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From Georgia to Indonesia: Legal frameworks and meaningful public participation
Summary
10:00 – 11:00 CET
This Public Engagement Hub seminar, jointly organised by the IPU and IPEN, will explore the crucial role of legal frameworks for public participation in the work of parliament and delve into the concept of “meaningful engagement”.
There is great diversity among political parliaments, laws, and practices concerning public participation. Some countries rely on established practices, while others have enshrined public participation in the legal framework.
The existence of legal safeguards for public engagement, among other things, enables courts to define the essence of "meaningful engagement," setting a standard that makes public participation a substantive reality.
The webinar will draw upon a comparative analysis of legal provisions from 30 countries about the role of laws in fostering effective public engagement in parliamentary proceedings.
Two national examples will go further into the issue. A representative of the Georgian Young Lawer’s Association will discuss the role of constitutional and legal provisions in securing public engagement, while a representative from the parliament of Indonesia will share insights into a landmark constitutional court judgement that concerns the meaningful public engagement in the legislative process.
Language(s): English, French, Spanish
Speakers: Lumina Mentari - Expert Staff, House of Representatives, Indonesia; Nanuka Kruashvili, Director of the Democratic Institutions Support Program, Georgian Young Lawyers Association
This webinar is jointly organised by the IPU and the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN).
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.
For more information, please contact [email protected].
Find out how to join the International Parliament Engagement Network: ipen-network.org.
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