Collaboration and Networking

The approach of the

Global Centre on ICT in Parliament

26° IFLA Pre-Conference of Library and Research

Daniela Giacomelli Services for Parliaments, Stockholm, 6-9 August 2010
 The Global Centre for ICT in Parliament
Partnership initiative led by the United Nations and
the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Objectives:
• To promote the use of ICT as a means to modernize
parliamentary processes
• To strengthen the role of parliaments in the promotion of
the Information Society through fostering ICT-related
legislation
 A common framework for action

• Collaboration with national and regional parliaments,

donors, universities, civil society and international
organizations and institutions
• Sharing knowledge and coordinating actions
• Avoiding duplication of efforts
 Areas of work

• Information dissemination (Website)

• Networking (Regional parliamentary networks,
World e-Parliament Conference series,
Parliamentary Forums)
• Analytical research (Reports, Guidelines,
Handbooks)
• Technical assistance (Trainings and
Assessment missions)
 Collaboration with the IFLA Section
• Pre-conference of the IFLA Section, Cape Town, 2007
• World e-Parliament Conference, Brussels, 2008
• Guidelines on Parliamentary Websites, 2009
• Workshop for Parliamentary Libraries and Research Services,
Rome, August 2009
• World e-Parliament Conference, Washington D.C., 2009
• Workshop for Parliamentary Libraries in the framework of the
Africa Parliamentary Knowledge Network (APKN), Rome,
December 2009
• World e-Parliament Report 2010
 Opportunities for future collaboration

• World e-Parliament Conference 2010, Johannesburg,

South Africa, 21-22 October
• Training for Parliamentary Libraries in Latin America
• Handbook on Digital Libraries
The World e-Parliament
Report 2010
• 134 responses

• 109 countries
 Topics

• The continuing impact of ICT on the world of parliaments

• Communication between parliaments and citizens
• Standards for transparency and accessibility
• Planning and managing for e-Parliament
• Systems and standards for parliamentary document
• Library and research services
• Technical infrastructure
• Cooperation and collaboration
 Recent progress in inter-parliamentary
cooperation
• Cost effective means of addressing common
challenges
• Parliaments continue to seek more effective
mechanisms of cooperation
• Notable progress made by parliamentary
networks in the past two years
Participation in parliamentary networks
Areas of inter-parliamentary cooperation
Specific areas of
support in ICT Library and research services

among
parliaments
 The challenge for the international
community
• Expertise within the network not always made
available outside
• Lack of translation in concrete collaboration and
assistance programmes
• Need to leverage the forces of all players in an
effective and coordinate manner
 e-Parliament Framework 2010-2020
• Proposed by the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in
Parliament
– Information Society policy development
– Enhancing links between parliaments and citizens
– Inclusive access to a nation’s laws and legislation
– Implementation of ICT to support fundamental
parliamentary functions
– Establishment of a sustained and coordinated technical
assistance programme
 THANK YOU

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