• Agenda and Annotated Agenda (PDF)

 

13 September
08:00 am – 09:15 am	Registration of delegates

The World e-Parliament Conference 2012 was held at the Chamber of Deputies of Italy, in Rome, on 13, 14 and 15 September. The Conference concluded on the International Day of Democracy, established in 2008 by the UN General Assembly.

The school provided knowledge of the most significant ICT standards emerging for legislation, judiciary, parliamentary and administrative documents. The course provided an understanding of their impact in the different phases of the legislative and administrative process, awareness of the tools based on legal XML standards and their constellations, and the ability to participate in the preparation and use of standard-compliant documents throughout law-making process.
This year the course took place in Ravenna, Italy, on 10-15 September 2012.
It was followed on 17-18 September by a Akoma Ntoso Developers Workshop.

 

 

 

The Reports, prepared by the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, intend to help legislatures to harness the potential benefits of ICT for their work and establish key goals and priorities for exploiting this valuable resource. While providing evidence of the complexities of e-parliament, the Reports suggest ways to overcome some of the obstacles to the effective use of technology in parliamentary settings.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Cameroon, Hosung Lee, says the National Assembly of Korea recently decided to donate computers to the National Assembly of Cameroon.

This handbook, published by the Council of Europe, is written for governments and organisations considering whether or not to conduct eVoting pilot schemes and trials or to make eVoting a feature of their electoral system. It reviews relevant issues such as building and safeguarding trust in the system, the value of open-source software and the implications of a voter verifiable audit paper trail. Concrete eVoting issues are discussed in the framework of the electoral cycle.

There is a general lack of knowledge regarding the range of technologies being used for capturing and reporting parliamentary proceedings; the benefits and drawbacks of each approach; the appropriateness of each technology in a specific context, taking into account differences in income level, language and culture among countries; and the opportunities for bi-lateral or multi-lateral cooperation that exist, regardless of the development level of each parliament.

Panelists

Moderator: 

Austin M. Zvoma, Clerk of the Parliament of Zimbabwe

Panelists: 

Juha-Pekka Leskinen, IT Manager, Parliament of Finland

Dan Landau, Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Knesset of Israel

Arik Fischel, Director of IT, Knesset of Israel

Plusieurs parlements ont introduit un certain nombre de technologies directement dans la salle plénière. Le Rapport mondial 2010 sur l’e-Parlement a constaté, par exemple, que 81% des parlements ont, ou le prévoient et envisagent, un système de vote électronique pour les séances plénières. Le mode primaire d’identification est une carte ou un jeton (58%) ; les autres, actuellement utilisés par beaucoup moins de parlements, incluent la biométrie, l'emplacement du siège de chaque parlementaire et les mots de passe. Quatre législatures ont indiqué qu'ils utilisent deux méthodes.

Panelists

Moderator: 

David Addow-Quarshie, Director of the ICT Department, Parliament of Ghana

Panelists: 

João Batista de Holanda Neto, IT Analyst, Senate of Brazil

Enrico Seta, Head of the International Office, Studies and Research Department, Chamber of Deputies of Italy

Fariza Emra, IT Analyst, House of Representatives of Indonesia

The preservation of the parliamentary records in multiple formats poses important concerns, especially because of the need for effective policies, sound management practices, and the capacity to accommodate constantly evolving technologies. Different organizations within a parliament may have overlapping responsibilities for managing, distributing, and preserving its records, and it can sometimes be difficult to reconcile competing mandates. Potential conflicts may need to be resolved by the Secretary General or occasionally by higher authorities.

Panelists

Moderator: 

Zwelethu L. Madasa, Clerk of the Pan-African Parliament

Panelists: 

Radhakrishna Lutchmana Padayachie, Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration of the Republic of South Africa

Jeffrey Griffith, Senior Advisor, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

1. Governing at a time of technological changes
2. An overview of the findings of the World e-Parliament Report 2010

Statements and Presentations - World e-Parliament Conference 2009

Agenda of the World e-Parliament Conference 2009

The World e-Parliament Conference 2009, took place on 3, 4 and 5 November 2009 at the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., was built on the results of two previous conferences held respectively in Geneva (2007) and Brussels (2008), as well as on the findings of the World e-Parliament Report 2008. The 2009 event was co-organized by the United Nations, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the U.S. House of Representatives and the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament.