2020
November 27 | Virtual Gathering
17th ParlAmericas Plenary Assembly
RESOURCES
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation,The Circular Economy in Detail.
- Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy, The Circularity Gap Report 2020, 2020.
- Chatham House, The circular economy in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2020.
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Gender-specific consumption patterns, behavioural insights, and circular economy, 2020.
- Government of Canada, Ocean Plastics Charter.
- UNEP, “Global Environment Outlook 6”, Circular Economy. p. 439-450, 2019.
- Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, EKLA, and Centro de Innovación y Economía Circular, Circular Economy and Public Policies, 2019.
ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS
- President of ParlAmericas, Member of the National Assembly Elizabeth Cabezas (Ecuador)
- President of the Open Parliament Network (OPN), Senator Blanca Ovelar (Paraguay)
- President of the Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality (PNGE), Member of the Chamber of Deputies Maya Fernández Allende (Chile)
- President of the Parliamentary Network on Climate Change (PNCC), Member of the National Assembly Ana Belén Marín (Ecuador)
- Presidency
- Blanca Ovelar (Paraguay)
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Vice-Presidency
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Bridgid Annisette-George (Trinidad and Tobago)
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- Representative of Central America
- Representative of North America
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Representative of South America
- Representative of the Caribbean
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Host of the 18th ParlAmericas Plenary Assembly
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Chile
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November 16 | Virtual gathering
PRESENTATION
- Oswald, David. Executive summary of presentation, 2020.
RESOURCES
- Galvez, Rosa et al., Building Forward Better: A Clean and Just Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020.
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation,The Circular Economy in Detail.
- Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy, The Circularity Gap Report 2020, 2020.
- Chatham House, The circular economy in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2020.
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Gender-specific consumption patterns, behavioural insights, and circular economy, 2020.
- Government of Canada, Ocean Plastics Charter.
- UNEP, “Global Environment Outlook 6”, Circular Economy. p. 439-450, 2019.
- Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, EKLA, and Centro de Innovación y Economía Circular, Circular Economy and Public Policies, 2019.
November 13 | Virtual Meeting
RESOURCES
- Road Map Towards Legislative Openness. ParlAmericas, 2016.
- Organizing Virtual Parliamentary Sittings. ParlAmericas, 2020.
October 2 | Virtual Meeting
12th Gathering of the Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality
RESOURCES
- Podcast: Youth and Politics in Latin America (in Spanish). Atenea, 2020.
- Youth for Gender Equality Roadmap. Plan International, 2019.
- Youth and Gender Equality Strategy. UN Women, 2017.
- Youth Participation in National Parliaments. IPU, 2018.
- Youth 2030: Working with Young People. UN Youth Envoy, 2020.
- Youth Participation in Democratic Processes. Resolution adopted by consensus by the 122nd IPU Assembly, Bangkok, April 1st, 2010.
- Action Coalitions, Generation Equality. UN Women, 2020.
- Gender Data for Generation Equality: A Brief Series. Data 2x, 2020.
- Women in the Parliament of Canada. Library of Parliament, Canada, 2020.
October 1 | Virtual Meeting
PRESENTATIONS
- Presentation of the Legislative Transparency Toolkit. María José Méndez, Eurosocial+. (in Spanish)
- Presentation by INAI of the Legislative Transparency Toolkit. Blanca Lilia Ibarra, National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI) of Mexico. (in Spanish)
- Presentation by the Latin American Network for Legislative Transparency. Marcelo Espinel, Citizenship and Development Foundation. (in Spanish)
- Presentation of good practices in legistlative transparency from Europe. Miguel Ángel Gonzalo, Project Coordination and Planning Unit of the Office of the Secretary General, Congress of Deputies of Spain. (in Spanish)
- Presentation of the Congreso2030py platform. María Liz Sosa, Legislative Strengthening and External Cooperation, Chamber of Senators of Paraguay. (in Spanish)
- Presentation of the Open Data Portal. Manuel Cotado, Program for Parliamentary Modernization, Innovation, Transparency, and Democratic Strengthening, Chamber of Deputies of Argentina. (in Spanish)
RESOURCES
- Red de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública (RTA) (in Spanish)
- EUROsociAL+
- Road Map Towards Legislative Openness. ParlAmericas, 2016
- ParlAmericas Open Parliament Portal. ParlAmericas.
