• European eAccessibility Forum
  12 April 2010, Paris, France
• WSIS Forum 2010
  10 -14 May 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
• IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments, 26th annual preconference: Open access to parliamentary information
  6 - 9 August 2010, Stockholm, Sweden
• IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 76th Annual General Conference and Assembly: Open access to knowledge - promoting sustainable progress
  10 - 15 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden
• Fifth IGF Meeting
  14-17 September 2010, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Fundamental to democracy: parliamentary research and library services
  1 - 4 March 2011, Canberra, ACT, Australia

9 - 11  February 2010, Cape Town, South Africa

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The fifth annual IGF Meeting will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 14-17 September 2010.

The open consultation took place on 9 February 2010 to take stock of the Sharm El Sheikh meeting and discuss the agenda and the format of the Vilnius meeting.

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The V Forum Parlamentar Ibero Americano took place in Lisbon, Portugal on 23 - 24 November 2009.
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ORGANIZERS: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in collaboration with the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

DATE: November 6, 2009

VENUE: IDB Headquarters, 1300 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

The workshop constituted a unique opportunity to strengthen the intra-Regional dialogue on the importance and the use of information and communication technologies in supporting Parliaments’ representative and legislative functions, and enhance the effectiveness, transparency and accessibility of Parliamentary operations, as well as communication with the citizens. Parliaments are uniquely positioned to use new technologies to demonstrate the broader societal impact of applying information and communication technologies to the values of openness and effectiveness in the public sphere; in this context the workshop also embraced the theme of how Parliaments can contribute to the advancement of the information society in the Region.

In particular, the workshop:
(a) discussed the role of new technologies in the transformation of Parliaments in the Latin America and Caribbean region, with special emphasis on current needs and challenges, and taking into account the discussions and conclusions of the 2009 World e-Parliament Conference;
(b) explored mechanisms to institutionalize the regional dialogue and collaboration among the legislatures in the LAC region on these themes; and
(c) identified lines for strategic action.

The working languages of the workshop were Spanish and English.

• Agenda

El Seminario Regional constituyo una oportunidad única para fortalecer el diálogo intrarregional sobre la importancia y el uso de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) para apoyar las funciones representativas y legislativas de los Parlamentos; así mismo para fortalecer la eficacia, transparencia y accesibilidad a las operaciones parlamentarias y mejorar la comunicación con los ciudadanos.  Los Parlamentos se cuentran en una posición estratégica para adoptar las nuevas tecnologías y de esta manera advertir el amplio impacto social que la aplicación de las TIC produce en los valores de apertura y eficiencia del sector público. En este contexto, el contenido del seminario también incluyo temas relacionados con la manera en que los Parlamentos pueden contribuir al fomento de la Sociedad de la Información en la región.

Específicamente, durante las sesiones del seminario:
(a) se discutia sobre el rol de las nuevas tecnologías en la transformación de los Parlamentos en la región de América Latina y el Caribe, con especial énfasis en las necesidades y desafíos más apremiantes a los que se enfrentan dichas instituciones. Además se tendrán en cuenta las discusiones y conclusiones de la Conferencia Mundial sobre el Parlamento Electrónico 2009;
(b) se exploraba los mecanismos a través de los cuales se puede institucionalizar el diálogo regional y canalizar la colaboración necesaria entre los cuerpos legislativos de la región de América Latina y el Caribe en estos temas;
(c) se identificaba líneas estratégicas de acción.

Los idiomas en los cuales se desarrollaron las sesiones de trabajo erán español e inglés.

• Orden del día

The course on Managing Legal Resources in the Semantic Web, provided and integrated approach to the management of legal documentation, as a core aspect of legislative and administrative innovation. It was held in Fiesole, Italy on 7-12 September 2009.
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The 2009 Conference on Electronic Democracy was held on 7-8 September 2009 in Vienna, Austria.
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This conference emerges from the annual EGOV conferences and it aims at establishing a scientific floor for interdisciplinary eParticipation research. It was held in Linz, Austria, from 30 August to 4 September 2009
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The World Library and Information Congress 2009, 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, took place in Milan, Italy. 
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• Transcript of the first day of open consultations - 23 February 2009
• Transcript of the second day of open consultations - 24 February 2009

The Board of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament held its second high level meeting in New York on 28 February 2008. The Board Members met in closed session to discuss the work of the Global Centre and its future activities.
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23-24 February 2009, Geneva -The consultations are open to all stakeholders and the two main items on the agenda will be:

• Taking stock of the Hyderabad Meeting and suggest improvements for the 2009 Meeting to be held in Sharm El Sheikh
• Preparing the IGF Review process.

