From July 2017- June 2018, the Parliamentary Centre in partnership with the Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (EMReF), implemented the project “Building Parliamentary Research Capacity: The case of Shan State’s Sub-National Parliament in Myanmar” funded through a grant from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). This project focused on strengthening the parliamentary research capacity of the Shan State Hluttaw to build an evidence base for gender-sensitive policy and law-making, particularly in the areas of economic development and democratic transition.

This training manual focuses on the key concepts of parliamentary research, as well as on how to design, implement, and evaluate projects and trainings aimed at building the research capacity of parliaments in Myanmar. The material was developed by the Parliamentary Centre with inputs from EMReF.