Parliament and Public Engagement. Professor of Politics @POLISatLeeds, Co-Director of Centre for Democratic Politics and Deputy Chair of IPEN. Proud @NTF_Tweet.
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A thread on petitions - with the latest viral petition (GE), I hoped to do a blog about it, but tricky finding the time! So instead, I've listed below previous posts I've written on the occasion of previous viral petitions - here for @lsepoliticsblog 1/7: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…
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Read their @HansardSociety blog about the proposals to abolish the parliamentary outreach team here 👇
hansardsociety.org.uk/blog/p…
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🧵The @HouseofCommons admin plans to abolish its world leading parliamentary outreach team. @AileenWalkerUK & @estrangeirada explain why cutting in person public engagement across the nations and regions of the UK in favour of digital only engagement is a mistake.
Blog 🔗⬇️
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🗓️ 3 de febrero | -18:00h
Participaré en el webinar "Derecho de petición: experiencias internacionales para revitalizar el poder ciudadano en la democracia digital", organizado por @_PoliticalWatch
Hablaré sobre el concepto y origen del derecho de petición y su relevancia en la sociedad digitalizada.
Junto a ponentes de 🇪🇪🇬🇧🇩🇪🇪🇺: @estrangeirada @nevado_campo @G_Hackmack @alemannoEU
📝 Inscripciones abiertas docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
#DerechoDePetición #DemocraciaDigital #ParticipaciónCiudadana
A short video from three fab parliamentary practitioners explaining why the Guides on Citizen Engagement for Parliaments that we (IPEN) developed with @InterParesEU are such valuable resources:👇
🎉 Exciting news! We’ve launched 8 interactive #CitizenEngagement Guides for Parliaments — a new global resource to help parliaments listen, learn & lead. Watch parliamentary practitioners share what excites them most about the Guides: youtube.com/shorts/j6_3Byk9l…
#Parliament #IPEN
Our Guide for Parliaments on Engaging Underrepresented Groups is out; one v close to my heart. No much point having fancy engagement methods, if they only engage the same people. Impressive public engagement is engagement that goes beyond the 'usual suspects'. Read all about it:
Our new #CitizenEngagement guide, "Engaging Underrepresented Groups," provides parliaments with the actionable strategies to proactively reach those often left out. This work is vital for stronger laws & legitimacy. Read it now: tinyurl.com/596bnejs @IpenNetwork @EuropeanUnion
Guide on using deliberative democracy approaches for engagement - guide specifically developed for parliaments, available for free, pls see link below: 👇
New guide alert! How can parliaments use deliberative democracy to strengthen trust & citizen participation? Read #DeliberativeEngagement: Guides on Citizen Engagement for Parliaments by Inter Pares, @Int_IDEA, & @IPEN: idea.int/publications/catalo… #DemocracyForALL #CitizenEngagement
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New #CitizenEngagement Guide! Parliaments are fundamental to #democracy - but do citizens know how they work to engage? Our Education Programmes Guide shares global approaches to help #parliaments engage citizens of all ages. Explore more: inter-pares.eu/en/publicatio… #IPEN
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The second in our 8-part #CitizenEngagement series is here! The Petitions and Citizens’ Initiatives Guide offers practical steps, global examples, and tools for parliaments to enhance public engagement. Read it now: inter-pares.eu/en/publicatio… #Petitions #InternationalIDEA #IPEN
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Today, on #DemocracyDay, Inter Pares and #IPEN launched its fourth #CitizenEngagement Guide: “Parliaments as a Space and Place.” Explore more on how parliaments can be symbols of power and spaces of belonging. Read more: idea.int/publications/catalo…
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Our Guide on Youth Engagement for parliaments is now available to download - focuses on idea of 'meaningful engagement', avoiding tokenistic and/or elitist engagement, to nurture real opportunities for engagement: idea.int/publications/catalo…
Our Guide on Youth Engagement for parliaments is now available to download - focuses on idea of 'meaningful engagement', avoiding tokenistic and/or elitist engagement, to nurture real opportunities for engagement: idea.int/publications/catalo…
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🚨New publication with the lovely @estrangeirada in Politics & Governance.
I’m very proud of this article and its contribution. Drawing on 37 semi-structured interviews across three different parliaments, we develop a new typology (see below) 1/3
We, at IPEN, have launched a series of 8 Guides on Citizen Engagement for Parliaments, each on a specific topic. Further info here, from which you can also access each guide as they get published: inter-pares.eu/en/publicatio…
Our second Guide is on Petitions and Citizens' Initiatives: idea.int/publications/catalo…
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Congratulations to @estrangeirada @LouiseVThompson and @A_Meakin, and all SPG members who have contributed to the 2nd edition of Exploring Parliament. Available to buy now 👇
global.oup.com/academic/prod…
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and @abiedoubleyou & Henry Miller highlights why petitions have been such a popular form of political participation and how they have adapted to changes in technology, society and culture.
Read it here ⬇️ ENDS
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...letting children aged under 16 create social media accounts. It has been signed by over 128K people. Petitions are a valuable mechanism to bring ordinary voices to the heart of national debates. The report by @estrangeirada, @RichardHuzzey ...2/