September 2 | Virtual meeting
RESOURCES
- Video of the meeting Gender-Responsiveness and Disaster Resilience during the COVID-19 Crisis (held on July 22, 2020)
- Gender-Transformative Hurricane Resilience During the COVID-19 Crisis. UN Women, 2020
- Guidance for GBV Shelters in the Context of COVID-19. Un Women, WHO, and UNFPA, 2020
- UN Secretary-General’s Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women. UN and UN Women, 2020
- COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: How to Incorporate Women and Gender Equality in the Management of the Crisis Response. UN Women, 2020
- Parliamentary Protocol for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. ParlAmericas, 2019
- COVID-19: An Analysis of the Legislative Agenda and the Centering of Gender Equality in Legislative Responses. ParlAmericas and Directorio Legislativo, 2020
August 21 | Virtual Meeting
PRESENTATIONS
- Strengthening Oversight of Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Gender Agenda in Argentina. Member of the Chamber of Deputies Jimena López (Argentina). (in Spanish)
- Brazil x COVID-19: Parliamentary Action during the Pandemic. Senator Confúcio Moura (Brazil). (in Portuguese)
- Strengthening Oversight of Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Legal Committee for Women’s Equity. Senator Esperanza Andrade (Colombia). (in Spanish)
- COVID-19 Working Group of the Senate of the Republic: Activity Report. Senator Antares Vázquez (Mexico). (in Spanish)
- Experiences of the Bicameral Congressional Committee for the Oversight of Resources Provided in Law N°6524/20 “Which declares a State of Emergency throughout the Territory of the Republic of Paraguay.” Senator Agustín Amado Florentín (Paraguay). (in Spanish)
RESOURCES
- COVID-19 and Parliament’s Role during a Pandemic. ParlAmericas, 2020.
- COVID-19: The Challenge of Adapting and Strengthening the Role of Parliaments. An Analysis from an Open Parliament Perspective. ParlAmericas and Directorio Legislativo, 2020.
- COVID-19: The Challenge of Adapting and Strengthening the Role of Parliaments. An Analysis of the Legislative Agenda and the Centering of Gender Equality in Legislative Responses. ParlAmericas and Directorio Legislativo, 2020.
- Strengthening Accountability through Fiscal Openness: A Toolkit for Parliamentarians in the Americas and the Caribbean. ParlAmericas, Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy, and Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency.
- Public Procurement in States of Emergency: Minimum Considerations by Governments to Reduce Risks of Corruption and Misuse of Extraordinary Resources. Transparency International, 2020. (in Portuguese and Spanish)
August 17 | Virtual Meeting
RESOURCES
- United Nations convention on the law of the sea. United Nations.
- The Sate of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2020.
- Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. United Nations, 2020.
- The Action Plan for the Protection of the Marine Environment and Coastal Areas of the Southeast Pacific. Permanent Commission of the South Pacific, 1981. (in Spanish)
- Principles for Fisheries Management in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction—the Essential Role of Incentive-Based Approaches. World Wildlife Fund, 2019.
- Addressing Marine Plastics: A Systemic Approach – Recommendations for Actions. United Nations Environment Programme, 2019.
- Challenges and Prospects for Fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Alejandro Flores-Nava, FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Legislative actions for the conservation of marine biodiversity in the South Pacific coastal waters. María Amparo Albán, Inter-American Institute of Justice and Sustainability
July 22 | Virtual Meeting
PRESENTATIONS
- Gender-Responsive Approaches to Building Climate and Disaster Resilience. Angie Dazé, IISD.
- Gender-Transformative Disaster Resilience. Kyana Bowen, UN Women.
- Hazards, Hurricane Season and COVID-19. Elizabeth Riley, CDEMA.
- Enabling Gender-Responsive Disaster Recovery, Climate and Environmental Resilience in the Caribbean (EnGenDER), Massimiliano Tozzi, UNDP.
RESOURCES
- Gender-Transformative Hurricane Resilience During the COVID-19 Crisis. UN Women, 2020
- Sustainable Responses for a Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery. ParlAmericas, 2020
- Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights for an Equal Future. UN Women, 2020
- UN Secretary-General’s Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women. UN and UN Women, 2020
- COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: How to Incorporate Women and Gender Equality in the Management of the Crisis Response. UN Women, 2020
- Climate Change and Small States: Parliamentarian’s Toolkit. CPA, 2020
- Parliamentary Protocol for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. ParlAmericas, 2019
- COVID-19: An Analysis of the Legislative Agenda and the Centering of Gender Equality in Legislative Responses. ParlAmericas and Directorio Legislativo, 2020
- Guidance for GBV Shelters in the Context of COVID-19. Un Women, WHO, and UNFPA, 2020
- COVID-19 in the Caribbean: Daily Surveillance Report. GA-CDRC, 2020.
- Tackling Social Norms: A Game Changer for Gender Inequalities. UNDP, 2020
July 10 | Virtual Meeting
PRESENTATION
- The Merits of a Clean COVID-19 Recovery. Brian O’Callaghan, University of Oxford.
- Disaster risk management for a better and sustainable reconstruction. Raúl Salazar, UNDRR. (in Spanish)
- Perspectives for the post-COVID-19 reactivation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Leo Heileman, UNEP. (in Spanish)
RESOURCES
- The post COVID-19 recovery: How to articulate integrated responses to the health, economic and climate crises in Latin America and the Caribbean. UNEP, 2020.
- Preventing the next pandemic: Zoonotic diseases and how to break the chain of transmission. UNEP, ILRI, and CGIAR, 2020.
- Support program for the post-COVID19 economic recovery aligned with the Paris Agreement. UNEP and EuroClima+, 2020. (In Spanish)
- Will COVID-19 fiscal recovery packages accelerate or retard progress on climate change? Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, 2020.
