PRESENTATIONS

• Open Government Partnership and its Impacts on Citizens and Parliaments. Member of the National Assembly Paula Forteza (France)
• Evolution of a Partnership and a Concept. Joseph Foti, Director of the Independent Reporting Mechanism, Open Government Partnership
• First Action Plan Open and Transparent Congress. Senator Mauricio Lizcano (Colombia), Vice-President of the ParlAmericas Open Parliament Network for South America
• First Legislative Visualizathon – PARALELO. David Bello, Winner of the Colombian Congress’s Legislative Visualizathon

RESOURCES

• The Open Government Partnership: An Overview for Parliamentarians in the Americas and the Caribbean. ParlAmericas, 2017
• Open Government Partnership, website
• Open Government Partnership, brochure
• Open Government Declaration
• Parliamentary Engagement Policy Guidance, Open Government Partnership
• Legislative Openness Data Explorer, National Democratic Institute, website

PRESENTATIONS

• Reading the News on Trump. Pablo J. Boczkowski, research professor, Northwestern University
• Computational Propaganda: Challenges and Solutions. Nick Monaco, researcher, ComProp and DigIntel Lab
• Lie Detector: The struggle to attack post-truth during the Plebiscite for Peace. Natalia Arbeláez, academic and business coordinator, La Silla Vacía
• Fake News & the Future of Journalism: Looking through the Caribbean Window. Kiran Maharaj, President, Media Institute of the Caribbean
• Parliamentary Practices to Facilitate Media Coverage of Legislative Issues. Blanca Lilia Ibarra Cadena, Director General, Television Channel of the General Congress of the United States of Mexico
• Parliamentary Practices to Facilitate Media Coverage of Legislative Issues. Wesley Gibbings, President, Association of Caribbean Media Workers
• Journalistic Coverage of the Brazilian Parliament: The Case of the Chamber of Deputies. Cristiane Brum Bernandes, researcher, Centre for Education, Training and Improvement of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

RESOURCES

• Written evidence submitted to Fake News Inquiry. United Kingdom Parliament, website
• Concept Note for Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2017. UNESCO
• Cyber Hygiene Guide for Politicians and Political Parties. Facebook, 2017
• World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development. UNESCO, 2015
• Post-truth: Fake News and the Future of Journalism. Pablo Boczkowski (in Spanish)
• Joint Declaration on Freedom of Expression and “Fake News,” Disinformation and Propaganda. OAS, 2017
• “Fake News” and the EU’s response. European Parliament, 2017

During the Plenary Assembly, several seats on the Board of Directors were open for election. The results of the election were the following:

• Central America
  • El Salvador
  • Panama
• Caribbean
  • Saint Lucia
  • Cuba
• South America
  • Colombia
  • Suriname

PRESENTATIONS

• Access to Information Act –The Canadian Model. Nancy Bélanger, Deputy Commissioner, Legal Services and Public Affairs, Office of the Information Officer
• Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer: Role, Legislative Mandate and the Importance of Data Access. Jean-Dénis Fréchette, Parliamentary Budget Officer, Parliament of Canada
• Open House Nova Scotia. Mark Coffin, Executive Director & Founder, Springtide
• The Role and Mandate of the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner. Mary Dawson, Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
• Public Engagement at the House of Commons. Eric Janse, Clerk Assistant, Committees and Legislative Services, House of Commons
• Senate Communications. Mélisa Leclerc, Director of Communications, Senate of Canada
• Indigenous Peoples and Participation in Parliamentary Process(es). Gwen Phillips, British Colombia Region Data Governance Coordinator, Co-chair of the national INAC Community Development Strategy Implementation Working Group and British Colombia First Nations Health Council Representative
• Legislative Action Plan – Paraguay. Senator Blanca Ovelar (Paraguay)
• Legislative Action Plan – Experience of the National Congress of Chile. Member of the Chamber of Deputies Patricio Vallespín (Chile)

RESOURCES

• Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada, website
• Open data, House of Commons of Canada, website
• Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, website
• Open Parliament Canada, Civil Society Initiative, website
• Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada, website
• Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada, website
• Office of the Senate Ethics Officer, website
• Open Government Canada, website
• Participate, House of Commons of Canada, website

