2018
December 6 | Santiago, Chile
Co-creation Meeting: Guide to Develop an Open Parliament Action Plan
PRESENTATIONS
- Success Story: Addressing the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy (IVE) in Argentina. Mercedes de los Santos (in Spanish)
- Disseminating Open Parliament Culture beyond the Limits of the National Congress. Paulo Henrique Alves Araújo (in Spanish)
- The State of Open Parliament in Costa Rica. María Inés Solís (in Spanish)
- The Evaluation of Candidates for the Office of Magistrate of the Supreme Court of Justice. Norman Quijano (in Spanish)
- The Inclusion of the Indigenous Population in Open Parliament. Cesar Solórzano (in Spanish)
- The Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Open Parliament Action Plans. Luis Rojas (in Spanish)
- The Monitoring and Evaluation of Open Parliament Action Plans. María Liz Sosa (in Spanish)
- Protocol on the Prevention and Punishment of Sexual Harassment in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile. Natalia Castillo (in Spanish)
- Workshop on the Creation of Open Parliament Action Plans. Francisco Sebastián Sánchez Lay (in Spanish)
RESOURCES
- Strategies for Chairing Gender-Inclusive Meetings, ParlAmericas (2017)
- Road Map Towards Legislative Openness, ParlAmericas (2016)
- Parliamentary Commitment Tool, ParlAmericas
- A Toolkit for Advancing Legislative Openness, NDI
- OGP Participation & Co-Creation Standards, Open Government Partnership (2017)
- OGP Participation and Co-Creation Toolkit, Open Government Partnership (2018)
- When More is More: Toward Higher Impact OGP Commitments, Open Government Partnership (2018)
December 5 | Santiago, Chile
Reunião para os funcionários do parlamento: planos de ação de parlamento aberto
COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS
- Report on the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation of Argentina. María Dolores Martínez (Argentina) (in Spanish)
- Report on the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil. Paulo Enrique Alves Araújo (Brazil) (in Spanish)
- Report on the Senate of the Republic of Colombia. Marcela del Pilar Rodríguez Cuéllar (Colombia) (in Spanish)
- Report on the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Costa Rica. Juan Carlos Chavarría Herrera (Costa Rica) (in Spanish)
- Report on the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador. William Córdova Carrillo (El Salvador) (in Spanish)
- Report on the Honourable Chamber of Senators of Paraguay. María Inés Ramírez (Paraguay) (in Spanish)
- Report on the Congress of the Republic of Peru. Leny Palma Encalada (Peru) (in Spanish)
EXPERT PRESENTATIONS
- Concepts and Experiences from Monitoring and Evaluating Transparency Initiatives. Daniel Pefaur Dendal (in Spanish)
- Innovating in the Public Sector: A Road Full of Thorns. Alejandro Barros (in Spanish)
- Communication Challenges for Congress. Giovanna Peñaflor Guerra (in Spanish)
- Regional Perceptions of the Progress of Open Parliament. Rocío Noriega (in Spanish)
RESOURCES
- Strategies for Chairing Gender-Inclusive Meetings, ParlAmericas (2017)
- Road Map Towards Legislative Openness, ParlAmericas (2016)
- Parliamentary Commitment Tool, ParlAmericas
- A Toolkit for Advancing Legislative Openness, NDI
- OGP Participation & Co-Creation Standards, Open Government Partnership (2017)
- OGP Participation and Co-Creation Toolkit, Open Government Partnership (2018)
- When More is More: Toward Higher Impact OGP Commitments, Open Government Partnership (2018)
April 11 | Lima, Peru
3rd Gathering of the ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network on the occasion of the VIII Summit of the Americas: Open States for Democratic Governance Against Corruption
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)
