14:00 – 15:30 CEST, 15:00 – 16:30 CAT

Effective public participation in parliament can strengthen governance by enhancing the quality of legislation, improving policy outcomes, fostering citizen trust and enhancing democratic legitimacy.

Co-hosted by the IPU and the Center for Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST) in the Parliament of Kenya, this webinar will discuss the role of public engagement in parliamentary democracy. In particular, it will examine its impact on legislation, analyse different models of public participation and their effectiveness in various parliamentary systems, and demonstrate good practices that incorporate public input. It will include a focus on the role of Parliamentary Training Institutes (PTIs) in enhancing public participation in parliaments. 

A panel of presentations will be followed by a moderated Q&A and sharing of experiences.

Moderator: 
Mr. Jeremiah M. Nyegenye, CBS, Clerk of the Senate of Kenya, Secretary of the Parliamentary Service Commission

Opening remarks: 
Ms. Nyokabi Kamau EBS, Professor, Executive Director of CPST 
Ms. Kareen Jabre, Director, Division of Programmes, IPU

Keynote speaker:
Mr. Andres Lomp, Community Engagement Specialist

Discussants:
Hon. John Kiarie, Member of Parliament, National Assembly, Kenya
Dr. Mohammed Amali, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, National Assembly of Nigeria

Language(s): English, French, Spanish, Arabic

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.