PRESENTATIONS

• Educating Citizens and Promoting Participation: Focus on Youth (18-30). Caro Loutfi, Executive Director, Apathy is Boring (Canada)
• Improving Local Governance in Jamaica. Prof. Rosalea Hamilton, Member of Board of Directors, National Integrity Action (Jamaica)
• Public Engagement and Sensitization Relative to the Business of Parliament. Senator Mauricia Thomas-Francis (Saint Lucia)
• Strategies for Citizen Participation at the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. Jason Elcock, Manager of Corporate Communications, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
• Citizens Initiative for Participation & Good Governance. Sharda Ganga, Director, Projekta (Suriname)

RESOURCES

• Road Map Towards Legislative Openness. ParlAmericas, 2016
• Report: Citizen Participation Co-creation Meeting. ParlAmericas, 2017
• Report: 2nd Gathering of the Open Parliament Network of ParlAmericas: Strengthening the Ties between Citizens and Legislatures. ParlAmericas, 2017

PRESENTATIONS

• Towards Establishing a Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) in Jamaica. Cheryl Gibson, Assistant Clerk, Parliament of Jamaica
• Fiscal Openness and Opportunities. Juan Pablo Guerrero, Network Director, Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT)
• Fiscal Transparency as an Element of Government Accountability. Sandeep Saxena, Senior Economist of the Public Financial Management
  Division, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Public Participation in Fiscal Policies. Juan Pablo Guerrero, Network Director, Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT)
• Public Participation in Budget Policy – The Story of Gender Responsive Budgets in Mexico. Manuela Garza, Founding Partner, Colectivo Cometa

RESOURCES

• Report: Workshop “Building Trust between Parliaments and Citizens”. ParlAmericas, 2017
• Budget Transparency Toolkit. OECD
• Recommendation of the Council on Principles for Independent Fiscal Institutions. OECD, 2014
• Draft Guideline for Operationalizing a Parliamentary Budget Office. The Global Network of Parliamentary Budget Officers, 2015
• Public Participation Principles Guide. GIFT, website
• The Fiscal Transparency Code. The International Monetary Fund, 2014

SPECIAL REMARKS: Claudia de Windt, Senior Legal Specialist in the Department of Sustainable Development of the Organziation of American States (OAS) (in Spanish). PRESENTATIONS

• Sustainability and Climate Change. Gisela Alonso, keynote speaker
• Climate Change, Elliot Sucari, Organization of American States (OAS)
• Public Policies and Climate Change. Orlando Reyes, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• Legal Implications of the Paris Agreement and Renewable Energy Integration, Derrick Oderson
• Corporate Social Responsibility in Remote Areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. Byron Chiliquinga, Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)
• Indicators for Renewable Energy – GEF Experience. Neeraj Kumar Negi, The Global Enviroment Facility (GEF) Independent Evaluation Office
• Gender and Energy: From International Commitments to National Implementation. Itzá Castañeda, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• Acting in an Integrated Way: Sustainable Development – Adaptation and Mitigation. Marianela Curi, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA)
• Electric Mobility: Opportunities for Latin America. Gustavo Máñez, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

RESOURCES

• Climate Change: A Comparative Overview of Legislative and Executive Responses in the Americas. Organization of American States and ParlAmericas, 2017
• Climate Change: A Comparative Overview of the Rights Based Approach in the Americas. Organization of American States and ParlAmericas, 2017
• Projecting Progress: The SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean. Overseas Development Institute, 2016
• Review for Parliamentarians: A Periodic Brief on Renewable Energy. International Renewable Energy Agency, 2016
• Global Trends in Climate Change Legislation and Litigation. London School of Economics, 2017
• Climate Change 101: Climate Science Basics. Center for Climate Change and Health, 2016
• Finding the Nexus: Exploring Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation. Local Governments for Sustainability, 2012
• Guide on Gender and Energy for Trainers and Managers of Public Policy and Projects. Latin American Energy Organization, 2014 (in Spanish)
• Mainstreaming Gender in Policies and Laws related to Climate Change and REDD+ in Mexico. Alianza México REDD+, 2017
• 10 Questions to ask about Scaling On-Grid Renewable Energy. World Resources Institute, 2014
• Roadmap for a Renewable Energy Future. International Renewable Energy Agency, 2016

