Dimension: 6.2.4 Managing public input and providing feedback
This dimension covers parliament’s responsibility to effectively make use of public input in its work. It is important for parliament to demonstrate that it has a functioning system in place for managing public input, i.e. for collecting and analysing proposals on legislative and/or oversight actions and for bringing these to the attention of MPs and parliamentary bodies. Having solicited public input, it is also important for parliament to provide members of the public with feedback on the results of their participation.
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Assessment criteria
No 1: Processing public input
MPs and parliamentary bodies receive information about the main themes emerging from public input in a timely manner and in formats that help them to incorporate this input into parliamentary work.
No 2: Providing feedback to the public
Parliament has a functioning system for providing regular feedback to the public on the results of their participation. The effectiveness of this feedback system is regularly evaluated and improvements are made where necessary.
No 3: Resources
Parliament has appropriate human and technical resources to process public input, to supply MPs with relevant findings and to provide feedback to members of the public who participate in the work of parliament.
How to complete this assessment
This dimension is assessed against several criteria, each of which should be evaluated separately. For each criterion, select one of the six descriptive grades (Non-existent, Rudimentary, Basic, Good, Very good and Excellent) that best reflects the situation in your parliament, and provide details of the evidence on which this assessment is based.
The evidence for assessment of this dimension could include the following:
- Specific rules or procedures that provide for processing public input and making it available to MPs and parliamentary bodies
- Parliamentary records with data on public input
- Excerpts from parliamentary and committee reports containing information on the consideration of public input
- Specific rules or procedures that provide for regular feedback to the public on the results of their participation
- Parliamentary records on feedback provided to the public
Where relevant, provide additional comments or examples that support the assessment.
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