2021

AGENDA

Note: Also available in Russian

REGISTRATION

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParliamentaryDay

RESOURCES

• The Importance of Parliamentary Oversight during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ParlAmericas, 2021
• Legislative Transparency Toolkit. ParlAmericas, EUROsociAL+, and Transparency and Access to Information Network, 2020.
• Road Map Towards Legislative Openness. ParlAmericas, 2016.

DECLARATION

AGENDA

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericas2021

ELECTION ADVISORY

During the Plenary Assembly, elections will be held for certain positions on the Board of Directors. Nominations received can be found below.

• Representative of the Caribbean
  • Saint Lucia
• Representative of Central America
  • Panama
  • Belize
• Representative of South America
  • Chile

ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS

• President of ParlAmericas, Senator Blanca Ovelar (Paraguay)
• President of the Open Parliament Network (OPN), Member of the Chamber of Deputies Javier Macaya Danús (Chile)
• President (2019-2021) of the Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality (PNGE), Member of the Chamber of Deputies Maya Fernández Allende (Chile)
• President of the Parliamentary Network on Climate Change (PNCC), Senator Rosa Galvez (Canada)

AGENDA

RESOURCES

• Young Women in Leadership - Antigua and Barbuda (ParlAmericas & CIWiL)
• Young Women in Leadership - Trinidad and Tobago (ParlAmericas & CIWiL)

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericas2021

AGENDA

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericas2021

AGENDA

GUIDELINES FOR PARLIAMENTARY INTERVENTIONS 

REGISTRATION

KEYNOTE INTERVIEW (PODCAST)

DECLARATION

MEETING RECORDING

RESOURCES

• Can social protection be a driver of gender equality? UNICEF, 2020.
• 2.7 billion people have had no social protection to cope with Covid-19 economic crisis. OXFAM, 2020
• COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker. UNDP and UN Women, 2021
• Making social protection gender-responsive: Lessons from UN Women’s work in the Eastern Caribbean. UN Women Caribbean, 2020
• Employment and informality in Latin America and the Caribbean: an insufficient and unequal recovery. ILO, 2021
• Policy Guide: Parental Leave. ParlAmericas, 2020.  

ELECTION ADVISORY

During the 13th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality, elections will be held for the Network’s Executive Committee and for the host parliament of the next gathering. Nominations received can be found below.

• President
  • Senator Verónica Noemi Camino Farjat (Mexico)
• Vice-President - North America
  • Senator Mobina Jaffer (Canada)
• Vice-President - Central America
  • Member of the National Assembly Kayra Harding (Panamá)
• Vice-President - South America
  • Representative Jezmi Lizeth Barraza Arraut (Colombia)
• Vice-President - The Caribbean
  • Senator Natalie Campbell-Rodriques (Jamaica)
• Host Parliament of the 14th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality
  • Colombia
    

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasGEN

AGENDA

KEYNOTE INTERVIEW (PODCAST)

MEETING RECORDING

RESOURCES

• Equal Measures 2020 Data Hub. Equal Measures, 2020
• Where are there gaps in gender data in five LAC countries? Data2X, 2020
• Differentiated socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in the condition of women from SICA member countries (in Spanish). SICA, 2020
• United Nations survey on Latin American and Caribbean youth within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. UN Women, 2021
• COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: How to Incorporate Women and Gender Equality in the Management of the Crisis Response. UN Women, 2020

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasGEN

AGENDA

KEYNOTE INTERVIEW (PODCAST)

REGISTRATION

ELECTION ADVISORY

MEETING RECORDING

PRESENTATIONS

• Differences-Sensitive Social Protection in the context of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean, Carlos Maldonado, CEPAL (in Spanish)
• Gender, Food Security, Nutrition and Inclusive Social Protection: Keys to Post-Pandemic Recovery, Claudia Brito, FAO (in Spanish)
• Gender-Responsive Age-Sensitive Social Protection, Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed, UNICEF

RESOURCES

• Mainstreaming gender into social protection strategies and programs. UNICEF, 2021
• 2020 Social Panorama of Latin America. ECLAC, 2020
• Gender-responsive and age-sensitive social protection. UNICEF, 2021
• The recovery paradox in Latin America and the Caribbean. Growth amid persisting structural problems: inequality, poverty and low investment and productivity. ECLAC, 2021
• The economic autonomy of women in a sustainable recovery with equality. CEPAL, 2021
• Summary Status of Women and Men Report - The Impacts of COVID-19. UN Women Caribbean, 2021
• The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: An Opportunity for a Systemic Approach to Disaster Risk for the Caribbean. ECLAC, 2021
• The Santiago Commitment. ECLAC, 2020
• Preventing the COVID-19 crisis from becoming a food crisis: Urgent measures against hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean. ECLAC, 2020  

