Enhancing the effectiveness of parliaments: challenges and opportunities [WP934]

Date

Tuesday 28 - Thursday 30 October, 2008

Venue

Wiston House

Wilton Park
Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3DZ
+44 (0) 1903 815 020

For more information see Your stay at Wilton Park

Event no.

WP934

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This conference discussed the following points:

What accounts for the key differences in parliamentary performance in different contexts?
Why do some parliaments become powerful forces for change in particular contexts while others do not?
What are the informal and formal political processes which shape the effectiveness of parliaments?
To what extent are weaknesses in parliamentary effectiveness susceptible to technical fixes and other types of “capacity-building”?

Key points:

What are the current understandings of accountability and what is the current best practice in applying them?
How can Parliaments ensure that the state is really accountable to citizens, and that service delivery is as efficient as possible?
What experience has been gained from donor support to Parliaments?
How can understanding of the role of politics in parliamentary support initiatives be increased?
What has been learned about the role of Parliaments in fragile and conflict-affected states?
What Parliamentary benchmarks and indicators are helpful is assessing accountability?
What do we now know about political party strengthening?
What are the lessons learnt and the links to parliamentary support initiatives?

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