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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.

This report focuses on study of cases concerning organizational, political and social aspects that interfere in the successes and challenges of some experiments in legislative digital democracy.  It is the result of 4-years research on legislative e-democracy in several parliaments throughout the world, supported by University of State of Rio de Janeiro and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation from University of Harvard.

 

 

 

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.

Starting on 13 September 2011, the Senate of the Dutch Parliament will distribute its meeting documents to its 75 Senators by tablet computer. At the start of the first session after the summer recess, the Senators each received an iPad with an application (App) designed especially for the Senate. The Members of the Senate can use this modern communication tool to consult and manage the complete information flow of calendars, legislative bills, parliamentary correspondence and other meeting documents.

The Internet, specifically web-based technologies, are now central to some of the information flows associated with the operation of core components of the polity, including its democratic institutions. Such technologies have been widely characterised in the literature as offering the potential for democratic renewal and reinvigoration. This paper takes as its focus the use of new technologies, mostly web-based, by members of the devolved parliamentary legislature in Scotland. Members of Scotland’s devolved parliament make a novel case for analysis for two reasons.

Mr. K Rahman Khan, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, said the aim is to make Parliament paperless. During sessions, members get huge amounts of printed material comprising House business, reports and debates. "We will discontinue this soon," he said. "Tablets will replace paper and MPs will make better use of the literature as it can be carried, unlike voluminous paper reports."

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

• Report of the World e-Parliament Conference 2009
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• Invitation
• Welcome letter by Speaker Pelosi
• Aide memoire
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Agenda of the World e-Parliament Conference 2009