Young Leaders For Mynamar’s Inclusive Democratic Future – Apply now
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:Young Leaders For Mynamar’s Inclusive Democratic Future Canada Fellowship 2023 Call for applications on Parliamentary Centre website Background To encourage…
Initiative nurtures new generation of actors for an inclusive Myanmar
IDRC Initiative nurtures new generation of actors for an inclusive MyanmarNovember 23, 2022 Article from IDRC webpage (version française) Four years…
Engaging civil society to rebuild peace prospects – Canada-Myanmar IDRC Research Fellowship
More than 100 displaced Myanmar scholars, policymakers, think tanks researchers, Rohingya leaders and civil society members will access in-depth training, internship…
Building parliamentary research capacity: The case of Shan state’s sub-national parliament in Myanmar
This project will contribute to strengthening parliamentary research capacity in the Shan state, one of the largest and most diverse states…
Myanmar Speaker Series: How to support sub-national parliaments effectively? 2020 Elections
November 5, 2020. Ms. Myat The Thitsar, Mr. Ivo Balinov & Mr. Thomas (Tom) Cormier.
Decentralization as mandated by the 2008 Constitution re-introduced state/region governments and legislatures across Myanmar. This represents a central issue for the country’s long term development. The 14 sub-national legislatures have the responsibility to debate and pass local legislation and also have the formal role to debate and approve local budgets and oversee their spending. The potential of the ongoing peace process leading to the negotiation of a federal model of governance means that the roles of sub-national institutions, including parliaments, would continue to increase substantially. Against this background, the bulk of international support remains focused at the union level in the new capital of Nay Pyi Taw. Less attention is paid to sub-national parliaments across the 14 states and regions in the country. The parliamentary elections scheduled for November 8, 2020 have the potential of making sub-national parliaments even more ethnically diverse and of increasing the number of women parliamentarians.
Myanmar Speaker Series: How to equip sub national parliaments for evidence based policy making ?
October 7, 2020.
Decentralization as mandated by the 2008 Constitution re-introduced state/region governments and legislatures across Myanmar. This represents a central issue for the country’s long term development. The 14 sub-national legislatures have the responsibility to debate and pass local legislation and also have the formal role to debate and approve local budgets and oversee their spending. The potential of the ongoing peace process leading to the negotiation of a federal model of governance means that the roles of sub-national institutions, including parliaments, would continue to increase substantially. Against this background, the bulk of international support remains focused at the union level in the new capital of Nay Pyi Taw. Less attention is paid to sub-national parliaments across the 14 states and regions in the country. The parliamentary elections scheduled for November 8, 2020 have the potential of making sub-national parliaments even more ethnically diverse and of increasing the number of women parliamentarians.
How to equip sub-national parliaments for evidence-based policy making?
EVENT DATE: 6th October 2020 Both the Parliamentary Centre (Canada) and a national think tank, Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (EMReF) have chosen to focus to support…
Myanmar’s largest state parliament develops better research skills
November 1, 2018 Research in Action article from IDRC Parliamentary Centre Training with members and staff of the Shan State Hluttaw.…
Shan State parliamentarians strengthen their research skills
December 18, 2017 Research in Action article from IDRC In Shan State — one of Myanmar’s 21 states, regions, and selfadministered…