The instrument, which provides unbiased information about reliability of the official tabulation of votes, has been being used for 30 years worldwide. When it was used the first time in Philippines, the difference between PVT results and official tabulation results was quite big.

Verkhovna Rada of VIII convocation has already been working for 1.5 years. Although it has beat the record of previous convocations in the number of registered draft laws and resolutions, the number of adopted legislative initiatives is still lower. Such conclusion was made by analysts of Civil Network OPORA, who realize the parliamentary monitoring.

On 21 June, the candidate registration has finished for by-election of MPs. Thus, a record-breaking number of candidates have already registered for the upcoming 17 July 2016 by-election to the Parliament.

Reforming the Rules of Parliamentary Procedure: not much European recommendations implemented

Talking about a good party, which can efficiently work in the parliament, one should mention voter interests, distinct ideological principles, a detailed program, teamwork, transparent financing and membership fees, open and public activities.

We are happy to introduce opendata.rada.gov.ua - Open Ukrainian Parliament Data Portal. 406 open data sets about Ukrainian Parliament are available in a machine-readable and easy processable format.

On 15 June 2016, a group of unidentified individuals used the force to restrict two OPORA's officially registered observers from entering a communal enterprise City Palace of Culture when self-nominated candidate Maksym Mykytas (SMD #206) was holding a campaigning event there. There were around 500 voters attending the event.

How does Ukrainian Parliament of VIII convocation work? How effectively do MPs fulfill their duties? How do they communicate with the voters and how well the Parliament succeeds in its goal – becoming an open and transparent legislative body? These questions were discussed on Monday 13 June National Forum titled: “How the Parliament has changed over 1.5 years.” Over one hundred representatives of civil society, mass media, assistants to MPs and various government institutions participated in ...