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Issue 11
IPU Innovation Tracker
The quarterly electronic bulletin from the Centre for Innovation in Parliament
Issue 11
The 11th edition of the Innovation Tracker highlights the continued knowledge exchanges on innovation over the past months, as parliaments emerge from the pandemic. We look at a new webinar series organized by the new CIP Public Engagement hub, and the ongoing Transforming Parliaments webinars by the IT Governance and Open Data hubs. Also in this edition, we present quick guides capturing valuable learnings from these exchanges, aimed at different audiences in parliament.
Innovation Tracker contributions
We are posting examples of innovation in parliament on Twitter using the hashtags #innovation #parliament. Please join us in using these hashtags, or send us good examples that we can share!
Do you have an example of innovative parliamentary working methods to share in the Innovation Tracker? Tell us about it via this online form or by e-mail to [email protected].
Innovation in parliamentary working methods
The new IPU Centre for Innovation in Parliament public engagement hub organizes a webinar series intended to encourage and assist parliaments to further develop their public engagement activities and share their good practice with others.
From big data to the cloud, innovation trends are shaking up parliamentary business. The IPU’s Centre for Innovation in Parliament (CIP) is pleased to present the Transforming parliaments webinar series organized by CIP’s Open Data Hub and IT Governance Hub .
To meet the demand for learning and guidance on digital transformation, the Centre for Innovation in Parliament, in collaboration with its hubs and with support from the Inter-Pares project, has developed a series of quick guides.