Publikationen der Stiftung → Open parliaments 2012
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  • The present comparative volume of case studies provides a snapshot and analysis of the existing normative regulation, practices, and public debates regarding the openness and transparency of parliaments in the Balkans. On the basis of in-depth research, the volume identifies a set of good practices, and elaborates recommendations for the improvement of the public knowledge and understanding of parliamentary work. The volume is the result of a project initiated by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Office Bulgaria and the Regional Secretariat for Parliamentary Cooperation in South-East Europe. Its implementation was tasked to the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia. Its main goal was, firstly, to study the norms and practices of ten Balkan countries, and, secondly, to disseminate the findings of this research, and to discuss them with politicians and civil society. Ultimately, ten countries were covered by the project: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro and Romania. With this project we wish to enrich the debate between parliaments and civil society both within the respective countries and between the member states of the SEECP and thus contribute to a more informed and substantive parliamentary cooperation in the region. The very well elaborated research gives a sound empirical basis for further debate and – hopefully – ever more transparent and open parliaments in South-East Europe.