Thursday 17 July 2025
Speakers: Cristina Leston-Bandeira (Professor of Politics at the University of Leeds and Chair of IPEN), Jonathan Murphy (Head of Programmes, INTER PARES) and Juliet Ollard (Senior Research and Engagement Officer at the University of Leeds, on secondment from the UK Parliament Select Committee Public Engagement Team)
Chair: Alisson Bruno Dias de Queiroz (e-Citizenship Program Coordinator at the Brazilian Federal Senate and IPEN Executive Team)
Details: In this IPEN seminar, Cristina Leston Bandeira and Juliet Ollard will reflect on their journey developing a suite of eight Guides on Citizen Engagement for Parliaments, in partnership with INTER PARES. Jonathan Murphy will reflect on the role this type of guides can play.
The Guides draw from research and case studies from around the world and aim to provide a framework and practical tools for parliaments to implement effective and meaningful practice in public engagement.
Cristina and Juliet will present the key features of these guides and reflect on the opportunities and challenges they’ve encountered in developing such a wide ranging suite of guides.
The eight Guides are:
- Principles of parliamentary public engagement
- Parliament as a space and place
- Petitions and citizens’ initiatives
- Youth engagement
- Public consultations
- Education programmes
- Deliberative engagement
- Engaging underrepresented groups
This online seminar will take place in MS Teams and is open to members of the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN).
Find out more about the network.
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