Benin

Inter Pares Partnership with the National Assembly of Benin

Peer-to-peer partnership

Benin

Priority 1 Transparency: Creating a more inclusive and engaged parliament with citizens
Priority 2 Research and Analysis: Ensuring that parliamentary decisions are well-informed
Priority 3 Oversight of the Executive: Improving the quality of laws, public policies, and annual performance programmes
Priority 4 Optimisation of Internal Procedures: Enhancing the efficiency of Parliament

EU Member States Parliaments

EU Member States Parliaments

Programme Timeline: December 1, 2024 - November 30, 2025

PRIORITY 1

Transparency: Creating a more inclusive and engaged parliament
with citizens

  • Management of citizens’ petitions:
  • Strengthening the relationships between MPs and Constituents 
  • Hearings and parliamentary visits
  • Support to parliamentary networks

PRIORITY 2

Research and Analysis: Ensuring that parliamentary decisions are
well-informed

  • Strengthening the Parliamentary Research Centre (IPaB)
  • Optimisation of the use of the urgent procedure for immediate discussion of a draft law:

PRIORITY 3

Oversight of the Executive: Improving the quality of laws, public
policies, and annual performance programmes

  • Analysis of the quality of legislation and monitoring of the implementation of laws
  • Review of annual performance programmes from Ministries

PRIORITY 4

Optimisation of Internal Procedures: Enhancing the efficiency of
Parliament

  • Digital management of different parliamentary processes

EU Partner Parliaments 

  • French Senate
  • French National Assembly
  • Belgian Senate, Belgian Chamber of Representatives
  • Czech Republic Chamber of Deputies
  • Irish Houses of the Oireachtas
  • German Bundestag
  • Slovakia National Council.