OPEN PARLIAMENT
ParlAmericas supports parliamentary openness through innovative programs, dialogues and partnerships designed for parliamentarians of the Americas and the Caribbean to promote the highest political commitments for advancing legislative work on parliamentary openness in the hemisphere. We provide parliamentarians with knowledge resources on transparency and access to information, accountability, citizen participation and ethics and probity in parliamentary work. We also create spaces to establish direct dialogue with peers, civil society organizations, local and international experts, and other stakeholders to strengthen democratic governance in the Americas and the Caribbean. Learn more.
Open Parliament Network
The ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network (OPN) promotes legislative openness through efforts to increase transparency and access to public information, strengthen the accountability of democratic institutions, promote the participation of citizens in legislative decision-making, and ensure a culture of ethical behaviour and probity in the national legislatures of the Americas and the Caribbean. Learn more
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Status of Legislative Openness in the Americas and the Caribbean
OPEN PARLIAMENT COMMITMENT TOOL
Parliaments across the Americas and the Caribbean are undertaking efforts to open their institutions through the implementation of commitments adopted as part of an Open Parliament Action Plan, an Open Government Action Plan or other initiatives reported to ParlAmericas. The ParlAmericas Open Parliament Commitment Tool allows users to visualize, compare, download and follow parliaments’ progress on the achievement of their open parliament commitments using a traffic light model. Commitments can be viewed by country and by Open Parliament Pillar (Transparency, Accountability, Citizen Participation and Ethics).
LEGISLATIVE OPENNESS DATA EXPLORER
Produced by the National Democratic Institute and Kohovolit.eu
Access crowdsourced global, comparative information on parliamentary openness with assigned green, yellow and red permonance indicators.
LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY INDEX
Produced by the Latin American Network for Legislative Transparency (in Spanish)
Access an assessment of legislative transparency in Latin America with assigned percentages represnting transparency standards met.
LEGISLATIVE OPENNESS STANDARDS WITHIN COMMITTEES - In Spanish
During the 7th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network, elections will be held for certain positions on the Network’s Executive Committee and for the host parliament of the next gathering. Nominations received can be found below.
- Presidency
- Senator Javier Macaya Danus (Chile)
- Vice-Presidency - North America
- Senator Bertha Alicia Caraveo Camarena (Mexico)
- Senator René Cormier (Canada)
- Vice-Presidency - Center America
- Vice-Presidency - South America
- Member of the National Assembly Wilma Piedad Andrade Muñoz (Ecuador)
- Member of the Chamber of Representative Catherine Juvinao Clavijo (Colombia)
SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasOPN
Presentations:
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) - In Spanish
- UN Women - In Spanish
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights - In Spanish
- Media Institute of the Caribbean
- Digital Moment
- Member of the Legislative Assembly Luz Mary Alpízar (Costa Rica) - In Spanish
- Senator Kenneth Pugh (Chile) - In Spanish
- Latin American Network of Legislative Transparency - In Spanish
- She Leads IT
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - In Spanish
To learn more about the OPN activities, please visit Our Work
Readings of interest
COVID-19: The Challenge of Adapting and Strengthening the Role of Parliaments
(2020)
Guide to Develop Open Parliament Action Plans
Legislative Transparency Toolkit
(2020)
Citizen Participation in the Legislative Process
(2019)
The Open Government Partnership: An Overview for Parliamentarians in the Americas and the Caribbean
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