Going Virtual
This blog is the second of two written on the theme of digital technologies and the pandemic by our Associate Matthew Taylor, who was Director… Read more »
Closer apart?
This blog is the first of two written on the theme of digital technologies and the pandemic by our Associate Matthew Taylor, who was Director… Read more »
Life after Bashir
This week’s blog was written by Project Assistant Abdal-Rahman Eltayeb, who went back to his home country of Sudan after two years of absence to… Read more »
The role of transitional parliaments in making political settlements work: report on GPG’s December conference
This week’s blog reports on GPG’s virtual conference on the role of transitional parliaments in making political settlements work, which was held in December 2020…. Read more »
Report on the meeting of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointment Committee: The resilience of the Scottish Parliament’s practices and procedures
This week’s blog reports on the meeting of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointment Committee in which the resilience of the Scottish Parliament’s practices and… Read more »
Happy 15th birthday GPG. Here’s to the next 15!
New GPG Director Emily Death reflects on current and upcoming programmes and priorities for GPG on the occasion of our 15th anniversary. Happy 15th Birthday GPG. As my colleague recently… Read more »
Uzbekistan – Memories and Hopes
On the occasion of her collaboration with GPG on the creation of an online course for the Uzbek parliament, GPG’s Associate and Former Deputy Chief… Read more »
Why should men care? Women in politics
This piece by Former FCO Minister and Minister for Women and Equality Meg Munn introduces the project she worked with GPG on the role of… Read more »
Improving Iraq’s Economy through Supporting Young Iraqis
This week’s blog comes from GPG’s Head of Programmes Zafran Iqbal, who provides us with an insightful overview of the multi-factorial drivers of youth discontent… Read more »
Belarusian students expelled for their political views: Youth as the core driver of the protests
Чтобы прочитать Русскую версию, листайте ниже. In this week’s blog, GPG’s Project Officer Elizabett Yashneva explores the consequences of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s repressive policy towards young… Read more »
In Praise of MPs: a valedictory blog from a departing Director
This week’s blog is a goodbye address from our departing Director Sue Griffiths, who leaves us a moving and important reminder of the crucial role MPs… Read more »
Development and Democracy vs Diplomacy and Trade? The future of ‘working politically’ in the new FCDO
Continuing our series on the merger between DfID and the Foreign Office which led to the birth of the FCDO, GPG’s founder Greg Power warns… Read more »
Reflections on Covid-19 and its Impact on Trafficked Women and Girls: Report from GPG Virtual Conference, 6 October 2020
This is the second GPG online event on human trafficking related themes, this time focused on the ways in which states can counter the negative… Read more »
Egyptian Parliament and the Covid-19 pandemic: an active parliament regardless of the crisis
Habiba Mohsen is a Research Assistant for the Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), at the University of Wolverhampton. Habiba worked as a Project… Read more »
Parliament in the Time of a Pandemic: A Canadian Perspective
Kevin Deveaux is a GPG Associate and a Canadian lawyer who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for the constituency of Cole Harbour-Eastern… Read more »
In Defence of Political Parties
Stephen Gethins is a GPG Associate. He is a former Member of Parliament having served as MP for North East Fife from 2015-2019 . This… Read more »
Trade Unions and Transitions
Nick Sigler is a GPG Associate, former head of International Department of UNISON -Britain’s largest public service union- and former International Secretary of the Labour… Read more »
Merger or Acquisition? The birth of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sue Griffiths is GPG’s Executive Director. In the following article, Sue explains the challenges of the FCDO merger and how both departments will have to harmonize their… Read more »
Adapting to the Virtual Space: Continuation of our Work in Sudan
Huda is a Research Intern at GPG currently based in London office. She joined GPG last year and is working on the Sudan Parliamentary project…. Read more »
Do Crises Call for Women Leaders? Lessons from Belarus, Lebanon, and New Zealand
Emily Death is Deputy Director at GPG. In this blog, she reflects on GPG’s work on women’s political participation in Lebanon, and how recent international… Read more »
Empowered Women Empower Women: GPG’s work with the elected women’s network in Jordan
Batool Al-Refaai is a Senior Project Manager at GPG currently based in our Jordan office and working on the Iraq project. In this post, Batool… Read more »
The Impact of Covid-19 on Diplomacy
Peter Millett was the British Ambassador to Libya from July 2015 until January 2018. He has served in a number of positions in the British… Read more »
Parliamentary response to crisis: How the HoC Library adapted to Covid-19
Edward Wood is the Director of Research at the House of Commons Library in the UK Parliament. He covers how the institution responded and adapted… Read more »
The challenge of political transition in Sudan
Rt Hon Alistair Burt was formerly Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, covering Egypt and Libya in the years following the… Read more »
