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Foresight Centre of the Estonian Parliament

Future-focused research: Parliamentary innovations across the globe

The United Nations Development Programme defines Parliamentary Committees for the Future, which exist under various names, as “parliamentary bodies responsible for issues related to anticipating and prospecting the future in the context of parliamentary activity”. The first such committee was
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Lia Quartapelle - Italy

A conversation with... Lia Quartapelle, Italy

As part of the IPU series 'A conversation with...', we interview parliamentarians from all over the world to find out who they represent and what motivates them. In this edition, we discover Lia Quartapelle, a member of parliament from Italy
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Internship
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The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is the global organization of national parliaments. and has published various comparative data on all national parliaments in the world via the Parline database since 1996. In April 2024, the IPU launched a redeveloped version of
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ipu

What AI means for public engagement with parliaments

As parliaments seek new ways to meaningfully engage with citizens beyond the usual voices, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a potential tool for transforming public participation in the democratic process. A January 2025 webinar hosted by the Public Engagement
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Consultancy
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Project: Enhancing parliamentary action on climate change: Building capacity and strengthening efforts to reduce methane emissions Background: The IPU has launched a two-year methane emissions reduction project, supported by the Global Methane Hub, to strengthen parliamentarians' ability to meet the
Consultancy
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Project: Enhancing parliamentary action on climate change: Building capacity and strengthening efforts to reduce methane emissions Background: The IPU has launched a two-year project titled “Enhancing parliamentary action on climate change: Building capacity and strengthening efforts to reduce methane emissions”
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Trustee Council Chamber

IPU Parliamentary Hearing at the UN to focus on the SDGs

Scaling up action for the Sustainable Development Goals: Finance, Institutions, and Politics, will be the theme of the 2025 Parliamentary Hearing, a joint initiative of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). IPU
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Ms. Fawzia Koofi

A conversation with... Fawzia Koofi, Afghanistan

Watch a short interview with Fawzia Koofi, the first woman Deputy Speaker of Parliament in Afghanistan and a former Chair of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of MPs. She describes the dire situation of women and girls in
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Parliaments have a key role to play in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by adopting solid legislative frameworks that duly take into account the interdisciplinary nature of the goals.

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