ANNUAL REPORT 2003 Future priorities Legislationline is emblematic of alternatives to conventional channels of legislative assistance: using the Internet and displaying legislation in an innovative fashion have made it a pioneer in the field of human rights and the rule of law. The ODIHR now intends to create, on this foundation, a legislative clearing house. The purpose in doing so is to use the database as a tool for a comprehensive legislative-assistance policy. The ODIHR also plans to develop Legislationline into a cross-border forum for discussion and exchange of experiences among legislators throughout the OSCE region. There are plans to consolidate its content and structure through additional sections providing more-specific legal information that can be used by experts and OSCE personnel to better assist lawmakers. As such, it is foreseen that Legislationline will grow into a "centre of legal expertise" that can help nurture public discussion of draft legislation and empower local actors with a better understanding of the range of issues involved in the reform process. Finally, Legislationline will be an integral part of the mandate of a new unit at the ODIHR called the Legislative Support Unit. This new unit will be responsible for ODIHR projects in the field of legislative assistance and reform. And, of course, Legislationline will be an instrumental part of that assistance. First, as the database expands, this will also increase the ODIHR's ability to provide such assistance. It will also be used as a monitoring tool, which will increase the quality of the ODIHR's responses to these requests and its ability to follow up consistently on its recommendations. 47 Democratization Legislative Support