Devolved Parliaments: Scotland
As part of our Parliamentary Responses to Crisis series, this is the third and last part of our articles about perspectives from each of the… Read more »
Devolved Parliaments: Wales
As part of our Parliamentary Responses to Crisis series, this is the second part of our articles about perspectives from each of the UK’s devolved… Read more »
Devolved Parliaments: Northern Ireland
As part of our Parliamentary Responses to Crisis series, over the next few weeks, we will be bringing you perspectives from each of the UK’s… Read more »
Laws Fit for Purpose? Post-Legislative Scrutiny after the Covid-19 Crisis
Alex Brazier is an Associate at Global Partners Governance. He was formerly Director of the Parliament and Government Programme, Hansard Society and previously a Committee… Read more »
COVID-19 had other plans: how we got stuck in Sudan
Maria Peiró Mir is a Senior Project Manager at GPG currently working on UK Home Office funded project tackling human trafficking in Sudan. We landed… Read more »
Regional Leadership and Transnational Cooperation: Report from GPG ‘Establishing a Regional Approach to HTFL’ Event, 9 June 2020
Events in the time of lockdown may bring a whole trail of uncertainty with them. GPG’s first online conference proved that adaptability to fast-changing circumstances… Read more »
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: The Secondary Effects of Covid-19 on Women at Risk to Human Trafficking
Ahead of the GPG Online Conference Establishing a Regional Approach to Human Trafficking and Forced Labour, GPG Associate and Member of the UK House of… Read more »
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: Virtual Virtues – are remote parliaments here to stay?
Launch of a joint paper by The Asia Foundation and Global Partners Governance: Virtual Parliaments: Principles and Practices As a card-carrying parliamentary geek, I tuned… Read more »
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: Parliaments upgrade on technology, identify the limits
This blog is released as part of our Parliamentary Response To Crisis series in collaboration with the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Parliaments in a Time of Pandemic series… Read more »
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: Lebanon needs women’s leadership as women bear the brunt of Covid-19
Adapting to the situation we are left in due to the Covid-19 crisis is crucial for companies across the globe. GPG is intending to extend… Read more »
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: Upholding human rights during coronavirus: a practical toolkit for parliaments
Modern human rights standards were born out of war, and can provide a ‘roadmap’ for times of crisis. Governments around the world responded to the… Read more »
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: The Coronavirus crisis will end – preparation now is vital
Adapting to the situation we are left in due to the Covid-19 crisis is crucial for companies across the globe. GPG is intending to extend… Read more »
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: Can analogue politics work in an era of digital scrutiny? The corrosive effect of Covid-19 on the informal politics of Westminster
Adapting to the situation we are left in due to the Covid-19 crisis is crucial for companies across the globe. GPG is intending to extend… Read more »
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: A Different Kind of Interlude
Adapting to the situation we are left in due to the Covid-19 crisis is crucial for companies across the globe. GPG is intending to extend… Read more »
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: Committees and Coronavirus
Adapting to the situation we are left in due to the Covid-19 crisis is crucial for companies across the globe. GPG is intending to extend… Read more »
What if politics was built on empathy? Designing for empathy and collaboration in the Finnish Parliament
Starting point “We don’t learn to understand why others think the way they do.” Member of Parliament, Finland, 2018 Writing about empathy in politics… Read more »
Parliamentary Response to Crisis: Parliaments – Defenders of Human Rights?
Adapting to the situation we are left in due to the Covid-19 crisis is crucial for companies across the globe. GPG is intending to extend… Read more »
Slow Traffic and AK47’s: My Experience With GPG
In October 2015, I had just graduated from university and was able to secure a position as a project assistant at GPG, mainly working on… Read more »
Five unexpected stories from the frontline of politics
Highlights from GPG’s Politics, As Usual podcast. Despite widespread scepticism about politics and politicians, in every country around the world there are men and women… Read more »
Style or Substance? Report from GPG Parliaments & Populism Event, 5 November 2019
On Tuesday 5 November, GPG in association with the Study of Parliament Group (SPG), held an event on Parliaments & Populism. The date of the event itself was… Read more »
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: GPG’s work with women politicians in Lebanon
Lebanon, despite its many advantages, does not have to search for challenges. The increasing frustration of women at their exclusion from the political system is… Read more »
A Sentimental Journey: Return to Erbil, Iraq
The team on GPG’s current Iraq project – on this occasion Meg Munn, Sue Griffiths, Zaf Iqbal and myself – visited Erbil in August. The… Read more »
Are Parliaments International Development Orphans?
