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Publications

49 publications
Reports

Celebrating 10 years of the Common Principles for Support to Parliaments

In too many countries, democracy has failed to deliver fast or fair enough. Progress against the UN’s sustainable development goals has slowed, or even gone into reverse.

Issue briefs

Using generative AI in parliaments

Generative AI (GenAI) has emerged since late 2022 as a new way to create content. It promises productivity gains and, perhaps, transformational change.

Toolkits

Indicators for Democratic Parliaments

The Indicators for Democratic Parliaments are a comprehensive self-assessment tool designed to help parliaments evaluate their capacity and practice against established d

Reference

Guide to digital transformation in parliaments

This Guide, published by the IPU in partnership with the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP), is designed to inform and educate parliaments about the challenges and opportuniti

Reports

World e-Parliament Report 2022

The 2020 World e-Parliament Report captured a picture of parliaments going through a phase of enforced innovation and learning to rapidly embed new ways of working supported by information and comm

Handbooks

Guidelines for Parliamentary Libraries (3rd edition)

Information is at the core of the work of parliaments.

Reports

Global Parliamentary Report 2022

The third Global Parliamentary Report examines

Reports

World e-Parliament Report 2020

The World e-Parliament Report 2020 documents the experiences, innovations and lessons learned in making sure parliaments continued to function during the COVID-19 pandemi

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Comparative research paper on parliamentary administration

This comparative research paper looks at the governance of parliamentary administrations.

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Guidelines for enhancing the engagement and contribution of parliaments to effective development cooperation

The Guidelines seek to provide parliaments and parliamentarians and those who work with them with a common understanding of development cooperation and offer ideas on what they

About IPU

Celebrating 130 years of the IPU: Anniversary Book

The IPU 130th anniversary book describes the IPU’s milestones in promoting peace, democracy, human rights, gender equality and parliamentary diplomacy over the past 130 years.

Reference

Putting parliamentary self-development into practice

The Common Principles for Support to Parliaments set out the basis for support to parliaments by providing a development framework for the work of parliaments, support bodies and practitioners.