This Monday will bring the start of the "PMO Leaders Conference on Parliamentary Transparency and Networking" here in Washington, DC. Among the topics at the three-day conference of global parliamentary monitoring organization leaders will be a discussion on a parliamentary transparency pledge. The pledge's purpose is to stimulate discussion among PMOs and, eventually, between PMOs and parliaments, on issues of parliamentary transparency.

All of us who are organizing the conference welcome comments on the draft document, which is included below. One of my colleagues at NDI wrote a fantastic summary of the issues the pledge seeks to address, which I've stolen copied posted below as well. (Please feel encouraged to raise issues in the comments section of the blogpost.)

Summary of Issues Addressed by the Pledge

• Promoting a Culture of Transparency: As the people’s institution, [...]