OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports discussion on importance of parliamentary monitoring

BISHKEK, 18 December 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today organized a roundtable discussion for some twenty representatives from the legislature, academia, expert community, think-tanks and international organizations to discuss the importance of civil society’s monitoring of parliament.

Presentations were delivered by experts from the Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society, the Tian-Shan Policy Centre of the American University of Central Asia, the Agency of Social Technologies and the Politmer NGONGO
non-governmental organization.

“The monitoring of parliaments by civil society and academia is a feedback instrument that aims to assist democratic parliaments in reflecting on the aspirations of voters and the population in general,” said Diana Digol, Institution-Building Officer at the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.  

The event is part of an OSCE Centre project on promoting parliamentarism in Kyrgyzstan.