OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports workshops aiming to strengthen Parliamentary staff skills in drafting of legislation and amendments procedures within Committees

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized workshops to strengthen the skills of parliamentary staff to support drafting of legislation and amendments within committees on 21 and 22 November and on 3 and 4 December 2019 in Podgorica. The attendees examined the legislative drafting and amending process and discussed the practice and function of the Rules of Procedure of their parliament as compared with the practice in other parliaments.

Legal expert Stevan Lilić said that within these workshops, parliamentary staff explored  key issues were identified to improve legal drafting through a policy development process that creates an adequate institutional framework, sets and maintains legal drafting standards and makes more use of the public consultation processes,” said Lilić.

Participants of the workshops agreed that this experience and knowledge would be useful in their daily work.

The Mission organizes tailored workshops to respond to the identified needs for improving capacities of staff who provide daily support to the legislative function of the Parliament.