INTER PARES courses

INTER PARES
courses

INTER PARES provide courses that aim at strengthening the capacity of parliaments in partner countries, by enhancing their legislative, oversight, representative, budgetary and administrative functions.

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AGORA Courses

AGORA
courses

The Agora eLearning courses are developed as within several years and their main goal is to fundamental knowledge in the field of parliamentary development.

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Pro PALOP-TL SAI Courses

Pro PALOP-TL SAI
courses

Pro PALOP-TL SAI works on creating courses that address topics related to public financial management and aim at strenghtening the capacities of SAIs, Parliaments, Ministries of financies and CSOs.

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    Available courses

    The Role of Parliamentary Committees

    Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:

    • Understand why committees play an important role in parliamentary work;
    • Understand international practices and procedures of parliamentary committee systems;
    • Be able to critically assess committee systems’ internal design choices, depending on their own country context.

    The Role of Parliament in Achieving Gender Equality

    Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:

    • Identify the key texts that outline gender sensitive parliamentary norms
    • Identify, in their own parliamentary contexts, key decision makers and influencers that will support gender sensitive change
    • Critically assess the merits and applicability to their own parliamentary context of gender sensitive changes that have been adopted elsewhere
    • Design and defend a contextually-appropriate gender sensitive parliamentary change.

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    The Role of Parliament in the Budgeting Process

    This course aims to provide the foundations, vocabulary, tools, and ‘good practice’ examples necessary for parliamentary staff across differing socio-economic contexts to engage more actively in matters of the national budget.

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    Representation

    At the end of this course, learners should have developed

    • Understanding of the key societal changes that have affected representation in recent decades;
    • Understanding of the key role played by modern parliaments in representation;
    • Knowledge and understanding of the five core processes of representation;
    • Ability to identify and critically evaluate examples of best practice in representation; and
    • Ability to critically reflect on their own practices of representation.

    This course was written by Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira, University of Leeds.

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    Parliamentary Oversight

    At the end of this course, you will better understand: 

    1. Why we practice parliamentary oversight (theory) 

    2. What parliamentary oversight is and is not (the tools) 

    3. How parliamentary oversight is carried out (the practice) 

    4. The implications of parliamentary oversight (the politics) 

    Throughout, you will be able to explore a wide range of case studies from across Europe and beyond.  


    This course was written by Associate Professor Dr. Olivier Rozenberg, Sciences Po.


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    Climate Change and Environmental Protection

    At the end of this course, you will better understand: 

    1. Why parliaments engage on climate change
    2. The (international) legal framework
    3. Parliamentary action on climate change
    4. Climate budgeting and climate finance
    5. Parliamentary practice on climate change

    Throughout, you will be able to explore a wide range of case studies from across Europe and beyond.  

    The course consists of 5 modules. Please click on the "Launch the learning module" in order to start the course

    This course was written by former MP (New Zealand) Dr. Kennedy Graham.


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    Legislative Drafting

    Legislation constitutes the product of a lengthy process, beginning from a policy concept and ending with the realisation of the desired regulatory results

    The legislative drafting process is part of the legislative (law-making) process, which in turn is part of the policy (governance) process.

    The course consists of 8 modules. Please click on the "Launch the learning module" in order to start the course

    This course was written by Professor Helen Xanthaki, University College London, with the support of Dr. Maria Mousmouti and Dr. Constantin Stefanou.


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    Comparative Law-making

    This course analyses procedures and practices of law-making in contemporary democracies.

    • The first part places law-making among other parliamentary functions, underlining the close interrelationship and intertwining between the main features of the law-making process and the form of government.
    • The second part is devoted to parliamentary procedures for law-making and is divided into two sections: (a1) a historical approach, exploring the main models adopted in the UK, France and US (respectively, the tThree rReadings in the UK; the “‘Bureaux System”’ in France; and the Permanent Specialized Committees in the US), and (b2) a section focusing on a key driver of the transformation of law-making procedures: the growing complexity of legislation (‘complexification’), a key factor that is transforming contemporary law-making procedures.
    • The third and final part explores specific law-making practices through a comparative study of different jurisdictions.

    This course was written by Professor Nicola Lupo, Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali.

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    Gender responsive budgeting

    The course content consists of standard materials and a game-based tool which puts you in situations challenging you with handling conversions with various governmental and non-governmental actors.

    Available in: English, Português

    Parliaments and ICT

    Information and communication technologies (ICT) tools are not only transforming the way interpersonal communications are taking place, but also information sharing and functioning of the work place, and ways of political mobilization around the world. For parliaments, ICT are a core enabler of greater openness, accessibility and accountability, as well as a two-way channel for engaging with citizens.

    Parliaments, SAI and the Oversight of Extractive Industries

    Extractive industries can be a powerful driver of economic growth, but the extraction of non-renewable resources from the earth is linked to considerable political and economic risks. This course combines thematic expertise with global best-practices to provide parliamentarians and other oversight actors including SAI and civil society with a toolset for the transparent, independent and accountable management of extractive projects.

    SDGs, Parliaments and Budgets

    This course looks at how parliaments in cooperation with Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) can strengthen their capacities to deliver more inclusive, accountable and open budgets for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

    Indústrias Extrativas & Grandes Obras Públicas Controlo Externo nos PALOP-TL

    O nosso curso de aprendizagem eletrónica sobre a Mesa Redonda de Industria Extrativa e Grandes Obras Públicas (Mesa Redonda de IE e FP) está agora disponível em Português no Portal de Aprendizagem Eletrónica. O curso foi elaborado pelo Projeto para o Reforço das Competências Técnicas e Funcionais das Instituições Superiores de Controlo (ISC), Parlamentos Nacionais e Sociedade Civil para o Controlo das Finanças Públicas nos PALOP e Timor-Leste (Pro PALOP-TL ISC). Este projeto é inteiramente financiado pela União Europeia e diretamente administrado pelo PNUD.

    Open Budgets: Parliament, Supreme Audit Institutions and Civil Society

    The course explains the ways in which parliamentarians and citizens can participate in the budget process. It demonstrates how the executive can create opportunities for the parliament and citizens to become genuinely engaged in budget planning and implementation. The course outlines the tools parliamentarians and citizens can use to participate in the budget process and how the executive can invite their input at multiple points from allocation to implementation and evaluation.

    Available in: English, Português

    Public Financial Management: Parliaments, Supreme Audit Institutions and Civil Society

    A new e-learning course by AGORA, in cooperation with pro Pro PALOP-TL SAI

    Available in: English, Português

    Parliaments in Practice: an Introduction - Myanmar

    This course is a new version of the 'Parliaments in Practice: an Introduction' course with special focus on Myanmar

    Parliaments, Civil Society and Climate Change

    This course explores how parliaments can take more effective and responsive action on climate change by strengthening their engagement with civil society. Building on the many success stories and best practices shared on AGORA’s Climate Portal, the course highlights initiatives, strategies and new technologies that help parliamentarians connect with the people they represent. Aimed at parliaments and civil society, this course hopes to inspire stronger and more effective collaboration on climate action.

    Parliaments in Practice: an Introduction

    This 'Parliaments in Practice: an Introduction' course is designed for legislators who are new to parliament, and for parliamentary staff, practitioners, donors, civil society organisations and others who want to learn about how parliament works.

    Available in: English, Français, العربية , Русский, Português