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)

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)

PARTNER BRIEFING PRESENTATIONS

• Institute for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit. Dr. Halimah DeShong, Head and Lecturer
• No! to Online Abuse and Harassment. Ashell Forde, President
• UN Women Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean. Tonni Brodber, Deputy Representative
• The Commonwealth Secretariat. Dr. Tres-Ann Kremer, Head of Good Offices for Peace and Political Adviser for the Caribbean Region
• Promoting Women’s Political Leadership in the Caribbean: A joint CIWiL-ParlAmericas project. Lady Anande Trotman-Joseph, Chairperson of the Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership (CIWiL), and Alisha Todd, Director General of ParlAmericas

RESOURCES Women’s political leadership

• Women’s Political Leadership in the Caribbean. UN Women, 2018
• The Status of Women in Leadership Across the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth, 2015
• Paving the Way to Opportunities: Women in Leadership across the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth Business Council and ACCA, 2013
• Women and Political Parties in Five Small States of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Commonwealth Secretariat, 2018
• Where are the Women? A Study of Women, Politics, and Equality in the CARICOM Countries. UNDP, 2015
• Promoting Women’s Candidacies: An overview of electoral systems, political parties, and campaign financing. ParlAmericas, 2017

Gender and sustainable development

• United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework in the Caribbean. UN Caribbean, 2016
• Why Gender Equality Matters to Achieving all 17 SDGs. Infographic. UN Women, 2018
• Turning Promises into Action: Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. UN Women, 2018
• Making Social Protection Gender-Responsive: Lessons from UN Women’s Work in the Eastern Caribbean. UN Women, 2017

Inclusive legislative work

• Citizen Participation in the Legislative Process. Toolkit, ParlAmericas, 2018
• Intersectionality. ParlAmericas, 2018

Gender-based violence and discrimination

• Foundations Programme: Strengthening Prevention Approaches To Address Gender-Based Violence In the Caribbean. Brochure, UN Women and the Maria Holder Memorial Trust, 2018
• Reference documents compiling CEDAW recommendations by country:
  • Concluding Observations on the Role of Parliaments. UN Women, 2018
  • Recommendations on Equality and Social Inclusion. UN Women, 2018
  • Recommendations for a Healthy Caribbean. UN Women, 2018
  • Recommendations for an Inclusive, Equitable, and Prosperous Caribbean. UN Women, 2018
  • Recommendations for a Safe, Cohesive, and Just Caribbean. UN Women, 2018
  • Recommendations for a Sustainable and Resilient Caribbean. UN Women, 2018

RESOURCES

• Bangkok climate talks: key outcomes on the Paris Agreement ‘rulebook’, CarbonBrief: Clear on Climate (2018)
• Benefits of Climate Action: Piloting a Global Approach to Measurement, C40 Cities (2016)
• Loss and Damage: Online Guide, UNFCCC (2017)
• Primer on the United Nations Climate Change Regime, ParlAmericas (2018)
• Primer on Carbon Pricing, ParlAmericas (2017)
• Nationally Determined Contributions Summary Cards for Parliamentarians, ParlAmericas (2017)

PRESENTATIONS

• Assessing the impact of disasters: current scenarios and trends in the Americas. Raul Salazar, Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Secretariat for the Americas.
• Carbon Pricing in the Americas and the Caribbean. Alexis L. Leroy, CEO, Allcot Group (greenhouse gas emissions management expert).
• Carbon Pricing: A Parliamentarian Perspective. The Honourable Jennifer Simons, Vice president – The South American Parliamentary Network on Climate Change and Speaker of the National Assembly, Suriname.
• Paris Agreement and NDCs. Carlos Garvia, Regional Coordinator, Regional Center of Collaboration, Latin America and Caribbean, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
• Subnational climate change adaptation and mitigation: challenges and opportunities for urban settlements. Gian Carlo Delgado Ramos, Member of the Working Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Mexico.
• Sustaining the fabric of life. Nidya Pesántez, Program specialist, UN Women Ecuador.

