Information and communication technologies (ICT) are essential in supporting the work of legislative bodies throughout the world.

As these technologies mature and grow in sophistication, they acquire the necessary flexibility and capabilities to assist legislatures in their most important responsibilities: making the laws that guide the nation; conducting oversight of the executive as it carries out its mandates; and communicating with the citizens, who determine who shall represent them.

In today’s “wired world” parliaments must capitalize on the benefits of ICT to function effectively, to interact with the public, and to collaborate with other parliaments around the world.

The World e-Parliament Conferences are designed to provide an opportunity to debate the challenges and benefits provided by ICT and to analyze successful approaches, and identify good practices and lessons learned. 

The Conferences are primarily aimed at parliamentarians, Secretaries General and parliamentary staff and officials who work with ICT, such as legislative staff, IT administrators, knowledge managers and librarians.

Past conferences

• World e-Parliament Conference 2007, Geneva, 10 - 12 October 2007
• World e-Parliament Conference 2008, Brussels, 25 - 26 November 2008
• World e-Parliament Conference 2009, Washington, D.C., 3 - 5 November 2009
• World e-Parliament Conference 2010, Midrand, Johannesburg, 21 - 22 October 2010

World e-Parliament Conference 2012

In 2010 the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament decided that the World e-Parliament Conferences will be held every two years, and no longer annually. Therefore, the next World e-Parliament Conference will be organized in October/November 2012. The venue and host parliament, as well as the dates, are still under discussion.