On the 30th and 31st of October 2008, the 9th International Conference "Law via the Internet" will be hosted in Florence, organized by the Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques of the Italian National Research Council (ITTIG-CNR), acting as a member of the Legal Information Institutes network (LIIs).
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1-2 October 2008 - The UNDESA regional initiative "Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan" will hold the International Conference "Development of an equitable Information Society: the role of African Parliaments". The event will be hosted by the Parliament of Rwanda under the auspices of the Pan-African Parliament.
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8-13 September 2008 - The LEX school aims at providing knowledge of the most significant ICT standards emerging for legislation, an understanding of their impact in the different phases of the legislative process, awareness of the tools based on legislative standards, and the ability to participate in the preparation and use of standard-compliant documents throughout law-making process.
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25 June 2008 - The European Commission, Directorate General for Informatics (IDABC), organised a special event in Brussels aiming to present and inform on the new version of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) intended to support the European Union's strategy of providing user-centred eGovernment services by facilitating, at a pan-European level, the interoperability of services and systems between public administrations, as well as between administrations and the public.
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9 – 10 June 2008 - The Regional Secretariat for South East European Parliamentary Cooperation and the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament organized on 9-10 June in Sofia the International Workshop on E-Parliament–Challenges and Opportunities of the Regional Approach. The event was held in conjunction with the Sixth General Assembly of the International Parliamentarians’ Association for Information Technology.

At the International Conference "Africa Parliamentary Knowledge Network – Building together Open and Learning Parliaments in Africa", hosted by the People’s Assembly of Egypt on 4 and 5 June 2008, participants reiterated the need for the establishment of the Africa Parliamentary Knowledge Network for sharing knowledge, experiences and practices, and agreed on the text of the Charter for the Network to be submitted to their respective parliaments for endorsement. 
Chair Summary >>
APKN Charter >>
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4 June 2008 - a new meeting of the CEN/ISS MetaLex workshop was organized in Porotoro in conjunction with the 2008 e-Justice & e-Law international conference hosted by the EU president Slovenia

19 May 2008 - The Internet Society of Italy (ISOC) organized a one-day workshop on the Italian chapter of the Internet Society in preparation for the next Internet Governence Forum (IGF) to be held in Hyderabad, India (December 2008)
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14 - 15 May 2008 - The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, through the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, held the parliamentary forum “Shaping the Information Society: the Role of Parliaments and Legislators” at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The meeting was convened in conjunction with a cluster of events that is organized in Geneva from 13 to 23 May 2008 to advance the implementation process of the World Summit on the Information Society.
Presentations made at the event are now available>>>
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The Tenth European Parliaments Research Initiative conference on ICT for Parliamentarians was hosted by the Houses of the Oireachtas (Parliament of Ireland) in Dublin on 27 and 28 March 2008.
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12 December 2007- The Council of Europe's Ad hoc Committee on e-democracy (CAHDE), in co-operation with the Austrian Parliament, organized an expert workshop on 'Comprehensive eParliament – of service to elected representatives and citizens'.
The workshop took place in Vienna immediately before the Fourth meeting of CAHDE Informal Working Group (IWG) which was held on 13 and 14 December .

10-11 December 2007 - The Africa i-Parliament Action Plan, a United Nations initiative in support of African Parliaments organized a closed workshop in Hatfield Campus - University of Pretoria, South Africa.  The Workshop aimed at finalizing the African Legislative Drafting Recommendations by bringing together the best experts in legislative drafting from the three main African legislative traditions (English, French and Portuguese) in keeping with the spirit of safeguarding differences while promoting harmonization.
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 12-15 November  - The Internet Governance Forum (IGF)  is a worldwide organization that supports the United Nations with issues regarding internet governance. The 2nd meeting was hosted by the Government of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.
Official web site of the IGF is http://www.intgovforum.org/
web site of the host country is http://www.igfbrazil2007.br/

12 November 2007 - A meeting of Parliamentarians was held as part of the programme of the second meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, hosted by the Government of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro on 12 - 15 November 2007. The meeting provided parliamentarians with an opportunity to discuss and share views on matters related to Internet Governance.
Official web site of the IGF is http://www.intgovforum.org/
web site of the host country is http://www.igfbrazil2007.br/