• The Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Advances and Challenges in Measuring Decent Work. ECLAC, 2013
• 2017 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean – Executive Summary. ILO, 2017
• International Migration in the Americas 2017. OAS and OECD, 2017
• UNHCR Global Report 2017 Regional Summaries: The Americas. UNHCR, 2017
• World Migration Report 2018. IOM, 2018
• Migration in the 2030 Agenda. IOM, 2017
• Gender, Age and Migration. BRIDGE, 2016

PRESENTATIONS

• Reintegration in Colombia: An opportunity changes everything. Joshua Mitrotti, founding partner BO Consulting Group – Colombia, former director of the Agency for Reincorporation and Normalization, Colombia
• Economic Inclusion: Accessible and Equitable Labour Markets in Canada. Michael Prince, professor, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria
• Global Immigration Context and its Consequences: Problems, Successes, and its Great Challenges. Diego Beltrand, Regional Director for South America, IOM
• Canadian Immigration and Social Integration Policies. Marc Serré, Member of Parliament, House of Commons, Canada
• Model legislation and policies for economic and social integration of migrants in South America. Elizabeth Cabezas, Member of Parliament, President of the National Assembly, Ecuador
• Climate-Induced Displacement/Resettlement Measures in the English Caribbean. Alincia Williams-Grant, Senator, President of the Senate, Antigua and Barbuda
• Best practices and legislation for social protection and integration of migrants in Central America. José Arturo Martínez Dell, Member of Parliament, Chair of the Standing Committee on Migrants, Congress, Guatemala

Training Session on Parliamentary Budget Consultations AGENDA PHOTO GALLERY  PRESENTATIONS

• Parliaments, money and participation. Helaina Gaspard, Director, Governance and Institutions, Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy
• Citizen Participation in the National Budget. Member of Parliament Nicole Olivierre (Trinidad and Tobago), Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries
• Federal Parliamentary Pre-Budget Consultations in Canada: The Role of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. Honourable Wayne Easter (Canada), Member of Parliament and Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance
• Budget Consultations in British Columbia. Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Deputy Clerk and Clerk of Committees, Legislative Assembly, British Columbia

RESOURCES

• Fiscal Ecosystem
• Budget Cycle
• Principles of Public Participation in Fiscal Policy. Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT)
• Open Budget Survey 2017. International Budget Partnership, 2017
• Open Budget Survey Results by Country. International Budget Partnership, website

During the 15th Plenary Assembly, elections were held for certain positions on the Board of Directors and for the host parliament of the next Plenary. The results of the election were the following:

• Presidency
  • Bob Nault, Member of Parliament (Canada)
• Vice-Presidency:
  • Elizabeth Cabezas, President of the National Assembly (Ecuador)
• North America:
  • Canada
• Central America:
  • Costa Rica
  • Nicaragua
• South America:
  • Chile
  • Ecuador
  • Peru
• Caribbean:
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Barbados
  • Jamaica
• Host of the 16th Plenary Assembly
  • Paraguay

PRESENTATIONS

• May 22, 2018
  • Gender Budgeting 101: Why Greater Equality Pays Off and Why It’s So Hard to Do. Armine Yalnizyan

• May 23, 2018
  • Gender Equality & Climate Policy: Words to Action. Bridget Burns, WEDO
  • Strengthening the Gender Responsiveness of Climate Change Policies & Actions. UnaMay Gordon, Climate Change Division, Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation of Jamaica
  • Gender and Climate Change in Mexico: Achievements, Opportunities, Lessons Learned, and Challenges. Itzá Castañeda, IUCN Global Gender Office
  • The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030: Articulating Global Agendas on DRR, CC and SDGs with a Gender Perspective. Jennifer Guralnick, UNISDR

• May 24, 2018
  • Gender-Responsive Disaster Response. Farmala Jacobs, Directorate of Gender Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda
  • UNFPA’s Work in Addressing Disasters. Aurora Noguera-Ramkissoon, UNFPA’s Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean in Trinidad and Tobago
  • Waste Picker Perceptions on Health and Health Risks: Perspectives from the Ground. Ana Carolina Ogando, WIEGO
  • Gender, Health and Climate Action. Cathy Cuellar, PAHO

