Events
Events at WFD: we host regular online and in-person events.
Past events
Online event - 19 April 2024
Post-legislative scrutiny (PLS) clinic: Public consultation and participation
Conducting a stakeholder consultation is a key moment in post-legislative scrutiny (PLS) activities. There are many ways to consult and collect information as part of PLS, from calls for written and oral evidence to field visits. In this PLS clinic, parliamentary experiences on consultation will be shared by three distinguished speakers.
19 March 2024
#S4D3: Why democracy tomorrow means climate action today
WFD's session at the 2024 Summit for Democracy will make the case for an urgent wave of deep democratisation through climate planning in 2024.
23 February 2024
Information and democracy: Panel discussion on Taiwan's 2024 election and beyond
Taiwan has become a global focal point for electoral discussions, drawing attention due to its unique democratic landscape. Taiwan has had challenges around ensuring that information is reliable and can be trusted and it has been working towards addressing these challenges and improving its information environment. This in-person event will comprehensively examine these challenges and explore potential solutions.
20 February 2024
Women lead: Transforming women’s candidate selection prospects within political parties
This expert conference aims to shine light on political party practices that identify and nurture women candidates and support them on to positions of party leadership. Political leaders representing parties from around the world will both showcase and learn about reforms and innovations that political parties can adopt to better support women candidates. Participants will lead debates on how to identify, nurture, promote, and expand female talent within their parties, focusing on candidate recruitment, support, and selection.
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.
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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.