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Connecting the superpowers of ‘digital natives’ with parliament
Summary
Bringing together the perspectives of parliaments and young people, this roundtable considers opportunities and challenges for connecting parliament with ‘digital natives’, born or brought up during the age of digital technology. How can digital natives engage parliaments in efforts towards transparency, accountability and participation? How can parliaments draw upon the skills and know-how of young people to strengthen their practices?
Join us for a conversation that explores what digital natives have to offer to parliaments and vice versa, how this complements parliaments’ search for efficiency and independence, and what this could look like in practice.
Roundtable participants
Pradip Khatiwada, Executive Director, Youth Innovation Lab, Nepal
Hanah Lahe, Member of the Riigikogu, Estonia
Andres Lomp, Community Engagement Manager, Parliament of Victoria, Australia
Nerima Wako, Executive Director, SIASA Place, Kenya
Moderators
Lotte Geunis, Inter Pares
Andy Richardson, IPU
Language(s): English, French
This webinar is jointly organised by the IPU, the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN) and INTER PARES.
The event is part of the series of webinars hosted by the Public engagement hub in IPU’s Centre for Innovation in Parliament in follow-up to the 2022 IPU-UNDP Global Parliamentary Report on Public engagement in the work of parliament and the INTER PARES webinar series “The Rising Tide of Youth — Engaging A New Generation of Citizens”.
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