The 2019 Wroxton Workshop of Parliamentarians and Parliamentary Scholars Are parliaments unfairly neglected in international development? This was the question posed during the opening session… Read more »
Back in Bahrain: constituency work 10 years later
GPG last worked in Bahrain in 2007-8, but this year we are back to support the parliament following the 2018 elections. A lot has changed… Read more »
How to promote inclusive governance in fragile and conflict-affected states: Insights from a review of the Dialogue for Stability programme
This blog post is based on lessons from GPG’s review of NIMD’s Dialogue for Stability programme conducted in partnership with Alina Rocha Menocal of ODI…. Read more »
Realising the Benefits of Decentralisation: Lessons from Jordan
The potential benefits of decentralisation to citizens and economic growth are well understood: more trusted, more immediately accountable and more fleet of foot than central… Read more »
Higher Education Reform in Egypt: Putting Students at the Centre
Between 26-28 February 2019, the ‘EduGate’ Higher Education Fair in Cairo brought together Egyptian and international universities, parliamentarians, academics and students. This gathering provided an… Read more »
“No-one knows everything about everything” : People, powers and practical approaches to decentralisation in Jordan
Sunday 17th February in Amman saw the culmination of a year’s collaborative work between local elected representatives in Governorate Councils in Jordan and GPG Associates,… Read more »
Public Trust in Politics
Who gets your vote? One of the most interesting findings of the Hansard Society’s recently published Audit of Political Engagement 15 (2018) was that 32%… Read more »
Making Local Government Work for Women
With decentralisation firmly on the development agenda it’s important women aren’t left behind as powers are devolved from central, to regional and local government in… Read more »
Challenges for Female Members of Parliament in Tanzania
Women’s participation in parliaments is crucial to improving the representative nature, accountability and quality of democracies. It can have a profound impact on the way… Read more »
Why Parliaments Need Good Access to Information
Members of Parliament need access to up-to-date and accurate information and expertise in order to perform their parliamentary duties, whether as individual representatives or as… Read more »
Constituents Help MPs As Much As MPs Help Constituents
For the first time in history, it is arguable that most people today live under democratic governments. This is commonly referred to as the “triumph… Read more »
Development and Diplomacy
After this year’s general election, the UK government created dual Ministerial roles in the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development, combining diplomatic and… Read more »
Decentralisation in Jordan: The First Local Elections
When I was in Jordan recently, working with GPG on support for the decentralisation of government, an article appeared in the Times of Jordan about… Read more »
Laws That Work for the Citizen: Post-Legislative Scrutiny in Kyrgyzstan
Driving in from Manas airport to central Bishkek very early in the morning you usually get the first glimpse of the beautiful high mountains to… Read more »
A Practical Guide to Decentralisation
Decentralisation is increasingly recognised internationally as a key element of good governance. When implemented well, it can lead to greater participation, efficiency and diversity. By… Read more »
Politics, As Usual: The London Recruits
The latest episode of our Politics, As Usual podcast, rounding off the inaugural series of interviews delving into how political change happens, is a one-off… Read more »
World Day against Trafficking in Persons: improving the implementation of anti-human trafficking legislation in Honduras
Maria Peiró Mir Honduras has long battled with human trafficking within and across its borders. The past five years in particular have seen it transformed… Read more »
Politics, As Usual
What drives politicians and political behaviour? What are the incentives and motivations that shape the effectiveness of political institutions? And how can we align individual… Read more »
Promoting Gender Equality in Parliaments
Jacqui Smith and Kristen Sample Women account for half of the global population, yet represent less than a quarter of the world’s parliamentarians. The causes… Read more »
‘Sticky’ change: What international development can learn from adaptive management
One of the most significant failings of international political assistance has been the tendency to focus too much on institutional structure and process, and not enough… Read more »
Jordan’s journey: elections, party assistance and the evolving political culture
This article was taken from our September 2016 newsletter. For the full newsletter and to subscribe, click here. The civil wars and instability in Jordan’s… Read more »
The puzzle of parliamentary assistance
At the end of September GPG Director, Greg Power, addressed the inaugural meeting at the House of Commons of a new ‘Community of Practice’ on… Read more »
‘The Politics of Parliamentary Strengthening’
‘The Politics of Parliamentary Strengthening’ is an article from GPG director Greg Power and is featured in this quarter’s The Political Quarterly. Greg writes: Parliament’s International Development… Read more »
GPG endorses IPU’s Common Principles for Support to Parliaments
On behalf of GPG, Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP endorses the Common Principles for Support to Parliaments formally adopted by IPU’s governing bodies on 16 October 2014… Read more »