8 November 2007 - The conference is organised by Headstar, with support from the Hansard Society. Topics to be discussed include the rise of e-petitions, local councillors’ use of the web, how the internet is being used in campaigning and the future of eDemocracy.
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11 October 2007 - The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP), held the first World e-Parliament Conference in Geneva.
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Presentations made at the events are now available>>>

3 - 4 October -  69 speakers representing 21 countries will discuss about questions raised by the ICT explosion in our everyday life, particularly by Web 2.0 phenomenon applied to democratic life and public services.
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 26-30 September 2007 - The NALIT Professional Development Seminar provides a combination of educational sessions, demonstrations and exhibits, and networking opportunities. This year's seminar will offer general sessions and three tracks focusing on issues important to technical specialists, IT managers and others interested in policy and management issues related to legislative information technology.
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17 September 2007 - The Workshop will contextualise the significant achievements of the vision of the global digital divides and policies promoted at WSIS by taking into account new theories of the nature of ‘information society’.
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10-15 September 2007 - The LeX school is an intensive, 6-day program aimed at providing knowledge of the most significant ICT standards emerging for legislation and an understanding of their impact in the different phases of the legislative process.
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15-17 August -  The Conference brought together library professionals and researchers to unravel different aspects of the theme "Innovation and Creativity in Parliamentary Libraries and Research Services – Development Through Learning".
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4-6 July - The course, jointly organized by the Basque parliament and the internal affairs department of the Basque government in the framework of the Summer Courses of the University of the Basque Country,  is oriented to develop theoretical and practical capacity building to design and deploy information and participation strategies through ICT.
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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) organized jointly a meeting of high-level experts, in Geneva on 21-22 June 2007, to identify key trends and to address the new technological and policy challenges in the digital content delivery environment.
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12 - 15 July - The 5th International Conference on Politics and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications will provide a forum for discussing solutions and problems of the applications of ICT in Politics and Society and contribute to facilitating a mutual comprehensive dialogue and a synergic relationship between politicians and the ICT community.
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11 June 2007 - The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Inter-Parliamentary Union organized a briefing for Permanent Representatives and Permanent Observers to the United Nations on the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament's goals, activities and initial achievements. The briefing, held as part of the Global Centre's advocacy and raising-awareness activities, was attended by around sixty delegates from more than thirty Member States.

A workshop on Legal Ontologies and Artificial Intelligence Techniques  was held on 4 June 2007 at the Stanford University , USA, in conjunction with ICAIL-07 (International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law).
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A meeting on  Parliaments in the Information Age: mobilizing stakeholders around concrete initiatives was held on 24 May, at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, as part of a cluster of events related to the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

26-28 April 2007
The seminar was organized by ECPRD and the Bureau of Research of Chancellery of the Sejm in Warsaw.

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23 to 24 April 2007
The Council of Europe symposium “e-democracy: new opportunities for enhancing civic participation”, took place at the Palais de l’Europe, Strasbourg (France) from 23 to 24 April 2007. The symposium discussed the nature and added value of e-democracy, based on lessons learnt from e-democracy experiences in Council of Europe member states, and identify areas for future research.

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20 March 2007

An International workshop “Towards the establishment of an African Parliamentary Knowledge Network on ICT, legislation and documentation" (APKN) was held on 20 March 2007 to exchange ideas and agree on a common framework for the establishment of an APKN. The workshop, hosted by the National Assembly of Nigeria, was organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The workshop was held in conjunction with the International Conference on African Legal Resources.

3-4 March 2007
The International Conference “The policymaking role of Parliaments in the development of the Information Society” was organized by the Chamber of Deputies of Italy. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) provided substantive and technical inputs to the Conference through the Global Centre for Information and Communication Technologies in Parliament.

14-17 January 2007

The Fifth General Assembly of the IPAIT (International Parliamentarians' Association for Information Technology) convened at the Finnish Parliament, Helsinki, from January 14 to January 17, 2007.

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7-9 December 2006 
JURIX held its 19th international conference in Paris from 7-9 December 2006. JURIX is a forum for research on information technology as applied to the law, and in particular on the development and application of artificial intelligence in the legal domain.

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30-31 October 2006 
The annual plenary session took place in Venice. Hosted by the Regional Parliament of Veneto, the meeting was the 10th anniversary of CALRE, and it was also a good occasion for debating the role of Regional Legislative Assemblies, of CALRE and the future of European Union.

