The Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, on Wednesday launched the maiden Information-Sharing Session between Academia, Civil Society Organisations and Committees of Parliament, focused on Economic Governance and Public Financial Management. The event, organised by the Citizens' Bureau, brought together Members of Parliament, representatives of the World Bank and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), academia and civil society groups. In his remarks, the Speaker described the initiative as a deliberate effort to bridge the gap between research, policymaking and the everyday realities of Ghanaians, stressing that Parliament, academia and civil society each play a distinct but complementary role in shaping national development. Speaker Bagbin used the occasion to highlight Parliament's broader reforms towards openness and citizen participation, including the development of an Open Parliament Plan, the electronic petitions platform, live broadcast of proceedings, and the restructuring of the former Public Affairs Department into specialised directorates such as the Citizens' Bureau, Media Relations, Public Engagement and the Visitors' Centre. He noted that economic governance and public financial management remain among Parliament's most consequential responsibilities, and emphasised that effective oversight requires more than official reports. lt demands independent research, reliable evidence and informed public perspectives to help Parliament safeguard the public purse. The Speaker called on parliamentary committees, particularly the Committee on Economy and Development, the Budget Committee and the Committee on Independent Constitutional Bodies, to treat the engagement not as a one-off event but as the start of a sustained institutional relationship with academia and civil society. He commended the Citizens' Bureau, ISSER and development partners for their support, and expressed confidence that the partnership launched would strengthen economic governance and public financial management for the benefit of both present and future generations.