Inter-Parliamentary Union 2022-2024 Inter-Parliamentary Union 2022-2024 Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) is the world organisation of national parliaments with
178 members. IPU's vision is a world where every voice counts, where democracy and
parliaments are at the service of the people for peace and development. With a broad
membership base IPU has the potential to reach a big majority of the world's lawmakers,
and this is done through political initiatives by members and through program work
initiated by the secretariat. Its political dimension enables parliaments and their members
to voice their views and concerns and adopt common strategies and commitments at the
international level. The political nature of the organization serves as a powerful conduit
to catalyse change at national level. Discussions and debates held within the
organization, often on sensitive issues, open space for dialogue and push members of
parliament (MP) to engage on issues potentially sensitive in a national context. Such
dialogues and debates expose MPs to diverse points of views and experiences. Added to
peer-to-peer learning and influence, IPU Assemblies and political gatherings serve as
platforms that encourage MPs from around the world to regularly assess their work and
the work of their parliament. The resolutions adopted by the organization on those
occasions serve as a framework for action and can facilitate action by parliaments at the
national level. Through its programme work, IPU develops support to parliaments,
focussing first on building their capacity to effectively carry out their constitutional
mandate to pass laws, exercise governmental oversight, adopt budgets and represent the
public.

The support is a programme support to four of IPU's five strategic objectives with a
particular focus on SO1 (Effective and empowered parliaments). IPU är en global organisation av parlament som bildades 1889 i syfte att arbeta för fred
och mellanfolkligt samarbete. IPU består idag av 178 nationella parlamentsmedlemmar
och 13 associerade medlemmar som utgörs av regionala parlament. IPU arbetar i nära
samverkan med FN samt med internationella och lokala organisationer. IPU har sedan
2002 observatörsstatus i FN:s generalförsamling. Sekretariatet ligger i Genève och de har
ett FN-kontor i New York. IPU’s sekretariat har idag 40 anställda.

IPU:s verksamhet syftar till att främja och stärka parlamentens lagstiftande, granskande
och representativa funktioner. De har ett särskilt fokus på mänskliga rättigheter,
jämställdhet, ungas deltagande och inflytande, fred och konfliktförebyggande samt
parlamentens ansvar och roll i att stödja arbetet för de Globala målen för hållbar
utveckling. Detta genom att skapa förutsättningar för och uppmuntra dialog mellan
parlament och parlamentsledamöter världen över, genom att bedriva forskning och
utveckla standarder och riktlinjer för god demokratisk parlamentarisk praxis och genom
riktade kapacitetsutvecklande insatser till enskilda parlament i utvecklingsländer. The five strategic objectives are formulated:

SO1 : Effective and empowered Parliaments
SO2 : Representative and inclusive parliaments
SO3 : Innovative and resilient parliaments
SO4: Connected parliaments and collective parliamentary action (parts not funded by Sida)
SO5: Accountable IPU-members and secretariat (not funded by Sida)

The policy objectives are to be reached through the strategic objectives. The four policy objectives have a number of formulated targets that IPU aim to strive for during the intervention. The policy objectives are the following. 

PG 1 : Climate change 
PG 2: Democracy, Human Rights, Gender equality and youth participation
PG 3 : Peace and Security
PG 4 : Sustainable development for all