Parliamentary Monitoring Community of Practice

A conversation about Machine Learning and AI initiatives in parliamentary monitoring.

A PMO community of practice meeting discussing the challenges of monitoring parliaments at the subnational level

A discussion about the challenges of running PMO sites for a long time

Things that once were deemed by governments as impossible or not important enough – like remote voting – have become a reality in parliaments across the world since the emergence of COVID-19.

We know that civic technology can do things such as help citizens hold their representatives to account; present data and information about policy and decision making in more accessible ways; and get information to the right people. The next crucial step is to understand how this wealth of skills, experience and tools can be used in the most beneficial way to mitigate the climate crisis.

Typically, parties make hundreds of campaign promises. Some are hugely significant to the result of elections; others hardly mentioned. Despite this, Promise Trackers currently treat all promises equally.