Gherardo Casini

    •   Gherardo Casini
    • Gherardo Casini's Details
      • Title: Secretary to the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament
      • Institution: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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    Gherardo Casini is the Head of the Office of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in Rome and the Secretary to the Board of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament. The Global Centre for ICT in Parliament is a joint initiative of the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) launched at the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) in November 2005 to respond to the expressed desire to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society, where legislatures are empowered to better fulfill their constitutional functions through information and communication technologies (ICT).

    The Global Centre for ICT in Parliament acts as a clearing house for information, research, innovation, technology and technical assistance, and promotes a structured dialogue among parliaments, centres of excellence, international organizations, the civil society, the private sector and the donor community, with the goals of sharing experiences, identifying best practices and implementing appropriate solutions.

    The Centre holds the World e-Parliament Conference every two years with various host parliaments and prepares the biennial World e-Parliament Report (2008, 2010, 2012), which assesses the state of technology in legislative bodies globally.