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World e-Parliament Conference 2008 |
 On 25 and 26 November 2008 the World e-Parliament Conference 2008 will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels. The Conference represents a unique opportunity for leaders and members of parliaments, parliamentary officials and experts to exchange views at a global level on new technologies and innovation as tools to strengthen the representative, legislative and oversight functions of regional and national assemblies.
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Shaping the Information Society: the Role of Parliaments and Legislators |
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are organizing the Second Parliamentary Forum on “ Shaping the Information Society: the Role of Parliaments and Legislators” on 2 December 2008 at the International Convention Centre in Hyderabad, India. The Forum will be held on the eve of the third Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Read more... |
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The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) elects a new President |
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) today elected a new President, Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia, to replace the outgoing President, Mr. Pier Ferdinando Casini of Italy. Read more... |
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Italy to establish the IGF Italia and continue the international dialogue on Internet rights |
The organization of the national Internet Governance Forum (IGF Italia) took place on 22 and 23 October in Cagliari, Sardinia. The two-day event was followed by the Dialogue Forum on Internet Rights 2 (DFIR2), an international event held on 24 October. Read more... |
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Visit by the President of the Basque Parliament |
On 6 October, Hon. Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, President of the Basque Parliament, visited the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament in Rome to discuss future opportunities for cooperation in the e-democracy domain, particularly in light of the work undertaken by the Working Group on e-Democracy of CALRE coordinated by the Basque Parliament. On this occasion, a set of documents highlighting the findings of the Working Group on e-Democracy was provided to the electronic library of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliaments. The Basque Parliament is currently holding the presidency of CALRE (Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies). |
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The Chamber of Deputies of Chile launches Radio Cámara Online |
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On 30 September the Chamber of Deputies of Chile launched “Radio Cámara Online”, with the intent to communicate with and inform citizens on the creation, analysis, discussion and adoption of laws. Specifically this online radio service has two key objectives: to deliver information to the public on legislative matters addressed in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile in an accessible and user friendly format, and to provide and distribute legislative audio material to those in involved in broadcasting through the Audio Information Agency.
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Hansard 2.0: Designing e-Democracy into the new Australian Parliament Hansard |
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European Parliament supports alternative and community media |
The European Parliament, meeting in Brussels last week for its plenary session, adopted a report by Karin Resetarits (Die Liberalen, Austria) which calls on the European Union to encourage alternative media in Europe in order to promote pluralism and cultural diversity. Read more... |
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Launch of Europarltv, the webtv of the European Parliament |
On 17 September 2008, the European Parliament will launch on the Internet its own webTV channel: Europarltv. From that moment, anyone in the world with Internet access will be able to watch a regularly changing set of programmes based around the life of the Parliament. Parliament's webtv can be accessed at the following address from Wednesday 17 September: www.europarltv.europa.eu |
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