2014
September 26 | Santiago, Chile
THEME Women’s Healthcare
PRESENTATIONS
Women’s Healthcare: From Mother to Woman with Rights – Dr. Paulina Troncoso [Spanish only]
La Conferencia Internacional de Población y Desarrollo: su impacto y su futuro – María Antonieta Alcalde [Spanish only]
ARTICLE Is 20 Years Just Nothing? The International Conference on Population and Development 20 Years after its Adoption (María Antonieta Alcalde)
September 25 | Santiago, Chile
EXPERTS’ BIOGRAPHIES (PDF)
PRESENTATIONS
Hacker Laboratory – Cristiano Ferri Faria Index of Legislative Transparency in Latin America: Results from Argentina – María Baron [Spanish only]
Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbea: Rio+20 and the Post-2015 Development Agenda – Carlos de Miguel [Spanish only]
Post-2015 Development Agenda: Legislative Perspectives – Claudia S. de Windt [Spanish only]
STATEMENTS
Statement of Commitment on Open Parliament in the Americas
Statement of Commitment on the Post-2015 Development Agenda in the Americas
LIST OF DELEGATES (PDF)
Working Group 1: “Open Parliament”
Experts: Cristiano Ferri Faria (Laboratorio Hacker), María Baron (Fundación Directorio Legislativo)
Working Group 2: “Post-2015 Development Agenda: Legislative Perspectives”
Experts: Carlos de Miguel (ECLAC), Claudia S. de Windt (OAS)
Meeting of the Group of Women Parliamentarians, Women’s Healthcare
Experts: Dr. Paulina Troncoso (Ministry of Health, Chile), María Antonieta Alcalde (International Planned Parenthood Foundation / Western Hemisphere Region)
ARTICLES
Building the Open Parliament: The Case of Brazil – Cristiano Ferri Faria
June 24 | Mexico City, Mexico
THEME Moving from Formal to Substantive Equality
Challenging the Barriers to Real Equality: Transformative Equality (Ramona Biholar – S1)
Gender Equality – The Legislative Agenda (Teresa Incháustegui – S2)
SESSIONS
Session 1 – Achievements in Guaranteeing Equality: Experiences Promoting Legislation and Programs Benefiting Women
Session 2 – Barriers to Real Equality
Strategic Planning – Bridging the Gap: Parliamentarians as Agents of Change
ARTICLES
Challenging the Barriers to Real Equality: Transformative Equality (Ramona Biholar – S1)
Progress and Challenges in the Gender Equality Agenda in the Americas (Teresa Incháustegui – S2)
February 5 | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
RESOURCES
Re-visioning Public Accounts Committees in Small Legislatures (discussion paper) Characteristics of Different External Audit Systems (discussion paper) Lima Declaration of Guidelines on Auditing Precepts / Mexico Declaration on SAI Independence (declaration) PAC and SAI: “Partners” in the Accountability Process (presentation)
Understandin Parliamentary Oversight Committees and Relationships: Attributes of an Effective Public Accounts Committee (discussion paper)
OBJECTIVES
- To build on the discussions about parliamentary budget oversight mechanisms and other key issues of concern to Public Accounts Committees (PACs) that took place during ParlAmericas’ Workshop 5
- To provide a space for parliamentarians and Auditors General from the Caribbean to continue sharing best practices
- To enhance practical skills related to auditing
SESSIONS
Day 1:
Overview of the Budgetary Cycle (presentation)
Challenges and Practices: Public Accounts Committees in “Small” and “Large” Legislatures (presentation)
Day 2:
Supreme Audit Institution (SAI)-Parliament Cooperation (presentation)
Understanding Key Audit Products: Introductions to Regularity/Financial Statement & Value-for-Money Audit (presentation)
IN THE NEWS (original language)
Julius Espat takes lobby for PAC reform to hemispheric organization, ParlAmericas, 4 February 2014, Amandala, Belize.
Caribische landen willen versterking begrotingsproces, 6 February 2014, Starnieuws, Suriname.
Shaw wants PAC to examine contractor general reports, 6 February 2014, Gleaner, Jamaica.
