All-party conciliar organisations
An all-party conciliar organisation (Esperanto: Ĉiuj partioj konsilia organizaĵo (ĈPKO)) is a group in the National Council of Entropan, composed of members of the National Council from most/all political parties. All-party conciliar organisations are formal cross-party groups of members of the National Council, with official websites and organisational statuses given by the Speaker of the National Council, that meet at least triannually to discuss their particular area of concern, to explore relevant issues relating to their chosen topic.
Formation
At the beginning of each Conciliar session, Members of the National Council wishing to form particular all-party conciliar organisations put in requests into the Order Paper, with the scope of the topics covered by the organisation, the name of the organisation, and its logo included on a digital submission directly to the Speaker. At the inaugural Address, the Speaker reads out a prepared statement of the governing coalition or party's agenda for the upcoming session, the list of formed Commitees, and the list of all-party conciliar organisations that have been requested to be formed by MNCs is read out. Within a week after the Address, the Ministry of Online Affairs is responsible for setting up individual websites for the ĈPKOs. After the Address, MNCs can then voluntarily join or leave ĈPKOs whenever they'd choose to do so, by sending a request form to the Speaker.
During the following Conciliar session, ĈPKOs can also be formed at the start of the first General Questions held every month, where MNCs can request the formation of ĈPKOs on the Order Paper, to the Speaker of the National Council.
Every ĈPKO must hold at least 3 meetings every year, one of which must be an annual general meeting, and one of which must be an inaugural election of officers. ĈPKOs cease to exist when the National Council is dissolved for elections, and must be reconstituted.
The official register of APPGs is updated every month. As of October 2023, there are 983 ĈPKOs.
Functions and covered topics
All-party conciliar organisations are groups of MNCs that discuss a particular topic of concern, and who explore relevant issues relating to their topic. They examine issues of policy relating to particular areas, discussing new developments, holding inquiries into the matters, and inviting experts, stakeholders, and government ministers to speak at their meetings. ĈPKOs have no formal place in the legislature, but rather are used to develop understanding in regards to particular issues.
They can be based on countries, such as the ĈPKOs on Tumland and Hapatmitas, on regions of countries, such as the ĈPKOs on the San Carlos Islands or Arstotzka, or based on particular subjects, such as the ĈPKOs on whistleblowing or taxis.
Examples
Some examples of subject-based ĈPKOs include:
- Adult education
- Autism
- Cameras and video technologies
- Climate change
- Dark skies
- Drug policy reform
- Fire safety and rescue
- Fisheries
- Foreign development
- Gambling
- Human rights
- Infrastructure
- Legal aid
- Life sciences
- Manufacturing
- Media freedom
- Nuclear energy
- Obesity
- Opera
- Pensions
- Radiotherapy
- Religion in the media
- Single parent families
- Tennis
- Theatre
- Video games
- Writers
- Youth employment
- Zoos and aquariums
