Seminars

Centenary seminar on Svinhufvud is arranged on May 22nd 2007 in Parliament Annex auditorium. The theme of the seminar is the life work of the first Speaker of Finnish Parliament, P. E. Svinhufvud.

The Seminar was hosted by Parliament, the Ministry of Justice and the Government Policy Programme for Citizen Participation for invited participants. It took place in the Auditorium of the Parliament Annex on Monday, 2 October 2006.

The Seminar employed the methods of societal diagnosis to examine the changes in the democratic environment and the status of the Parliament as legislature. Special attention was paid to the challenges presented by globalisation, EU membership, new media, and public access to information.

The focus of the Seminar was on the effects of the changes from the point of view of Finnish society, but the experiences of other countries were touched on as well. Most importantly, the Seminar was a forum for discussions about the proposed formulation of a legislative policy. It is necessary to take a comprehensive approach to this issue, so that the citizens, the Government and the Parliament can debate the state of the legal system and the development of legislation in a broader context and not only in view of particular legislative projects.

Centenary seminar of the Constitutional Law Committee of the Finnish Parliament was aimed at invited guests. The seminar was held on 18 May 2006 in the Parliament Annex auditorium.

The International Association on Constitutional Law (IACL) was held a Round Table on 14-16 September 2006 in the auditorium in Parliament's new annex. The theme of the seminar was Women and the Constitution.

The Employment and Equality Committee of the Parliament hosted a seminar in Joensuu on 21-22 March 2006 to mark the 100th anniversary of full political rights for women.

The seminar was arranged in cooperation with the Council for Equality and the Equality Unit at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.