SPEECHES

• Keynote address, Martin Kreutner, Dean & Executive Secretary of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)

PRESENTATIONS

• Keynote presentation, Martin Kreutner, Dean & Executive Secretary of the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)
• Communications at the Senate of Canada. Senator Rosa Galvez (Canada)
• “Participatory” Participation Regulations. Member of the Chamber of Deputies Paulina Nuñez (Chile)
• Adoption of Parliamentary Initiatives on Communication and Citizen Participation: Experiences from the National Congress of Honduras. Member of Congress Welsy Vásquez (Honduras)

RESOURCES

• Road Map Towards Legislative Openness, ParlAmericas
• Toolkit: Citizen Participation in the Legislative Process. ParlAmericas, 2018
• Regulatory Frameworks for Citizen Participation in the Legislative Process in the Americas and the Caribbean. ParlAmericas, 2018
• The Open Government Partnership: An Overview for Parliamentarians in the Americas and the Caribbean. ParlAmericas, 2017
• Working document – Session 4: Guidelines to Develop Open Parliament Action Plans
• Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, OAS
• Mechanism for Follow-Up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC)
• Common Ethical Principles for Members of Parliament, OGP Legislative Openness Working Group, 2015
• OECD Recommendation of the Council on Public Integrity, 2017
• Gender-Sensitive Parliaments: A Global Review of Good Practice, Inter-Parliamentary Union, 2011

Following the elections held at the gathering, the composition of the Open Parliament Network Executive Committee is as follows:

• President:
  • Senator Blanca Ovelar (Paraguay)
• Vice-President – North America:
  • Member of Parliament Randy Boissonnault (Canada)
• Vice-President – Central America:
  • Member of Parliament Marvin Orellana (Guatemala)
• Vice-President – Caribbean:
  • Senator Saphire Longmore (Jamaica)
• Vice-President – South America:
  • Member of the Chamber of Deputies Javier Macaya Danús (Chile)
  • Alternate: Senator Andrés García Zuccardi (Colombia)
• Observer:
  • Member of the National Assembly Williams Dávila (Venezuela)