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25-27 October 2006 
This 3-day Congress brought together communication professionals engaged in development initiatives, policymakers, development practitioners, donor and civil society organization representatives, community representatives, and academics from around the world to share experiences and best practices on the importance of communication for development and how it contributes to better development effectiveness.

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19 October 2006 
The conference will explore the relationship between parliaments and parliamentary channels and/or public broadcasters and try to identify good examples that may serve as inspiration for others, as well as examples of sharing experiences and materials.

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18-20 October 2006 
During three days, political leaders, regional and centralized administration representatives together with business leaders, consultancies, university administrators and simple militant citizens participated in eDemocracy and eGovernment-focused debates, with the aim of trying to determine what type of interconnected society is required. To such end, good practices from all around the world were shared.

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10-14 October 2006 
The seminar was an annual event that brought together state legislative information technology professionals interested in advancing the effectiveness and efficiency of state legislatures through the use of technology. This year's seminar offered two tracks: one for technical specialists and one for managers and others interested in policy and management issues related to legislative information technology.

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5-6 October 2006 
Aimed mainly at IT professionals and IT decision makers of European parliaments, the meeting provided a platform for exchanging experiences and views on the use and application of ICT to parliamentary work.

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20-24 August 2006
The theme of the conference was "Libraries: Dynamic Engines for the Knowledge and Information Society"

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14-18 August 2006 
The National Association for Legislative Information (NALIT) hosted five sessions and conducted their annual business meeting at the 2006 NCSL Annual Meeting, NALIT session topics included security awareness, disaster recovery, and new technologies.

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26-28 July 2006 
The symposium's objective was to discuss the evolving relationship between eGovernment and eParticipation and to critically re-examine the way in which "readiness" in these areas is defined and measured globally.

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July 20-23, 2006
Politicians need to understand the internet much better and the ICT community needs to understand politics more if this Dialogue of the Deaf is to be transformed in a mutual comprehensive dialogue and in a synergic relationship. The purpose of PISTA '06 was to contribute by bridging efforts done in order to get an approach in the dialogue between both communities.

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21-24 June 2006 
The Assembly addressed themes such as the parliamentary websites on Internet, Information Technology as a key to efficient education and Information Technology as a mean of good governance.

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14-16 June 2006 
The main focus of the workshop was on the presentation, comparison and discussion of concrete experiences and projects, especially those carried out by public administrations, with the purpose of sharing knowledge and best practices.

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17 May 2006 
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) convened a meeting on "Parliaments and the Information Society: Enhancing cooperation and building partnerships" on 17 May 2006, Palais des Nations, Geneva.
This meeting, open to all stakeholders, provided an opportunity to share information and exchange views on the potential of new technologies to strengthen Parliaments' strategic role in promoting good governance, and to present relevant programmes and initiatives and identify possible ways of collaboration.

3-5 May 2006
Part of the IST-Africa Initiative, which is supported by the European Commission under the IST Programme of Framework Programme 6 (FP6), IST-Africa 2006 is the first in an Annual Conference Series which brought together delegates from commercial, government & research organisations across Africa and from Europe, to bridge the Digital Divide by sharing knowledge, experience, lessons learnt and good practice.

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24 April 2006  
For parliaments across the world, relations with and representation of citizens are of fundamental importance and many parliaments are innovating in this area. Parliaments have much to say on these aspects, and while they naturally are more concerned with "reconnecting" on national issues, the European debate has a lot to learn from these lessons. This meeting focused on examining national parliaments strategies for re-connecting, and if and how European issues could be integrated into these plans.

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15-16 March 2006 
The European Parliaments Research Initiative (EPRI) held its 8th Annual Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Prague. Theme of the Conference was “At the cross point of e-Government & e-Democracy: How ICT in the parliamentarian environment is setting standards in participation and usage”.

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16 November 2005 
The round table objective was to contribute to the debate on technical assistance and experience sharing to strengthen institutional capacity of legislative assemblies through the use of ICT, with a particular focus on Africa.

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10-11 February 2005
Parliaments' Information Management in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities of ICTs to Strengthen Democracy and Parliamentary Governance. The Conference created an opportunity for African Parliaments to appreciate the complex scenario of issues, constraints and diversified resources that African Parliaments need to acknowledge and address for the successful deployment of ICTs in their legislatures.

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