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These publications are reference books, guidelines and tools that support the development of national parliaments.

These publications are reference books, guidelines and tools that support the development of national parliaments.

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Guidelines for AI in parliaments

Artificial intelligence (AI) presents significant opportunities for parliaments to enhance their operations and to become more efficient and effective, enabling them to better serve citizens.

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

Guidelines for parliamentarians on budgeting for the SDGs: Making the most of public resources

Parliamentarians have a key role to play in realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including in ensuring that funding and resources are invested effectively to support sustainable deve

Social Media Guidelines

This new guide is designed as a practical tool for parliaments and parliamentarians on how to use social media in a safe and measured way while getting the maximum benefit from it.

Comparative research paper on parliamentary administration

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

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

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.

Guidelines for the elimination of sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliament

These guidelines offer advice and practical information for parliamentarians and parliamentary staff on how to transform parliaments into gender-sensitive environments free from sexism and abuse.&n

Technological Options for Capturing and Reporting Parliamentary Proceedings

This practical guide draws on the experiences and practices of several legislatures.

Mobilizing parliamentary support for the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries

This guide is a practical tool for LDC parliaments on action they can take in support of the Brussels Programme of Action (BPOA), including by establishing or strengthening already existing parliam

Advocacy kit for parliamentarians "Disaster Risk Reduction: An Instrument for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals"

The new tool is intended to assist members of parliament in their oversight of national progress and investments made towards achieving the MDGs from the perspective of disaster risk reduction, a c

Guide "Raising the Profile of HIV and AIDS in Your Parliament"

This guide is intended as a practical tool for parliamentarians who wish to organize themselves into cross-party groups and step up to the challenge that HIV presents.

Guidelines for Women's Caucuses

More than 80 caucuses for women parliamentarians now exist globally.

Effective Laws to End HIV and AIDS: Next Steps for Parliaments

With the global AIDS response becoming increasingly hampered by the criminalization of key populations, this study aims to encourage and assist parliamentary scrutiny of legislation that impedes ef

A parliamentary response to violence against women

Part of the IPU's campaign and programme of work to tackle violence against women, the third Conference for members of parliamentary bodies dealing with gender equality was entitled A Parliamentary

Informing Democracy: Building capacity to meet parliamentarians' information and knowledge needs

ʺKnowledge is powerʺ runs the adage.

Parliaments Take Action on Violence against Women. Priority actions for Parliaments

This brochure was designed for the IPU campaign Parliaments Take Action on Violence against Women.

The challenge of broadcasting parliamentary proceedings

This illustrated booklet reports on the work of the Conference on broadcasting of parliamentary business through dedicated TV channels and public broadcasting systems, held in Geneva on 19 October

Annual 2006 session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO

This illustrated booklet reports on the work of the annual 2006 session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, which took place in December 2006 and was a joint undertaking of the IPU and the