Annual Report 2016-2017: Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section

Abstract

The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments (IFLAPARL) Annual Report cover the period September 2016 – August 2016. The purpose is to inform the Professional Committee, the Section’s Standing Committee, members of the Section and the profession around the world about achievements over the year. It is aligned with its Action Plan for the year. The Section completed the following activities: Capacity building workshop in Warsaw, August 2017; IFLAPARL satellite meeting in Warsaw hosted by the Senate of Poland and the Polish Sejm16-18 August 2017; the Section organized a session “Parliament and the People: Transparency, Openness, Engagement” at the 2017 WLIC in Wroclaw and had 3 joint sessions with 3 other sections; facilitated knowledge sharing and communication within the Section and in regional networks issue two editions of the Section Newsletter and an updated Section brochure, and a newly designed World Directory of Library and Research Services for Parliaments (WDLRSP).