A plea for Open Parliaments in the Black Sea Region. The case of Romania, Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria and Georgia

Open Parliaments

The comparative study A plea for Open Parliaments in the Black Sea Region. The case of Romania, Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria and Georgia elaborated by experts of the Institute for Public Policy (IPP), Romania, IDIS – Institute for Democratic Initiatives, Chisinau,  Centre for Liberal Strategies (CLS), Sofia and Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development (CIPDD), Tbilisi within the context of a regional project supported by The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST), brings a new, comparative perspective over the legislative mechanisms and institutional practices that regulate transparency of parliaments in the 4 countries. Elaborated based on a unitary structure for allowing comparability of case studies, the study is innovative by offering a concrete dimension over the perception of transparency and access to information related to the activity of national legislatives, using an “openness” scale created by experts and tested with NGOs, citizens etc.

For additional information, please contact Elena Iorga, Program Director, at phone: 00 40 21 212 3126/27 or e-mail: elena@ipp.ro.