners, established in 2006 to promote the role of parliaments in advancing the Information Society goals as well as the effective use of ICT for the modernization of parliamentary processes.

The World e-Parliament Conference provided an opportunity to debate the challenges and benefits provided by ICT and analyzed successful approaches, identified good practices and lessons learned.
The Conference was aimed at parliamentarians, Secretaries General and parliamentary staff and officials who work with ICT, such as legislative staff, IT administrators, knowledge managers and librarians.

The World e-Parliament Conference 2010 took place on 21 and 22 October 2010 at the Pan-African Parliament in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. The event was co-organized by the United Nations, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Parliament of South Africa, the Pan-African Parliament and the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament.
Speeches and presentations

Les Nations Unies et l'Union interparlementaire ont publié le Rapport mondial 2010 sur l'e-Parlement. Le Rapport, préparé par le Centre mondial pour les TIC au Parlement, vise à aider les législatures à tirer profit des bénéfices potentiels des TIC dans leur travail et à établir les objectifs et priorités clés pour exploiter cette importante ressource. Tout en mettant en évidence la complexité de l'e-parlement, le Rapport suggère des voies et moyens de surmonter certains des obstacles à l'utilisation effective de la technologie dans l'environnement parlementaire.

Open discussion with the audience

Open discussion with the audience

Presentation by Cecilia Matanga, Programme Officer, Africa i-Parliament Action Plan, UN/DESA

Introductory remarks by chair and moderator, José Pedro Montero, Secretary General, House of Representatives of Uruguay

Presentation by Innis Montgomery, Director of Technology, Parliamentary ICT, Parliament of the United Kingdom

Presentation by Fernando Milan Zuber, IT Director, Chamber of Deputies of Mexico

Open discussion with the audience

Introductory remarks by chair and moderator, Andreas Sidler, CIO, Parliament of Switzerland

Presentation by Bruno Penne, IT Expert, House of Representatives of Belgium

Presentation by Arik Fischel, Head of the IT Department, Parliament of Israel