Myanmar Parliamentarians visit Germany
Hluttaw Delegation to Germany - Delegation Diary 1: Visit of the Bavarian State Parliament (Landtag) and HSF Headquarters

The Hluttaw delegation at the Bavarian parliament (Landtag).

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The topic of the Delegation and Study Tour were Role Plays of Parlaments and Parliamentary Education. The Delegation included 3 Members of Parliament - U Zaw Lin Htut, U Phyo Zeya Thawand Daw Wint Wah Htun and 5 officials from the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw.

Monday, 19.03. the delegation visited the Bavarian State Parliament (Landtag). A warm welcome and a guided tour through the Landtag was the starting point for this day. Then there was a presentation of the educational Programme of the Landtag. This included explanations how the visitor service at the Landtag works and how specific groups such as pupils and students are approached and integrated by the educational programme. The Landtag of Bavaria receives nearly 10 000 pupils and students for their educational programme each year. The educational programme not only facilitates the visits and political education, it also operates a simulation / role play of the Landtag. This means participants will take on the role of members of parliament and simulate a Parlament session. The aim of the simulation is that participants learn how to be a politicians and how to develop and prepare legislation by doing it. The delegation had also the opportunity to observe a simulation with over 60 pupils at the Landtag.

The parliamentarians also visited the HSF headquarters in Munich and met with Prof. Dr. Ursula Männle (middle), chairwoman of HSF.

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The morning concluded with explanations on simulations and role plays, discussions and questions with Mrs Feldmann-Wojtachnia from the Center for applied policy research at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University who supports the development of the educational programme at the Landtag.

In the afternoon the delegation was welcomed at the headquarter of the Hanns Seidel Foundation by Chairwomen Professor Ursula Männle, Dr Susanne Luther, Director Institute of International Cooperation and Stefan Burkhardt, Head of the South/ Southeast Asia Division at the Hanns Seidel Foundation.

Professor Ursula Männle also hosted a dinner with the delegation which was also joined by Dr Ute Eiling-Hütig, Member of the Bavarian Parliament.

Members of the Hluttaw delegation learned about methods of political education and simulations at the Bavarian Landtag.

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We would like to thank the staff of the Bavarian Landtag for receiving us, taking the time and providing us with a comprehensive experience on their educational programme.