Parliament dedicates sufficient resources to public participation activities. Parliament has a dedicated organizational unit for this purpose, such as a public participation office, or has staff members with duties related to public participation.
Parliament monitors and evaluates the use of its public participation mechanisms and tools and reports on their use on its website. Parliament adapts and changes its engagement mechanisms and tools in light of the results of this evaluation work.
Parliament has easy-to-use tools to support public participation, both online and on-site. These tools take account of different groups within the community, including women, youth, persons with disabilities, disadvantaged groups, and groups in remote areas or with limited digital access.
Parliament’s rules, practices and policies contain a comprehensive set of mechanisms for the organization, coordination and channelling of public participation. Public participation processes and activities are widely advertised. There are mechanisms by which the public can both receive, and provide feedback on, the outcome of their participation.
Parliament has an agreed strategy or plan for the implementation and further development of public participation, as well as established policies and practices, with time-bound and measurable objectives.
The legal framework for public participation in the work of parliament contains provisions that protect the privacy of members of the public, and includes clear rules and procedures to ensure that the right to privacy is implemented in practice.
Provisions in the constitution, laws or rules of procedure establish the right of people to participate in parliamentary business, such as by bringing issues to the attention of parliament, contributing evidence to legislative and oversight processes, and commenting on proposals for laws. The related rules and procedures cover all aspects of public participation, both online and on-site.
A legal framework is in place, including laws, decrees or regulations, that enables and guarantees the civic space necessary for the functioning of civil society and for effective participation in all areas, including but not limited to parliamentary work. This framework includes laws and regulations relating to freedom of speech and expression, freedom of assembly and association, freedom of information, and ease of registration and funding of civil society organizations.
In addition to official languages, parliament endeavours to make at least the most important information and services available in languages that are widely used in the country.
MPs are able to contribute to parliamentary work in any official language. Simultaneous interpretation between official languages is provided in plenary and committees.
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