2020
Nov13
Virtual MeetingExperiences of Legislative Modernization in Latin America: Virtual Session for Parliamentarians from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
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Report |
AGENDA (in Spanish)
SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasOPN
RESOURCES
- Road Map Towards Legislative Openness. ParlAmericas, 2016.
- Organizing Virtual Parliamentary Sittings. ParlAmericas, 2020.
Oct01
Virtual MeetingTransparency is not in Quarantine: Launch of the Legislative Transparency Toolkit (in Spanish)
AGENDA (in Spanish)
PRESENTATIONS
- Presentation of the Legislative Transparency Toolkit. María José Méndez, Eurosocial+. (in Spanish)
- Presentation by INAI of the Legislative Transparency Toolkit. Blanca Lilia Ibarra, National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI) of Mexico. (in Spanish)
- Presentation by the Latin American Network for Legislative Transparency. Marcelo Espinel, Citizenship and Development Foundation. (in Spanish)
- Presentation of good practices in legistlative transparency from Europe. Miguel Ángel Gonzalo, Project Coordination and Planning Unit of the Office of the Secretary General, Congress of Deputies of Spain. (in Spanish)
- Presentation of the Congreso2030py platform. María Liz Sosa, Legislative Strengthening and External Cooperation, Chamber of Senators of Paraguay. (in Spanish)
- Presentation of the Open Data Portal. Manuel Cotado, Program for Parliamentary Modernization, Innovation, Transparency, and Democratic Strengthening, Chamber of Deputies of Argentina. (in Spanish)
RESOURCES
- Red de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública (RTA) (in Spanish)
- EUROsociAL+
- Road Map Towards Legislative Openness. ParlAmericas, 2016
- ParlAmericas Open Parliament Portal. ParlAmericas.
Aug21
Virtual MeetingStrengthening Oversight of Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic (in Spanish)
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Report |
AGENDA (in Spanish)
SOCIAL MEDIA: #COVID19 #ParlAmericasOPN
PRESENTATIONS
- Strengthening Oversight of Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Gender Agenda in Argentina. Member of the Chamber of Deputies Jimena López (Argentina). (in Spanish)
- Brazil x COVID-19: Parliamentary Action during the Pandemic. Senator Confúcio Moura (Brazil). (in Portuguese)
- Strengthening Oversight of Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Legal Committee for Women's Equity. Senator Esperanza Andrade (Colombia). (in Spanish)
- COVID-19 Working Group of the Senate of the Republic: Activity Report. Senator Antares Vázquez (Mexico). (in Spanish)
- Experiences of the Bicameral Congressional Committee for the Oversight of Resources Provided in Law N°6524/20 "Which declares a State of Emergency throughout the Territory of the Republic of Paraguay." Senator Agustín Amado Florentín (Paraguay). (in Spanish)
RESOURCES
- COVID-19 and Parliament’s Role during a Pandemic. ParlAmericas, 2020.
- COVID-19: The Challenge of Adapting and Strengthening the Role of Parliaments. An Analysis from an Open Parliament Perspective. ParlAmericas and Directorio Legislativo, 2020.
- COVID-19: The Challenge of Adapting and Strengthening the Role of Parliaments. An Analysis of the Legislative Agenda and the Centering of Gender Equality in Legislative Responses. ParlAmericas and Directorio Legislativo, 2020.
- Strengthening Accountability through Fiscal Openness: A Toolkit for Parliamentarians in the Americas and the Caribbean. ParlAmericas, Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, and Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency.
- Public Procurement in States of Emergency: Minimum Considerations by Governments to Reduce Risks of Corruption and Misuse of Extraordinary Resources. Transparency International, 2020. (in Portuguese and Spanish)
May01
Virtual MeetingVirtual Parliamentary Sittings during the COVID-19 Pandemic (in English)
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Report |
SOCIAL MEDIA: #COVID19
MEETING RECORDING (Youtube)
RESOURCES
- COVID-19: The challenge of adapting and strengthening the role of parliaments. ParlAmericas and Directorio Legislativo (2020).
- Video of the implementation of the virtual sessions of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil. (in Portuguese and Spanish)
- COVID-19 and parliament’s role during a pandemic. ParlAmericas (2020).
- Manual of technology transfer for remote parliamentary sessions. Brazilian Federal Senate (2020).
- How to run a parliament during a pandemic: Q and A. Inter-Parliamentary Union (2020).
- CPA Toolkit for Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and delivering parliamentary democracy. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (2020).
- Organizing Virtual Parliamentary Sittings. ParlAmericas (2020).
- COVID-19 Hybrid proceedings in the House of Commons. House of Commons of the United Kingdom (2020).
RESOURCES
- Video of the implementation of the virtual sessions of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil. (in Portuguese and Spanish)
- COVID-19 and parliament’s role during a pandemic. ParlAmericas (2020).
- Manual of technology transfer for remote parliamentary sessions. Brazilian Federal Senate (2020).
- How to run a parliament during a pandemic: Q and A. Inter-Parliamentary Union (2020).
Apr16
Virtual MeetingOrganizing Virtual Parliamentary Sessions during the COVID-19 Pandemic (in Spanish)
SOCIAL MEDIA: #COVID19
MEETING RECORDING (YouTube) (in Spanish)
PRESENTATIONS (in Spanish)
- Virtual Plenary of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil. Gustavo Vasconcellos Cavalcante
- The Implementation of Virtual Sessions of the National Assembly of Ecuador. Claudio Prieto
RESOURCES
- Video of the implementation of the virtual sessions of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil. (in Portuguese and Spanish)
- COVID-19 and parliament’s role during a pandemic. ParlAmericas (2020).
- Manual of technology transfer for remote parliamentary sessions. Brazilian Federal Senate (2020).
- How to run a parliament during a pandemic: Q and A. Inter-Parliamentary Union (2020).
Apr01
Brasilia, Brazil5th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network - POSTPONED
RESOURCES
- Press Release on International Grand Committee on Disinformation and Fake News meeting in Dublin on November 2019
- Guide to guarantee freedom of expression regarding deliberate disinformation in electoral contexts, Organization of American States – OAS (2019)
- A multi-dimensional approach to disinformation. Report of the independent High-Level Group on fake news and online disinformation, European Commission (2018)
- ParlAmericas Open Parliament Portal (website)
- Guide to Develop an Open Parliament Action Plan, Executive Summary (preliminary draft), ParlAmericas (2018) (In Spanish)
- Road Map Towards Legislative Openness, ParlAmericas (2016)