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Case Study #3: Parliament Watch

Posted August 16, 2013 at 9:36am by dustinpalmer

Updated 1/17/14: Parliament Watch is currently requesting funds to continue operations. To contribute, click here. 

Interview with Parliament Watch founder Gregor Hackmack:

Organization: Parliament Watch
Project: Parliamentary monitoring in Germany and around the world
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Ireland, Tunisia, France
Government Level: National

Overview: Launched in 2007, ParliamentWatch website seeks to introduce a new element of accountability and awareness of the activities of parliament to German political culture. ParliamentWatch compiles and organizes legislative information and allows citizens to publically question their elected officials. The platform works with legislatures across Germany. It is being implemented in 5 other countries by partnering organizations as well.

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Facilitating constructive citizen-MP online engagement: The supply side

Posted February 15, 2013 at 7:54am by andrewmandelbaum-blog

When it comes to citizen engagement with their member of parliament (MP), it takes two to tango. In my last post, I recounted the lessons learned from our colleagues at Politikercheck.lu and Providus.lv, and our fellow researcher at European University Institute, regarding effective approaches developed by parliamentary monitoring organizations (PMOs) to engage citizens online. The next question we discussed at #PDFPoland: what approaches are PMOs using to ensure that MPs respond in kind?

(For lessons learned from parliamentary efforts to engage citizens, check out the important work (in Spanish) of Miguel Ángel Gonzalo, webmaster for the Spanish Congress of Deputies. We’ll be providing an English version shortly at OpeningParliament.org.) 

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Facilitating constructive citizen-MP online engagement: The demand side

Posted February 11, 2013 at 2:13pm by andrewmandelbaum-blog

How do PMOs stimulate constructive citizen-MP engagement online? This was the main question (of several) that a group of PMOs took up at #PDFPoland last weekend thanks to the Personal Democracy Forum and our gracious hosts at ePF.

In this post, we’ll focus on good practices identified for getting citizens to engage in parliamentary work online. In a couple days we can turn to effective practices for encouraging MP participation. Our discussants included:

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Engaging citizens in the parliamentary process: What have we learned?

Posted January 17, 2013 at 7:26am by andrewmandelbaum-blog

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be asking for your help collecting lessons learned in helping citizens engage parliaments online. Why?

Most PMOs view strengthening the ability of citizens to engage in the work of parliament as a main objective. The premise: laws that are inclusive of the interests of the broader citizenry are more likely to reflect their needs and aspirations. The MP who must answer to her/his constituents is more likely to represent their interests. The citizen who feels empowered is more likely to participate and to make her/his voice heard. Ultimately, it is hoped that increasing citizen engagement in parliamentary processes leads to strengthened relations between representors and the represented, and renders government policies less extractive and more inclusive, while augmenting the rule of law. 

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