RESOURCES

• Gender-Responsive Budgeting Training Session Tools. ParlTools Portal, UN Women and ParlAmericas
• Climate Change Laws of the World, database, The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
• Gender Mainstreaming in Public Policies on Climate Change in Latin America. ECLAC and the European Union, 2017 (in Spanish)
• Climate Change Gender Action Plans, website, IUCN
• Paris Agreement. United Nations, 2015
• Mapping Nationally Determined Contributions, website, ParlAmericas
• A Gender Analysis of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. WEDO, 2016
• Gender Action Plan. UNFCCC, 2017
• Pocket Guide to Gender Equality under the UNFCCC. European Capacity Building Initiative, 2017
• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030). UNISDR, 2015
• UN Women in Crisis and Emergency Contexts in Latin America and the Caribbean. UN Women, 2017
• Gender, Climate Change and Health. WHO, 2016
• Training Manual on Gender and Climate Change. IUCN, UNDP, GGCA, 2009
• Gender inequalities in health in the Americas. PAHO, 2016

Following the elections held at the gathering, the composition of the Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality Executive Committee is as follows:

• President:
  • Member of the Chamber of Deputies Karina Banfi (Argentina)
• Vice-President – North America:
  • Senator Mobina Jaffer (Canada)
• Vice-President – Central America:
  • Member of the Legislative Assembly Norma Cristina Cornejo (El Salvador)
• Vice-President – Caribbean:
  • President of the Senate Chester Humphrey (Grenada)
• Vice-President – South America:
  • Member of the National Assembly Karina Arteaga (Ecuador)
  • Alternate: Member of the Chamber of Deputies Marcela Sabat (Chile)
• Observer:
  • Member of the National Assembly Delsa Solórzano (Venezuela)

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)

PRESENTATIONS

• Conceptual Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change, Pilar Moraga Sariego, Centre of Climate Science and Resilience and University of Chile Centre for Environmental Law
• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, Raúl Salazar, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Regional Office for the Americas
• Dialogue on Disaster Risk Reduction, Alma Pérez, UN Women Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
• The Disaster Risk Reduction Agenda and the Nationally Determined Commitments under the Paris Agreement, Cayetano Casado, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and NDC Partnership
• A Look at the Local Frontline, María Verónica Bastías, Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)

RESOURCES

• Chart of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. UNISDR
• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. United Nations
• UN Women in Crisis and Emergency Contexts in Latin America and the Caribbean. UN Women, 2017
• Country Disaster Risk Profiles, World Bank Group
  • Belize
  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Jamaica
  • Panama
  • Saint Lucia

PRESENTATIONS

• Keynote address, Sheila Roseau, Deputy Regional Director – UNFPA Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Metricizing Gender For State Intervention, Patricia Mohammed, University of the West Indies
• Men and Boys and Gender Equality, Humberto Carolo, White Ribbon

RESOURCES Session 1: Comprehensive approaches to address gender inequality

• National Gender Policies in the English Speaking Caribbean. Deborah McFee, IDRC Research Report, 2014
• Gender Equality Plans in Latin America and the Caribbean: Roadmaps for Development. ECLAC, 2017
• Policies and plans
  • Strategic Plan to Address Gender-Based Violence. The Bahamas, 2015
  • Revised National Gender Policy. Belize, 2013
  • It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence. Status of Women Canada, website
  • National Policy and Action Plan for Gender Equity and Equality in the Commonwealth of Dominica. Dominica, 2006
  • National Policy for Gender Equality. Jamaica, 2011

Session 2: Effective strategies for engaging men

• Male Allies for Gender Equality: A Toolkit for Parliamentarians. ParlAmericas, website
• White Ribbon. Website
• Strengthening Civil Society Organizations and Government Partnerships to Scale Up Approaches to Engaging Men and Boys for Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: A Tool for Action. UNFPA, Promundo and the MenEngage Alliance, 2016
• Men, Masculinities and Changing Power: A Discussion Paper on Engaging Men in Gender Equality from Beijing 1995 to 2015. MenEngage, UN Women and UNFPA, 2015

Session 3: Media and cultural agents

• WMW (Women’s Media Watch) Jamaica. Website
• Global Media Monitoring Project – Caribbean Regional Report. Global Media Monitoring Project, 2015

Session 4: Advancing legislative reforms for workplace equality: Critical moments for change

• Employment Sexual Harassment (Prevention) Act. Barbados, 2017
• Bill C-65: An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act. Canada, introduced in 2017
• Model Sexual Harassment Bill. IMPACT Justice, 2017
• Model Guidelines for Sexual Offences Cases in the Caribbean Region. Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (Jurist) Project