Since the launch of the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN) in March 2020, we’ve held a very popular seminar series for members of the network. These seminars spotlight different types of engagement initiatives from around the world and associated research and they are held on IPEN’s MS Teams home.
In May 2022, IPEN started to co-host the global Public Engagement Hub of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in partnership with its Centre for Innovation in Parliament (CIP). Through the Hub, we co-organise a series of webinars, which are hosted on Zoom and open to wider audiences with an interest in public engagement with parliaments.
Below you’ll find a list of upcoming and past seminars.
You can find out how to join IPEN here.
Youth parliaments
11 July 2023 — Youth Parliaments are one of the main public engagement tools used...
Citizens’ Assemblies as a method to engage citizens with policy making: Case studies from Australia and Germany
27 June 2023 — This Public Engagement Hub seminar will focus on deliberative democracy methods...
Processing high volumes of inputs from citizen engagement in parliamentary business: Case study from Brazil
16 May 2023 — In this second seminar on processing mass data, we will consider tools...
Processing inputs from citizen engagement for committee work: Case studies from New Zealand and Scotland
18 April 2023 — In this seminar, we will hear about how staff in the...
Engaging with future generations
28 March 2023 — This IPU/IPEN Public Engagement Hub seminar will lead a reflection on how...
Developing voting aid applications to help people choose who to vote for in elections
1 March 2023 — This IPEN seminar will outline the history and process of developing the ‘Stemwijzer’, a...
New initiatives from New Zealand Parliament’s Education Team
21 February 2023 — This joint Public Engagement Hub seminar will explore how the New Zealand...
Parliamentary broadcasting – context, engagement and evolution – an Irish perspective
10 January 2023 — Drawing from the experience of the Irish Oireachtas TV, the seminar explored different...
Global mapping of parliamentary mechanisms for accessing academic research
24 January 2023 — This IPEN seminar will showcase a global mapping tool (hosted on the IPEN website)...