Parliamentary Strengthening |
CDI’s Responsible Parliamentary Government Course, and our annual Pacific Parliamentary Dialogue, form the cornerstone of our parliamentary strengthening projects. Research and publications focusing on parliamentary strengthening issues are also a prominent part of our work program.
- Every year, CDI sponsors our flagship Responsible Parliamentary Government (RPG) course in Canberra. The course is designed primarily for mid-level parliamentary officials and examines the fundamental principles and doctrines underlying the practice of responsible parliamentary government. Using the Australian Commonwealth Parliament as the principal example, the course covers the constitutional foundations and main activities of parliament, and related structures for accountability and scrutiny of administration. RPG aims to deliver outcomes which strengthen political governance and political practice in partner country legislatures, including improved skills and knowledge for the participating parliamentary officials concerning the core practices which underpin well-functioning parliamentary democracy.
- The annual Pacific Parliamentary Dialogue is another core element of our parliamentary programme. Each year, Pacific parliamentarians gather to discuss key challenges facing the region. The 8th Dialogue, held in Samoa in late 2006, focused on the representation of women and the tension between the pursuit of the national interest and the demands of constituency relations. The 2007 Dialogue will once again draw together MPs from the region to deliberate on key aspects of parliamentary strengtheing.
- Research on parliamentary practice is also important. Recent areas of focus include the functioning of Indonesia’s representative assembly, the use and abuse of electoral development funds in Papua New Guinea, and the role of parliaments in the South Pacific.
Many of activities properly combine our two major and related sectoral concerns of Parliamentary Strengthening and Political Party Development. Accordingly, listed below are all our activities which both focus primarily on, or include significant elements of, Parliamentary Strengthening work:
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Crawford School Seminar: Political Engineering & Ethnic Politics in the Asia-Pacific |
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