During the 2nd Gathering of the PNCC, the four vice-presidents of the ParlAmericas PNCC executive committee were elected:

• North America:
  • Member of Parliament Dan Ruimy (Canada)
• Central America:
  • Member of Congress Sofía Hernández (Guatemala)
• South America:
  • Speaker of the National Assembly Jennifer Simons (Suriname)
  • Member of the National Assembly Ana Belén Marín (Ecuador) (Alternate Vice-president)
• Caribbean:
  • President of the Senate Andy Daniel (Saint Lucia)

RESOURCES

• International Standards for Lobbying Regulation. Access Info Europe, Open Knowledge, Sunlight Foundation, Transparency International, 2015
• OECD Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying
• Laws and articles for lobby regulation in Latin America
  • Chile: Lobby Law (Law 20.730)
  • Chile: Lobby Law Platform
  • Colombia: Law 1474, Chapter IV: Regulation of lobbying
  • Mexico: Regulations of the Senate of the Republic, Chapter IV: On Impediments and Incompatibilities
  • Peru: Lobby Law (Law 28024)

RESOURCES

• Equal Media Treatment of Women Politicians: Recommendations to promote balanced media coverage and communication free of gender stereotypes. ParlAmericas, 2017
• Promoting Women’s Candidacies: An overview of electoral systems, political parties, and campaign financing. ParlAmericas, 2017
• Diversifying political power to build inclusive societies, report of the 8^th gathering organized by the Group of Women Parliamentarians. ParlAmericas, 2016

During the 9th gathering organized by the Group of Women Parliamentarians, the​ president, two​ vice-presidents of the ​Group’s ​executive committee, and the host for the next gathering ​were elected: ​

• President: Member of the Chamber of Deputies Karina Banfi (Argentina)
• Vice-President (Central America): Member of the Legislative Assembly Ligia Fallas (Costa Rica)
• Vice-President (Caribbean): Senator Chester Humphrey, President of the Senate (Grenada)
• Host Parliament: Trinidad and Tobago

PRESENTATIONS

• Men as Allies in Parliamentary Work for Gender Equality, ParlAmericas

PRESENTATIONS

• How to Implement a Budget Office or Other Control Tools in Parliament?, Nelson Shack, World Bank
• Open Budget Survey: An Instrument for Transparency in the Public Budget, Mario Martínez, Survey on Open Budget
• Latin American Index on Legislative Transparency 2016, Octavio Del Favero, Ciudadano Inteligente
• Infographic by the Budget Technical Assistance Office (OATP, Spanish initials) for the Congress of Colombia
• Parliamentary Initiatives Adopted for Communication and Citizen Participation, Member of Congress Welsy Vásquez (Honduras)
• Open Parliament for Public Budgets in Mexico, Guillermo Ávila, Fundar
• Public Participation in Budgetary Policies and Processes: International Perspective and Experience, Juan Pablo Guerrero, GIFT
• Perceptions and Progress of Parliaments: How Are We Doing?, Rocío Noriega, Bicameral Group on Transparency of the Congress of Chile

RESOURCES

• ​​Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency, GIFT (website)
• Public Participation Principles Guide, GIFT (website)
• Principles of Public Participation in Fiscal Policy
• Open Budget Survey ​
• Corruption Perceptions Index 2016

* This workshop was held in collaboration with the World Bank, the Congress of Chile, and the Congress of Colombia.

RESOURCES

• Road Map Towards Legislative Openness, ParlAmericas
• Declaration of Commitment of the 2nd Gathering of the Open Parliament Network (OPN)
• Legislative action plans:
  • Chile (in Spanish)
  • Colombia (in Spanish)
  • Costa Rica (in Spanish)
  • Guatemala (in Spanish)
  • Paraguay (in Spanish)
• Legislative Transparency Index 2016, The Latin America Network for Legislative Transparency (LALT) (in Spanish)
• OGP Participation and Co-creation Standards
• Legislative Engagement in the Open Government Partnership

