2025
August 22 | Virtual
June 20 | Virtual
PRESENTATIONS
- Inter-American System Priorities in Response to Transnational Organized Crime. Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Americas Program, CSIS
RESOURCES
- Impact of Organized Crime on Women and Girls – Northern Central America – Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), OAS, 2023.
- Key OAS Documents on Transnational Organized Crime – OAS Secretariat for Multidimensional Security, 2024.
- Strategic Framework for Security and Justice for Development – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), 2025. (In Spanish)
- The Costs of Crime and Violence – Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 2017.
May 27 | Montevideo, Uruguay
21st ParlAmericas Plenary Assembly & 9th Gathering of Open Parliament Network
PRESENTATIONS
RESOURCES
- Pact for the Future, Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations. Summit of the Future of the UN, 2024
- Foresight and Anticipatory Governance – Lessons in effective foresight institutionalisation. OECD, 2021
- Foresight Playbook: Overview of Foresight Tools. UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, 2022
- The use of futures in parliaments. A Guide for Transformative Action. UNDP Latin America and the Caribbean, 2024
- The role of strategic foresight in decision support. OECD, 2023 (in Portuguese)
- Road Map Towards Legislative Openness 2.0. ParlAmericas, 2022
- Open Parliament Commitment Tool
ELECTION ADVISORIES
During the 21st ParlAmericas Plenary Assembly and 9th Gathering of the Open Parliament Network, elections will be held for certain positions on the Board of Directors and the OPN Executive Committee, as well as for the host parliament of the next gathering. The nominations received can be found below.
Board of Directors
Presidency
Vice-Presidency
Open Parliament Network (OPN)
OPN Presidency
OPN Vice-Presidency – North America
OPN Vice-Presidency – Central America
- Member of the Legislative Assembly Luz Mary Alpízar (Costa Rica)
- Member of the Legislative Assembly José Raúl Chamagua Noyola (El Salvador)
OPN Vice-Presidency – South America
April 1 | Lima, Peru
ACTIVITY SUMMARY: International parliamentary delegation holds dialogues on the bicameral system in the Congress of the Republic of Peru
March 14 | Virtual
Meeting of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Staff Network on Open Parliament
ACTIVITY SUMMARY: Digital readiness in parliaments: Key takeaways from the meeting of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Staff Network on Open Parliament
January 31 | Panama City, Panama
ACTIVITY SUMMARY: Strengthening legislative openness: Reflections from Panama
PRESENTATIONS
- Enhancing Legislative Capacities in Panama. Alicia del Águila, International IDEA (in Spanish)
RESOURCES
