Iprs – Parliamentary and Other Professional Reporters

the aim of iprs (intersteno parliamentary and other professional reporters’ section) is to enable parliamentary and other professional reporters to co-operate and participate via a professional organization and to ensure that this resource is used to promote the cause of democratic government, service delivery and professional business practices throughout the world. since its start the federation of intersteno has been involved with parliamentary reporting. in the 90's the significance of a section for parliamentary reporters and parliamentary reporting services became apparent. at the 40th intersteno congress in istanbul (1993), iprs was founded. it was decided that iprs should initiate projects on the themes: new technology, productivity, health and safety, quality standards, recruitment and training. at each intersteno congress a special session was set aside for parliamentary reporters and a discussion of the themes as set out. this tradition has continued and thrived at subsequen