Recent Activity
From February 20-23, 2023, the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) engaged the National Assembly of Moldova on strengthening parliamentary initiative and legislative oversight of the energy and defense sector.
From February 14-17, 2023, the House Democracy Partnership held a regional exchange in coordination with the George C. Marshall Center (GCMC) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The program explored different avenues of security oversight and crisis communications including sessions on addressing corruption in the security sector; foundations of digital security, disinformation, digital inauthenticity, countering foreign malign influence; and crisis communications in the legislative sector.
From February 6-8, 2023, a delegation of members of the Kosovo Assembly visited Washington, DC as part of a U.S.-based study mission on parliamentary ethics framework development. During their trip, they met with prominent figures in the U.S. ethics system, including representatives from the U.S.
From January 31-February 3, 2023, the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) traveled to Mombasa, Kenya to implement a Technical Assistance Consultancy (TAC) with the Kenyan National Assembly. This exchange focused on the budget process, parliamentarian-staff relations, and bicameral policymaking as part of the 13th Parliament’s Post-Election Seminar—a convening of all National Assembly and Senate legislators in Kenya
On January 31, 2023, the House Democracy Partnership (HDP) organized a Technical Assistance Consultancy (TAC) on Supporting Strategic Foresight in Ukraine. During this session, the Verkhovna Rada and their newly established research service discussed the effective use of strategic foresight as a tool for policy planning and preparation for future events.