2021
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PRESENTATION
- Gendered Disinformation & Online Attacks Against Women in Politics. Lucina Di Meco, Gender Equality Expert and Co-founder of #ShePersisted Global.
During the 5th 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.
- President
- Vice-President - North America
- Senator Bertha Alicia Caraveo Camarena (Mexico)
- Senator, the Honourable René Cormier (Canada)
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Vice-President - The Caribbean
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Senator, the Honourable Ranard Henfield (The Bahamas)
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Vice-President - South America
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Vice-President - Central America
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PRESENTATIONS
Panel on Technological Innovation in Parliaments
- Integrating Citizen Participation in the Legislative Process through Collective Intelligence. María Paz Hermosilla, Director of the Public Innovation Lab (GobLab), School of Governance, University Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile. (in Spanish)
- Common Cybersecurity Attacks. Diego Subero, Consultant, Cybersecurity Program, Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE), Organization of American States (OAS).(in Spanish)
Presentation of the Open Data Hub
- Open Data Innovation Hub. Patricia Almeida (Brazil), Coordinator of Innovation and Digital Strategy of the Chamber of Deputies and Coordinator of the Open Data Center.
Working Group: Artificial Intelligence in Parliaments
- Collective Intelligence and Machine Learning: Improving the Quality of Legislation. Cristian Carrión (Chile), Deputy Head of the Department of Information Technologies, Senate. (in Spanish)
- Artificial Intelligence. Patricia Almeida (Brazil), Coordinator of Innovation and Digital Strategy of the Chamber of Deputies and Coordinator of the Open Data Center.
Working Group: Maximizing resources to modernize parliament, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association – United Kingdom (CPA-UK)
- Strengthening the Work of the Legislature Using ICT tools: Facilitating the Work of Legislators & Improving Interactions with the Public. Jonathan King (Isle of Man), Deputy Clerk and Clerk of the Legislative Council of the Tynwald.
Working Group: Cybersecurity in parliaments
- Cybersecurity in the Chilean Parliament. Pablo Torrealba (Chile), Information Systems Advisor, Chamber of Deputies.
RESOURCES
- Social media guide for parliaments and parliamentarians. Inter-Parliamentarian Union, 2021.
- Social Media: Misinformation and Content Moderation Issues for US Congress. Congressional Research Services, 2021.
- Open Data in Latin American Parliaments. National Democratic Institute - NDI, 2020. (in Spanish)
- Open Parliaments Around the World. Open Parliaments’ Tools in Comparative Perspective. LUISS School of Government, 2019.
- CyberSecurity - Risks, Progress and the Way Forward in Latin America and the Caribbean. OAS-IDB, 2020.
- Open Parliaments: Technological Enactment in State Legislatures. Dr. Tiago Carneiro Peixoto, 2013.
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PRESENTATIONS
Working Group 1: Addressing the gendered dimensions of disinformation
- Addressing the Gendered Dimensions of Disinformation. Sandra Pepera, Senior Associate and Director for Gender, Women and Democracy, National Democratic Institute.
Working group 2: Ensuring data protection and securing electoral integrity
- Securing Electoral Integrity and a Democratic Information Space. Dan Arnaudo, Advisor for Information Strategies, National Democratic Institute & Victoria Welborn, Technology and Innovation Program Manager, National Democratic Institute.
Working Group 3: Collaborating with the news media sector and promoting ethical algorithms
- Presentation of collaborating with the news media sector. Nazima Raghubir, First Vice-President, Association of Caribbean Media Workers.
- Presentation of promoting ethical algorithms. Micaela Mantegna, Professor at the Center for Technology and Society, University of San Andrés.
RESOURCES
- Social media guide for parliaments and parliamentarians. Inter-Parliamentarian Union, 2021.
- Guide to guarantee freedom of expression regarding deliberate disinformation in electoral contexts. Organization of American States – OAS, 2019.
- Malign Creativity: How Gender, Sex, and Lies are Weaponized Against Women Online. The Wilson Center, 2021.
- Creating a Data Protection Framework: a Do’s and Don’ts Guide for Lawmakers. Access Now, 2018.
Addressing the Gendered Dimensions of Disinformation, Sandra Pepera, Senior Associate and Director for Gender, Women and Democracy, National Democratic Institute
Virtual meeting for parliamentarians from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
AGENDA (in Spanish)
REGISTRATION FORM (in Spanish)
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PRESENTATIONS
- Experiences of Legislative Modernization in Latin America: Adaptation, Innovation, and Citizen Participation in the Legislative Process. Member of the Legislative Assembly Ana Lucía Delgado (Costa Rica). (in Spanish)
RESOURCES
- Road Map Towards Legislative Openness. ParlAmericas, 2016.
- Citizen Participation in the Legislative Process. ParlAmericas, 2018.
- 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, 2020.
MEETING RECORDING (YouTube) (Second part - in Spanish)
AGENDA (in Spanish)
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RESOURCES
- ParlAmericas Road Map towards Legislative Openness
- Latin American Legislative Transparency Index (in Spanish)
- Results from the Road Map towards Legislative Openness Survey, Emilie Lemieux, Deputy Director for Open Parliament and Sustainable Development of ParlAmericas
- Applying the Latin American Index for Legislative Transparency, Roger Celi, Coordinator for the Legislative Sector of Fundacíon Ciudadanía y Desarollo
- Updating the Methodology for the Latin American Index for Legislative Transparency, Raúl Ferrada, EurosociAL+ Consultant for the project on updating the Latin American Index for Legislative Transparency