Producing good quality legislation is considered to be a priority by most governments in the world. Effective legislative intervention matters for effecting government programmes and policies.

The quality of drafting a legislative text was the main topic of advanced training for 15 Palestinian staff members of the Palestinian Official Gazette, the “Diwan” on 17 February in Ramallah. 

 Topics included the criteria of quality legislation, developing a model for a legislative quality checklist and designing a legislative quality report form.

This course, which was organised by EUPOL COPPS’ Ministerial and Legislation Justice Team, aimed at improving the quality of drafting the legislation and/or its amendments before these get published and to ensure that the law-making process is transparent, inclusive and participatory.

The Diwan has recently established a specialised unit on the quality of legislation within its organisational structure, which has been equipped with new legal staff to ensure that the legislation produced and published in the Official Gazette meets the required quality standards. The staff members were eager to receive advanced training on the quality of legislation, with a focus on the practical aspects of the quality review process.