17:00-18:00 CET

Jointly organised by IPEN and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), this Public Engagement Hub seminar will explore how the Mexican Parliament engages with citizens.

Dr Khemvirg Puente will outline a range of public engagement initiatives, including the Legislative Museum of the Chamber of Deputies (Museo Legislativo), the Parliamentary TV and Radio Channel (Canal del Congreso), the Citizen website (Portal Ciudadano), the Open Parliament Agenda, the Children’s Parliament, the Youth Parliament and the Women’s Parliament. The speaker will also reflect on the effectiveness of these tools in engaging citizens and enhancing trust.

Speaker: Dr Khemvirg Puente (Politics Professor, National Autonomous University of Mexico and Former Chairperson of the Advisory Council of the Mexican Congressional TV Network). 

Chair: Dr Elise Uberoi (Head of Social Policy Section, House of Commons Library, UK Parliament and Deputy Chair of IPEN)

Language(s): English, French, Spanish

The event is part of the series of webinars hosted by the IPU-IPEN Public engagement hub in follow-up to the 2022 IPU-UNDP Global Parliamentary Report on Public engagement in the work of parliament. 

Recordings of all the webinars are on IPU’s YouTube Public engagement playlist. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Find out how to join the International Parliament Engagement Network: ipen-network.org. To engage with participants before and after the event, join the Public engagement LinkedIn page.