Events
Events at WFD: we host regular online and in-person events.
Past events
Online event - 16 February 2024
Post-legislative scrutiny clinic: writing a committee's PLS report and advancing its recommendations
The third clinic of the post-legislative scrutiny (PLS) Community of Practice will focus on drafting a committee’s report on the impact and implementation of legislation, considering different structures and formats of reports, reviewing data and opinions to guide findings about how the law works, enhancing understandability and readability of the PLS report, drafting recommendations which are SMART, and advancing the report’s recommendations at administrative and at political level.
Online event - 08 December 2023
Post-legislative scrutiny (PLS) clinic: The role of MPs and parliament staff in the PLS process
The second WFD post-legislative scrutiny (PLS) Community of Practice Clinic will to focus on the different roles and responsibilities of Members of Parliament and parliamentary staff in preparing for, conducting and following up to PLS activities in parliament.
30 November 2023
Factchecking in the democracy information ecosystem
Online misinformation endangers democracy and the integrity of elections. WFD’s Democracy Action Partnership side-event to the Bali Civil Society and Media Forum (BCSMF) 2023, brings together experience and knowledge of experts involved in factchecking and media literacy campaigns to discuss safeguarding the democracy information ecosystem.
29 November 2023
Taking collective action on violence against women in politics and elections in Asia
WFD’s Democracy Action Partnership side-event to the Bali Civil Society and Media Forum (BCSMF) 2023 focuses on the threat of violence against women in politics and elections (VAWP) and aims to facilitate the response we need in Asia and across the world.
Online event - 21 November 2023
Indicators for Democratic Parliaments: Launch event
Parliaments, partners, civil society organizations and all interested parties are warmly invited to join the official launch of the Indicators for Democratic Parliaments.
The launch event will present the purpose and content of the Indicators, as well as how they can be used to assess parliamentary capacity and performance.
The launch event will be held online. The two sessions will have the same content but will take place at different times in order to enable participants in different time zones to attend. Participants can indicate which session they wish to join in the registration form.
Session 1: Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 10:00–11:30 CET (interpretation in English, French and Arabic)
Session 2: Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 16:00–17:30 CET (interpretation in English and Spanish)
Online event - 22 September 2023
PLS Clinic - Post-Legislative Scrutiny with the Community of Practice
Post-legislative scrutiny (PLS) is the practice of monitoring the implementation and evaluating the impact of laws. The aim is to ensure that laws benefit citizens in the way originally intended by lawmakers.
For the first of our PLS Community of Practice events we want to set out what exactly a community of practice is and how you can be involved.
We will be discussing some common experiences in PLS, achievements in piloting and challenges and bottlenecks. We will be joined by representatives from, among others, the Parliaments of Wales and Scotland, who will be giving us the current PLS state of play in their parliaments.
It will be an opportunity to share and discuss.
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The Democracy Action Partnership (DAP) 2024 focuses on WFD’s extensive research on the Cost of Politics - the costs of running for and maintaining political office.
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Join us for an engaging webinar with Dr. Tom Caygill, author of a recent report on Post-Legislative Scrutiny (PLS) in the Scottish Parliament. Discover how PLS serves as a powerful tool to assess the real-world impact of legislation long after it becomes law.
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The origins of the current debt crisis are both historical and more recent. They include global power dynamics, international and regional barriers to trade and infrastructure development, national political histories and governance decisions around economic development, and climatic and other natural disasters.
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In the face of a global debt crisis, the need for stronger oversight and accountability in public debt management has never been more urgent. As governments navigate complex borrowing landscapes, the role of parliaments in ensuring responsible debt governance has come into sharper focus.