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The new National Assembly for Wales: Building on Experience
One-day Conferences
Monday 13 July, Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Thursday 16 July, All Nations Centre, Cardiff
In July 2007, Tomorrow's Wales published a booklet ‘The New National Assembly for Wales - a guide’. The booklet remains an unique information resource, providing a 'layman's guide' to the workings of the National Assembly for Wales, allowing ordinary people to understand how their Assembly works and how they can engage with it and influence its decisions.
Two years after the current devolution arrangements came into effect, Tomorrow’s Wales is planning to update the guide, and we have been fortunate to secure support from the Big Lottery Fund to do so.
The two “Building On Experience Two Years On” conferences will see practitioners who have had first hand experience of how the Assembly has functioned over the past two share their experiences and insights, providing a valuable learning opportunity for those who want to learn more about how the Assembly works and how the Assembly’s powers and procedures have developed over the past two years.
Contributions to the conferences will feed into the updated edition of the Assembly Guide.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Following the conferences, we received many requests for the presentations to me made available online.
Below are links to the four presentations that were given at the two conferences.
The New National Assembly for Wales: Lessons from the First Two Years
Keith Bush, Director of Legal Services National Assembly for Wales
The Assembly’s New Processes and how Civil Society has RespondedGeraint Talfan Davies, Chair of IWA
From Theory to Practice: how Quasi-legislative Devolution Actually Operates
Marie Navarro, Cardiff Law School and Wales Legislation Online
The View from the Voluntary SectorJennifer Bradbury and Michelle Matheron, WCVA Voices for Change Project
LAYMAN'S GUIDE
The conferences proved very valuable in collecting experiences and suggestions that will help us prepare the revised edition of the Layman's Guide.
We continue to welcome further suggestions and feedback: if you have any ideas please email cymruyfory@stratamatrix.co.uk
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