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JURIX 2013: 26th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems

ludovica — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 08:52:14 +0000

Date:

Wed, 11/12/2013 - Fri, 13/12/2013

Entering a second quarter century of supporting and enhancing cutting edge research in the interface between law and computer technology, the 2013 JURIX conference will take place at the University of Bologna from 11 to 13 December 2013.

Report of the World e-Parliament Conference 2012

ludovica — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:54:38 +0000

The Report of the World e-Parliamente Conference 2012 is now available. This report summarizes the presentations and practices showcased during the different sessions of the conference, and highlights the main points of discussion.

Ukrainian translation of the World e-Parliament Report 2012 now available

ludovica — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:38:15 +0000

The Parliamentary Development Project for Ukraine has worked with the Division of Computerized Systems of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine to provide the Ukrainian translation of the original English language World e-Parliament Report 2012.

TransparencyCamp 2013

ludovica — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:51:09 +0000

Date:

Sat, 04/05/2013 - Sun, 05/05/2013

TransparencyCamp is an "unconference" for opengov: an event where, each year, journalists, developers, technologists, policy-makers, government officials, students, academics, and everyone in between gather to share their knowledge about how to use new technologies and policies to make our government really work for the people -- and to help our people work smarter with our government.

ECPRD meetings: presentations and videos now online

ludovica — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:08:52 +0000

The presentations and videos of the latest ECPRD meetings are now online.

ECPRD ICT Seminar
"Open the window, close the door"
Budapest, 15-16 November 2012
Parliaments on the Net X
Mobility, Transparency and open parliament: best practices in Parliamentary web sites
Madrid, 31 May - 1 June 2012
Annual meeting of the ECPRD Working Group on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
“Do more with less: tight budgets and improved IT services to MPs and Administration
Athens, 11-12 November 2011

Bigger Cities, Smaller Screens: Urbanization, Mobile Phones, and Digital Media Trends in Africa

ludovica — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:51:57 +0000

Authors:

Adam Clayton Powell III

Publisher:

Center for International Media Assistance at the National Endowment for Democracy

Publication date:

September 2012

The convergence of African urbanization and technological change, including the rise of digital media, is driving major change. Perhaps most dramatic, use of cellphones and other mobile devices, already widespread, are becoming a nearly universal platform, not only for telephony but also for audio and video information and entertainment.

Developing and Implementing Knowledge Management in the Parliament of Finland

ludovica — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:19:53 +0000

Authors:

Riitta Suurla, Markku Markkula and Olli Mustajärvi

Publisher:

Parliament of Finland - Committee for the Future

The purpose of this book is to present our views of knowledge management, and to describe the various processes that we have used in our Parliament to outline and analyse the role and importance of knowledge management, its essential components and application in practice during the years 2000–2001.

Parliamentary representation and communication, and the role of social media

ludovica — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:06:42 +0000

Date:

Fri, 26/10/2012

Organizer

Organization:

Joint IPU-ASGP conference, in partnership with the IFLA section on Parliamentary Libraries and Research Services and the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

For MPs and the parliamentary administration, the use of social media remains at an experimental stage. The objective of this conference is therefore to exchange experience on the risks and benefits of social media, and to contribute to more effective use of social media by parliaments.

New legislative information resource web page

ludovica — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:05:40 +0000

The Library of Congress of the United States of America has launched the new legislative information resource web page Congress.gov, beta version. Congress.gov makes federal United States legislative information freely available to the public.

Conferencia Mundial de 2012 sobre el Parlamento electrónico

ludovica — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:42:46 +0000

Date:

Thu, 13/09/2012 - Sat, 15/09/2012

Organizer

Organization:

Co-organized by the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, through the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament and hosted by the Chamber of Deputies of Italy

Email:

conference@ictparliament.org

La Conferencia Mundial de 2012 sobre el Parlamento electrónico está organizada conjuntamente por las Naciones Unidas y la Unión Interparlamentaria, a través del Centro Mundial para las TIC en el Parlamento, y hospedada por la Cámara de Diputados de Italia en Roma.

Conférence mondiale 2012 sur l’e-Parlement

ludovica — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:11:36 +0000

Date:

Thu, 13/09/2012 - Sat, 15/09/2012

Organizer

Organization:

Co-organized by the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, through the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament and hosted by the Chamber of Deputies of Italy

Email:

conference@ictparliament.org

La Conférence mondiale 2012 sur l’e-Parlement a eu lieu à la Chambre des députés d'Italie, à Rome, les 13, 14 et 15 Septembre. La clôture de la Conférence a coincidé avec la Journée internationale de la démocratie, établie en 2008 par l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies.

World e-Parliament Conference 2012

ludovica — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:31:15 +0000

Date:

Thu, 13/09/2012 - Sat, 15/09/2012

Organizer

Organization:

Co-organized by the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, through the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament and hosted by the Chamber of Deputies of Italy

Email:

conference@ictparliament.org

Read the Report of the World e-Parliament Conference 2012

The World e-Parliament Conference 2012 was held at the Chamber of Deputies of Italy, in Rome, on 13, 14 and 15 September.

New website launched

ludovica — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 07:44:03 +0000

The National Democratic Institute (NDI), the Sunlight Foundation and the Latin American Network for Legislative Transparency launched the website www.openingparliament.org to serve as a forum to help connect the world's civic organizations engaged in monitoring, supporting and opening up their countries' parliaments and legislative institutions.

Monitoring Groups Agree to Work Together to Advance Parliamentary Transparency

ludovica — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:54:41 +0000

At the Conference "PMO Leaders Conference on Parliamentary Transparency and Networking" concluded on 2 May 2012, parliamentary monitoring organizations (PMOs) from all regions of the world shared their experiences and good practices on a host of topics, from monitoring political finance to advocating for greater transparency of parliamentary information. The PMOs at the conference agreed to continue to work together in a number of concrete areas, including a shared declaration of principles on parliamentary transparency.

Open Parliament in the Age of Internet: Can people collaborate with Legislature in the legislative process?

ludovica — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:56:38 +0000

Authors:

Cristiano Ferri Soares de Faria

Publication date:

2012

Language:

Portuguese, Brazil (Português)

Link:

http://bd.camara.gov.br/bd/handle/bdcamara/7867

This report focuses on study of cases concerning organizational, political and social aspects that interfere in the successes and challenges of some experiments in legislative digital democracy. It is the result of 4-years research on legislative e-democracy in several parliaments throughout the world, supported by University of State of Rio de Janeiro and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation from University of Harvard.