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October 30 2019 | Asuncion, Paraguay
16th ParlAmericas Plenary Assembly: Accelerating Progress on Agenda 2030, Good Practices for Parliamentary Action

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PRESENTATIONS Session 1: Examining regional progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals from the parliamentary perspective:
- Examining regional progress in implementing the SDGs from the parliamentary perspective. Emanuele Sapienza, Policy Advisor, Governance, UNDP Regional Center in Panama.
Session 2: From words to action – Case studies on how parliaments have adapted and are making progress to achieve the 2030 Agenda:
- Agenda 2030 in the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica: Progress and Challenges. Nielsen Perez, Member of the Legislative Assembly (Costa Rica).
- Monitoring the SDGs through an Open Parliament. Blanca Ovelar, Senator (Paraguay).
Session 3: Gender equality: An essential condition for achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals:
- Gender equality: An essential condition for achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Senator Rosa Gálvez (Canada).
- Gender equality: an essential condition for achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals Target 5.3: Child, early and forced marriage (CEFM). Dosia Calderón, Senior Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, Girls Not Brides.
- Land Tenure & Gender: Promoting Equity & Climate Resilience through Landownership. Ayesha Constable, Advisor to FRIDA and the Young Feminist Fund, Caribbean Representative of the Sustainable Development Solutions Youth Network.
- From silence to word … from word to action. Melania Canales, President of the National Organization of Andean and Amazonian Indigenous Women of Peru.
Session 4: Encouraging partnerships and collaborative work for a sustainable future:
- The participation of the Private Sector in the Implementation of the SDGs. Jessica Domínguez, Sustainable Development Division of Allcot.
- Encouraging partnerships and collaborative work for a sustainable future. Emanuele Sapienza, Policy Advisor, Governance, UNDP Regional Center in Panama.
- Agenda 2030 – Sustainable Development Goals in Paraguay. Fabián Forestieri, Director of Interinstitutional Relations of the office of the Comptroller General of the Republic.
RESOURCES
- Dataset on parliamentary involvement in SDG monitoring. Fotios Fitsilis and Eleni Zisioglu, 2019.
- Engaging parliaments on the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs: representation, accountability and implementation: A handbook for civil society. Together 2030, Newcastle University, Philippine Social Enterprise Network, Sightsavers, World Vision, Global Focus, and UNDP, 2018.
- Fiscal Policy and Development: Human, Social, and Physical Investment for the SDGs. Vitor Gaspar, David Amaglobeli, Mercedes GarciaEscribano, Delphine Prady, and Mauricio Soto, 2019.
- Guide for parliamentary engagement in implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the sustainable development goals (sdgs). UN SDG Action Campaign and The Rockfeller Foundation, 2016.
- Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework by 2030. NU and CEPAL, 2017.
- Parliamentary engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ADB, 2017.
- Parliamentary Oversight of Sustianble Development Goals and the Application of Post-Legislative Scrutiny Principles. Fotios Fitisilis and Franklin De Vrieze, 2019.
- Parliaments and the Sustainable Development Goals: A self-assessment toolkit. IPU and UNDP, 2016.
- SDG institutionality in Latin America: Advances at the first year of the 2030 Agenda. Cepei, 2017.
- Second annual report on regional progress and challenges in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. ECLAC, 2018.
- The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals: An opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean. ECLAC, 2018.
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During the Plenary Assembly, elections will be held for certain positions on the Board of Directors. Nominations received can be found below.
- Representative of Central America
- Representative of the Caribbean
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Representative of South America
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Host of the 17th ParlAmericas Plenary Assembly