This week’s blog reports on the second GPGF “From Policy to Impact” webinar forum with the Uzbekistan Parliamentary Commission on Follow-up and Compliance with International… Read more »
This week’s blog reports on the first session of a forum held between GPGF and the Oliy Majlis on the the role of parliaments in… Read more »
This week’s blog outlines the 9th paper of our Guide to Parliament series, in which GPG’s Associate Aileen Walker reflects on good public engagement practice… Read more »
Project Officer Elizabett Yashneva reflects on growing up in a Post-Soviet state and comments on the communist legacy and its contribution to women’s rights across… Read more »
GPG’s Deputy Director Rhiannon Hollis examines the International Development Committee’s forthcoming inquiry on the Philosophy and Culture of Aid, and how it relates to GPG’s… Read more »
This blog was written for GPG by Eva Barboni, Founder & CEO of Atalanta. She examines how the multiple crises Lebanon went through in the… Read more »
This week’s blog was written by GPG’s MENA Project Manager Nayla Zein, who reflects on the recent parliamentary elections in Kuwait and what their results… Read more »
This blog was written by GPG’s Senior Project Manager Batool Al-Refaai, who reports on the recent Jordanian general elections and the deterioration of the country’s… Read more »
Former MP and Scottish Government Minister Margaret Curran, who worked with the UNDP in Myanmar and conducted several visits in the country, writes this week’s… Read more »
This blog was written for GPG by Claudia Sevillano, Lecturer of Economics and Law at PUCP (Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Peru). In this piece, she… Read more »
In this blog, GPG’s Project Coordination Assistant Mia Marty recalls her impressions of a project she recently contributed to: our training course on building male allyship… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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’ 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 »
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 »
