Last updated: October 15, 2026
As November 16–20 approaches, the Open Parliament e-Network (OPeN) is sharing a snapshot of the activities registered so far for the ninth edition of the Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW). These activities come from organizations across the global open parliament community that responded to our open call. This is a living page, updated as new activities are confirmed — and there is still time to register.
Activities so far span Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, in formats that include workshops, online dialogues, publications and social media campaigns. Common themes include transparency and access to information, citizen participation, inclusion, and the role of technology in legislatures.
🏛 In-person and hybrid events
- Mon 16 & Tue 17 Nov — Panama | ParlAmericas & House Democracy Partnership —Practical sessions and workshops for parliamentary staff from across Latin America, focused on innovation, digital transformation, and the use of artificial intelligence to advance parliamentary openness and transparency.
- Tue 17 Nov — Nigeria | CYPLP — Capacity-building workshop for legislative aides at the Kaduna State House of Assembly, launching CYPLP’s new “State Legislative Monitoring” initiative with Parliamentary Africa Network (Ghana).
- Wed 18 & Thu 19 Nov — Brazil | Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC) & Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina (among other partners) — Trilhas EquiGov Parlamento Aberto: Práticas e Ideias em Debate. Two-day event in Florianópolis bringing together researchers, parliamentarians, legislative staff, public managers and civil society to discuss how legislatures can be more transparent, participatory, collaborative and committed to equity. Day 1 at UDESC/ESAG, Day 2 at the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina. More info here.
- Fri 20 Nov — Indonesia | SEKODI Bandung — Civic-Tastic! Educational classes for young people in Bandung, West Java, promoting active youth civic engagement.
- Fri 20 Nov — Haiti | ONLCC — Le réveil de l’intégrité. In-person event in the South department on civic engagement and the fight against corruption.
- Thu 26 Nov — Albania | Parliamentary Institute of the Parliament of Albania (with NDI) — Third edition of Parliamentary Research Day. Conference proceedings published with ISBN.
- Dates TBC — Somalia | SONSA — Hybrid series of 18 consultation meetings across six regions, focused on civil society participation in budget planning.
💻 Online events
- Thu 19 Nov — Indonesia | PSHK — Expanding Power, Shrinking Participation. Online discussion on how legislative developments are shaping civic space in Indonesia, with MPs, parliamentary staff and government representatives invited.
- Thu 19 Nov — Nigeria | The Fasasi Youth Foundation — Virtual dialogue on barriers to citizen participation in state legislative processes.
- Date TBC — Thailand | WeVis — Launch of the latest version of Politigraph, a civic tech platform opening political data to the public, with a hands-on invitation for developers to build on the dataset. politigraph.wevis.info
📄 Publications
- Thu 19 Nov — Somalia | SONSA — Launch of the quarterly Open Parliament Index, assessing the Federal Parliament of Somalia on OGP, IPU and OPeN standards.
📱 Social media campaigns
- During GLOW week — Global | Directorio Legislativo (DL) — Campaign sharing open parliament initiatives, materials and reports from around the world.
- During GLOW week — Global | OPeN Partners — Video series featuring parliamentary leaders on open parliament, already including: MP Afrim Gashi and MP Antonijo Miloshoski, President and Vice President of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia.
- During GLOW week — Americas and the Caribbean | ParlAmericas — Campaign sharing open parliament pillars and progress from across the Americas and the Caribbean region.
- During GLOW week — Zambia | Bloggers of Zambia — Campaign on citizen access to parliamentary procedures and digital tools for engagement.
Join us
If your organization or parliament is planning something — large or small — there is still time to register.
➡️ Register your activity: https://bit.ly/GLOW2026
➡️ Follow the campaign on X: @openparl with #GLOW2026
GLOW 2026 is coordinated by the members of the Open Parliament e-Network: Directorio Legislativo (DL), ParlAmericas, National Democratic Institute (NDI), Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), Inter Pares, Latin American Network for Legislative Transparency (RLTL) and OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