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasGEN

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasGEN

AGENDA

AGENDA

Report

AGENDA

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasCC

RESOURCES

• What is the Paris Agreement. UNFCCC.
• NDC Synthesis Report. UNFCCC, 2021.
• A review of “Transition Management” strategies: Lessons for advancing the green low-carbon transition. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2018.
• Solidary and Just transition: Silesia Declaration. COP24, 2018.
• Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action. UNICEF, 2019.
• Guide for Participation in Democratic Environmental Governance. Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), 2021.
• What is Action for Climate Empowerment. UNFCCC.

DECLARATION

ELECTION ADVISORY

During the 5th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network on Climate Change, elections will be held for the Network’s Executive Committee and for the host parliament of the next gathering. Nominations received can be found below.

• President
  • Senator, the Honourable Rosa Galvez (Canada)

• Vice-President - North America
  • Senator Raúl Bolaños-Cacho Cué (Mexico)
• Vice-President - South America
  • Member of the National Assembly Radjendrekoemar Debie (Suriname)
  • Member of the National Assembly Luis Bruno Segovia Mejía (Ecuador)
• Vice-President - Central America
  • Member of the Legislative Assembly Paola Vega (Costa Rica)
• Vice-President - Caribbean
  • Senator Anthony Vieira (Trinidad and Tobago)

AGENDA

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasCC

RESOURCES

• Caribbean AGYLE. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
• Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action. UNICEF, 2019.
• Toolkit for young climate activists. UNICEF, 2020.
• Healthy and Environmentally Friendly Youth Campaign. HEY Campaign, 2021.
• Guide for Participation in Democratic Environmental Governance. Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), 2021.
• Citizen Participation in the Legislative Process. ParlAmericas, 2018.
• The Observatory on Principle 10. United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
• What is Action for Climate Empowerment. UNFCCC.
• Unless we act now: The Impacts of climate change on children. UNICEF, 2015.

AGENDA

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasCC

MEETING RECORDING (Youtube)

RESOURCES

• Just Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Economies and Societies for All. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2018.
• A review of “Transition Management” strategies: Lessons for advancing the green low-carbon transition. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2018.
• Enhancing Social Inclusion in Latin America: key issues and the role of social protection systems. OECD, 2017.
• Just Transition. Just Transition Centre, 2017.
• Knowledge Hub. Interamerican Institute for Justice and Sustainability (IIJS).
• A just transition for all. Dialogue with developing countries. Climate Strategies, 2021.
• Solidarity and Just transition: Silesia Declaration. COP24, 2018.

Report

AGENDA

REGISTRATION FORM

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasOPN

PRESENTATION

• Gendered Disinformation & Online Attacks Against Women in Politics. Lucina Di Meco, Gender Equality Expert and Co-founder of #ShePersisted Global.

DECLARATION

ELECTION ADVISORY

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
  • Member of the Chamber of Deputies Javier Macaya (Chile)
• Vice-President - North America
  • Senator Bertha Alicia Caraveo Camarena (Mexico)
  • Senator, the Honourable René Cormier (Canada)
• Vice-President - The Caribbean
  • Senator, the Honourable Ranard Henfield (The Bahamas)
• Vice-President - South America
  • Member of the National Assembly Wilma Piedad Andrade Muñoz (Ecuador)
• Vice-President - Central America
  • Member of the Legislative Assembly Ana Lucía Delgado Orozco (Costa Rica)
  • Member of the National Assembly Corina Cano Córdoba (Panama)

AGENDA

REGISTRATION FORM

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasOPN

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

AGENDA

REGISTRATION FORM

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasOPN

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.

                                     Report

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasGEN

RESOURCES

• Lessons from Guyana’s electoral quota law: Remarks by Hon. Minister Vindhya Persaud during the preparatory CSW65 Caribbean meeting. ParlAmericas Podcast, 2021

• CARICOM Statement Preparatory to CSW65. CARICOM, 2021

Report

Virtual meeting for parliamentarians from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras

AGENDA  (in Spanish)

REGISTRATION FORM (in Spanish)

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasOPN

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)

SOCIAL MEDIA: #ParlAmericasOPN

RESOURCES

• ParlAmericas Road Map towards Legislative Openness
• Latin American Legislative Transparency Index (in Spanish)