ParlAmericas Podcast

Principles and examples of Post-Legislative Scrutiny from around the world

Episode Summary

In this episode, recorded during the Workshop on Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the 4th Gathering of ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network “Beyond the Walls of Parliament: Strengthening Parliamentary Oversight”, Mr. Franklin De Vrieze, Senior Governance Adviser of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, presents the importance of post-legislative scrutiny, its value for parliamentary oversight and provides examples of this practice from around the world.

Episode Notes

In this ParlAmericas Podcast episode, Mr. Franklin De Vrieze, Senior Governance Adviser of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, explains for the objectives of post-legislative scrutiny as a tool to ensure that adopted legislation reaches the expected results. He describes the principles of post-legislative scrutiny and various processes that can be implemented to put it in practice, along with examples from across the world.
This address was recorded at the 4th Gathering of ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network, “Beyond the Walls of Parliament: Strengthening Parliamentary Oversight”, held in Quito, Ecuador from March 12 to 14, 2019.