PRESENTATION MEDIA

• TV News (March 17, 2017), TV Legislativa, Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica (in Spanish)
• Radio interview featuring Senator Marcela Guerra (México), President of ParlAmericas, and Senator Hernán Larraín (Chile), President of the Open Parliament Network (OPN) (March 17, 2017), Matices, Radio Monumental (in Spanish)
• TV News (March 16, 2017), TV Legislativa, Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica (in Spanish)
• Inauguration (March 16, 2017), TV Legislativa, Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica (in Spanish)
• TV News (March 13, 2017), TV Legislativa, Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica (in Spanish)
• Press release (March 13, 2017) (in Spanish)

DECLARATION OF SOLIDARITY WITH PERU PRESENTATIONS

• New horizons for citizen participation, Scott Hubli, National Democratic Institute (in Spanish)
• The role of CSOs in an Open Parliament, Agustina de Luca, Fundación Directorio Legislativo
• A step forward towards transparency, Senator Mauricio Lizcano (Colombia), President of the Senate
• Incorporating Gender Perspective in the Costa Rican Parliament, Haydee Hernandez Perez, Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
• Leveraging Citizen Engagement: Guiding Questions for Incorporating Citizen Engagement into the Legislative Framework, GovLab, Yale Open Government & Open Data Governance Innovation Clinic

RESOURCES

• Road Map Towards Legislative Openness, ParlAmericas
• What is Open Parliament?, ParlAmericas
• Best practices for the use of social networks by parliamentarians, ParlAmericas
• OGP Participation and Co-creation Standards
• Legislative Engagement in the Open Government Partnership
• Legislative Transparency Index 2016, The Latin America Network for Legislative Transparency (LALT) (in Spanish)
• World e-Parliament Report 2016, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Model Inter-American Law on Access to Public Information, Organization of American States (OAS)
• Inter-American Program on Access to Public Information, Organization of American States (OAS)
• Legislative action plans:
  • Chile (in Spanish)
  • Colombia (in Spanish)
  • Costa Rica (in Spanish)
  • Guatemala (in Spanish)
  • Paraguay (in Spanish)

INAUGURAL SPEECHES

• Member of the Legislative Assembly José Alfaro Jiménez (Costa Rica), Interim President of the Legislative Assembly (in Spanish)
• Senator Marcela Guerra (México), President of ParlAmericas (in Spanish)

During the 2nd Gathering of the OPN, the four vice-presidents of the OPN executive committee were elected:

• North America: Member of Parliament Marcela González Salas (Mexico)
• Central America: Member of the Legislative Assembly Karla Prendas (Costa Rica)
• South America: Senator Mauricio Lizcano (Colombia), President of the Senate
• Caribbean: Senator Saphire Longmore (Jamaica)

RESOURCES

• Road Map Towards Legislative Openness, ParlAmericas
• What is Open Parliament?, ParlAmericas
• Best practices for the use of social networks by parliamentarians, ParlAmericas

PRESENTATIONS

• Communication Media, Gender and Human Rights, Dr. Aimée Vega Montiel (in Spanish)
• Challenging Stereotypes: Communications Strategies, Dr. Virginia García Beaudoux (in Spanish)

OTHER RESOURCES

• Organic Law on Communication (Ecuador, 2013) (in Spanish)
• Inclusive Language Manual (Mexico, 2016) (in Spanish)
• Social Media: Advancing Women in Politics? (WIP – Harvard – Facebook)
• Public Policies on Communication and Gender in Latin America (2016), Civil Association Communication for Equality and the Public Defender of Audiovisual Communications Services of Argentina (in Spanish)
• Public Policies on Communication and Gender in Latin America (2014), Civil Association Communication for Equality (in Spanish)
• Section J, “Women and the Media” (Beijing Platform for Action)
• Illustrated Guide for Communication without Gender Stereotypes (Secretariat of Communications – SECOM, in collaboration with the National Women’s Service – SERNAM, Chile) (in Spanish)
• Gender-Sensitive Indicators for the Media: Framework of Indicators to Gauge Gender Sensitivity in Media Operations and Content (UNESCO)
• Guide for the Use of a Non-Sexist and Egalitarian Language in the HCDN (Chamber of Deputies, Argentina) (in Spanish)