From 6-8 October, 51 members of parliament from across 28 different countries and representing a wide variety of political voices spent three days together in Helsinki at the 8th Annual Policymakers Dialogue “Architects of the Future: European Policymaking in Times of Uncertainty, Technological Disruption and Societal Adaptation”.

On 12 September, policymakers from 11 parliaments took part in the first Open European Dialogue Interparliamentary Lab “War in Ukraine: Collaboration Initiatives for Parliaments”. The Lab represents a continued pan-European cross-party effort to develop improved coordination and strategic exchange of parliamentary responses to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

On the 7-8th of July, in the context of our Open European Dialogue Future Workshop, 19 Members of Parliament from 15 countries came together in Warsaw to discuss the implications of the war in Ukraine across Europe, consider possible future scenarios for the evolution of the war, as well as explore cooperation opportunities.

Over a year has passed since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Chiara Rosselli, Head of the Open European Dialogue, shares her take on the state of political dialogue and the difficult conversations that await European politicians.

A reflection on the Seventh Annual Policymakers Dialogue by Chiara Rosselli, Head of the Open European Dialogue.

In response to the war in Ukraine, the Open European Dialogue launched an Emergency Parliamentary Open Call series in an effort to support open communication for parliamentarians, irrespective of party lines and committee roles, to share concerns and perspectives with parliamentary colleagues across Europe at this critical time.

This publication came out of a collaboration organized together with APROPOS – Advancing Process in Politics. OED Collaborations activate external partnerships to deliver its members with tailored events designed around a variety of themes, audiences, and objectives.

The Open European Dialogue works in democratic innovation and experiments with new ways of meaningfully connecting Europe’s policymakers. We are excited to announce that the project has been recognized by the OECD’s Observatory for Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) and selected as a global best practice as an 'innovative network tackling cross-border innovation!'