IPU Innovation Tracker

A quarterly electronic bulletin from the Centre for Innovation in Parliament

Welcome to the Innovation Tracker!

The Innovation Tracker is a blog about recent innovations in the way parliaments do their work. It is where MPs and staff find ideas for solving some of the problems they face in running an effective parliament. It covers all types of innovation in parliament, including (but not limited to) digital technologies.
The Innovation Tracker also provides regular news from the Centre for Innovation in Parliament, a partnership between the IPU and parliaments to support parliamentary innovation through improved use of digital tools.

All parliaments are invited to contribute ideas for inclusion in the Innovation Tracker via this online form or by e-mail to [email protected]. The Innovation Tracker is published online every three months in English, French and Spanish.

We’ll also be tweeting regularly about innovation in parliament using the hashtags #parliament #innovation. We look forward to hearing from you! 

The Spanish versions of the Innovation Tracker are published on the website of the Hispanophone Hub (cip.camara.cl) which is hosted by the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, in the framework of CIP. Translations are kindly provided by IPU GRULAC. 

Latest issues

Issue 9

wep21
This ninth edition of the Innovation Tracker features highlights from the virtual World e-Parliament Conference 2021 which was held in June 2021. It also includes the IPU's new World e-Parliament Report and showcases parliamentary video innovations from around the world.©
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Issue 8

Directorate for Modernization
This eighth edition of the Innovation Tracker investigates how innovation becomes established in parliamentary development and planning through the case study of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina. We also report on the Parliamentary Roundtable at the virtual Internet Governance Forum 2020, and present the new IPU Social Media Guide for Parliaments and Parliamentarians. There are updates from the CIP
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Issue 7

Zoom
Welcome to the seventh edition of the Innovation Tracker. We look at how parliaments have adapted their functioning during the pandemic with a focus on the parliaments of Bahrain, Chile and Fiji, as well as some Pacific countries. We also cover the historic remote voting at the recent IPU Governing Council, when 394 parliamentarians from 142 countries voted for the new IPU President.
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Issue 6

UK Parliament
Welcome to the sixth edition of the Innovation Tracker. We look at how parliaments have had to adapt their way of functioning to preserve the systems of parliamentary democracy, with a focus on the parliaments of Brazil, Ukraine and Ecuador. We also have updates from the Open Data, Pacific, Southern African and Hispanophone hubs.
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Issue 5

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Welcome to the fifth edition of the Innovation Tracker. Parliaments are finding ways of working in spite of the lockdown, as we can see through the examples from the parliaments of Maldives and Spain. There is also a roundup of parliamentary working methods during the pandemic and a look at how we can safeguard elections in the digital age.
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Issue 4

National Assembly of Kenya
The fourth edition of the IPU Innovation Tracker includes examples from the parliaments of Bhutan, Indonesia, Kenya and Tonga including how they are harnessing new technology such as AI and cloud-based IT solutions.
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Issue 3

Jordanian parliament
Welcome to the third edition of the Innovation Tracker, which includes examples from the parliaments of Argentina, Greece, Jordan and Myanmar, and updates from the Centre’s hubs.
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Issue 2

First Meeting of the Open Data hub, Brasilia
Welcome to the second edition of the Innovation Tracker, which includes examples from the parliaments of Brazil, Finland and Zambia, key messages from the IPU expert hearing on disinformation and ‘fake news’, and updates from the Centre’s hubs.
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Issue 1

Man at meeting
A quarterly electronic bulletin from the Centre for Innovation in Parliament Welcome to the Innovation Tracker! The Innovation Tracker is a blog about recent innovations in the way parliaments do their work. The Innovation Tracker is where MPs and staff find ideas for solving some of the problems they face in running an effective parliament. It covers all types of
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