September 13 | Ottawa, Canada
THEME
Prosperity and Cooperation: A New Agenda for the Americas
OBJECTIVE
To discuss how to eliminate or reduce the disparity in the number of women engaged in the political process
September 13 | Ottawa, Canada
Theme: Prosperity and Cooperation: A New Agenda for the Americas
Objectives of the meeting: To discuss different aspects of prosperity and cooperation in the Americas, including the global economic and financial crisis, the issue of food security and challenges related to international migrations and human rights, and to develop recommendations for the hemisphere’s parliaments.
Working groups
- WG1. Financial and Economic Crisis
- WG2. Food Security
- WG3. International Migrations and Human Rights
- Group of Women Parliamentarians. Towards a Gender-Sensitive Legislative Agenda for Development in the Americas
April 16 | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Objectives: to explore the potential for deeper cooperation between parliaments and governments, toward advancing hemispheric goals set forth in the Declaration of Commitment of Port-of-Spain, to ensure that the Summit Process is more transparent and accountable, and that decisions made by Heads of States and Governments at the 5th Summit are implemented in a way that benefits the citizens of the Americas.
FIPA delegation
- Luiz Hauly, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Brazil
- Céline Hervieux-Payette, Senator, Canada
- Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez Castañeda, President of the Senate, Colombia
- Emmanuelle Pelletier, Executive Secretary, FIPA
April 2 | Port-au-Prince, Haïti
OBJECTIVES
- To build capacity and accompany women candidates to the 2009 legislative and municipal elections in Haiti
- For FIPA delegates to participate as speakers and mentors in a round table with candidates of various political parties, addressing issues such as campaign financing, communication strategies, parliamentary roles and responsibilities, and the incorporation of a gender perspective to the programs of political parties
