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WFD seeks to hire an expert with vast knowledge and experience in parliamentary engagement and strategic planning to support the SPIC in reviewing the current PSC Strategic Plan.
Kenya |
As parliaments worldwide start to pay more attention to implementation of legislation, the University of Hull and Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) recently organised in London an expert seminar on Post-Legislative Scrutiny, bringing together academics, parliamentary researchers, parliamentarians and legislative impact specialists.
Around the world, certain limitations to our freedoms in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been accepted as necessary to uphold our collective and individual right to public health, not to mention our fundamental right to life. As a result of this COVID-19 pandemic, key human rights are at risk due to the enactment of emergency laws that are sometimes inconsistent with international human rights law and standards.
In partnership with GIZ Ukraine, WFD helped establish a Financial and Economic Analysis Office (FEAO) in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (parliament) in 2015, in order to provide the parliament with accessible economic and financial information and help it monitor public spending.
Ukraine |
WFD is implementing a programme to support and enhance accountable democratic governance in Solomon Islands.
WFD and the Ministry of Information and Communication in Sierra Leone supported the Parliament in holding its first virtual State opening in May 2020.
In 2019, Alexis Mugisha, Commissioner General of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and Secretary General of the Eastern Africa Greens Federation (EAGF), participated in the Green Talent Accelerator programme. Alexis planned to stand as a candidate in the Rwandan Senate elections in September 2019, and his objectives in the programme mainly focused on his preparation for this.
We have developed our Pandemic Democracy Tracker to monitor the quality of democratic responses to COVID-19 across 30-plus countries in which we work. The tracker captures information about each democracy’s response.
Spiraling debt can undermine public services, marginalise the vulnerable, and compromise the future of democracy. This blog delves into the critical importance of addressing public debt in a democratic way.
WFD is seeking a consultant to design the upgraded version of the Public Debt Management Assessment Tool for Parliaments (PDMAT 2.0)
This research provides a comparative analysis of civic education across Europe, focusing on three specific case studies - from Denmark, France, and Croatia. It concludes with recommendations for potentially reforming civic education in North Macedonia.
North Macedonia | Other |
One of the most common fears about AI is that it will lead to less human control over our lives. We have long had an answer to threats to our autonomy as individuals and societies – democracy. Those who serve democratic processes have a special responsibility to shape a democratic future in which to the greatest extent possible AI benefits, rather than harms, our societies.
The development of inclusive democracy worldwide is a monumental task.
On 14th November 2019, the young people of East Africa elected Ashura Michael, a deaf youth activist from Kenya, as one of four Speakers of their Youth Parliament.
To ensure the programme delivers local government in line with citizens’ expectations and as outlined in the 2008 constitution, the team conducted a scoping visit to two States and two Regions earlier this year to determine how WFD can support the respective Hluttaws as they too develop their institutional capacity.
Myanmar |