- Brief guide to contribute to the reconstruction and ‘green’ recovery post the COVID-19 crisis in Spain. Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and IIDMA, 2020. (In Spanish)
- Planning for the economic recovery from COVID-19: A sustainability checklist for policymakers. World Bank, 2020.
- A government roadmap for addressing the climate and post COVID-19 economic crises. Climate Action Tracker, 2020.
- Sustainable Recovery. International Energy Agency, 2020.
- Inclusion and social cohesion in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: keys to inclusive social development in Latin America. ECLAC, 2020. (In Spanish)
- Virtual Dialogue of the Americas and the Caribbean against the COVID-19 Pandemic: Towards Integrated Management in Disaster Risk Reduction. UNDRR, 2020. (In Spanish)
June 11 | Virtual Meeting
PRESENTATIONS
- Sustainable Responses for a Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery. Diane Quarless, ECLAC.
- The Economic and Gendered Impacts of COVID-19. Monika Queisser, OECD.
RESOURCES
- Covid-19 and Parliament’s Role during a Pandemic. ParlAmericas, 2020.
- Compendium of Legislative and Executive Actions from the Americas and the Caribbean in Response to COVID-19. ParlAmericas, 2020.
- Covid-19 and Implications for Inclusive Economic Empowerment in Caricom: Policy and Programme Considerations. UN Women, 2020.
- Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin: Caribbean Economies in the Time of Coronavirus. IDB, 2020.
- COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: How to Incorporate Women and Gender Equality in the Management of the Crisis Response. UN Women, 2020.
- A Policy Framework for Mitigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis. World Bank Group, 2020.
- Industries post-COVID-19: A gender-responsive approach to global economic recovery. UNIDO, 2020
- Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women. UN, 2020.
- The post COVID-19 recovery: How to articulate integrated responses to the health, economic and climate crises in Latin America and the Caribbean. UN, 2020.
- Women at the core of the fight against COVID-19 crisis. OECD, 2020.
- Our recovery from the coronavirus crisis must have gender empowerment at its heart. World Economic Forum, 2020
June 5 | Virtual Meeting
PRESENTATION
- The Economic and Social Effects of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean. Alicia Bárcena, CEPAL. (in Spanish)
RESOURCES
- COVID-19 and Parliament’s Role during a Pandemic. ParlAmericas, 2020.
- Compendium of Legislative and Executive Actions from the Americas and the Caribbean in Response to COVID-19. ParlAmericas, 2020.
- Practical Guidebook to Inclusive Rights-Focused Responses to COVID-19 in the Americas. OEA, 2020. (in Spanish)
- The post COVID-19 recovery: How to articulate integrated responses to the health, economic and climate crises in Latin America and the Caribbean. UN, 2020.
- Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Work in times of pandemic: The challenges of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). ECLAC, 2020. (in Spanish)
- COVID-19 Observatory in Latin America and the Caribbean. ECLAC, 2020.
May 8 | Virtual Meeting
PRESENTATIONS (in Spanish)
- Presentation by Member of the National Assembly Karina Arteaga. National Assembly of Ecuador, 2020.
- Testimony of a participant in the Financial School for Entrepreneurs. Member of the National Assembly Karina Arteaga, 2020.
- Considerations and Reflections on Gender Violence against Women in Times of the Pandemic in Mexico. Senator Verónica Camino, 2020.
RESOURCES (in Spanish)
May 1 | Virtual Meeting
RESOURCES
- COVID-19: The challenge of adapting and strengthening the role of parliaments. ParlAmericas and Directorio Legislativo (2020).
- Video of the implementation of the virtual sessions of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil. (in Portuguese and Spanish)
- COVID-19 and parliament’s role during a pandemic. ParlAmericas (2020).
- Manual of technology transfer for remote parliamentary sessions. Brazilian Federal Senate (2020).
- How to run a parliament during a pandemic: Q and A. Inter-Parliamentary Union (2020).
- CPA Toolkit for Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures on the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and delivering parliamentary democracy. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (2020).
- Organizing Virtual Parliamentary Sittings. ParlAmericas (2020).
- COVID-19 Hybrid proceedings in the House of Commons. House of Commons of the United Kingdom (2020).
April 16 | Virtual Meeting
PRESENTATIONS (in Spanish)
- Virtual Plenary of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil. Gustavo Vasconcellos Cavalcante
- The Implementation of Virtual Sessions of the National Assembly of Ecuador. Claudio Prieto
RESOURCES
- Video of the implementation of the virtual sessions of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil. (in Portuguese and Spanish)
- COVID-19 and parliament’s role during a pandemic. ParlAmericas (2020).
- Manual of technology transfer for remote parliamentary sessions. Brazilian Federal Senate (2020).
- How to run a parliament during a pandemic: Q and A. Inter-Parliamentary Union (2020).
February 10 | Bridgetown, Barbados
RESOURCES
- Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. UN Women, 1995.
- National Reports from the Latin American and Caribbean governments to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. ECLAC.
- Regional report on the review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in Latin American and Caribbean countries, 25 years on. ECLAC, 2019.
- Santiago Commitment. XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2020.
- Caribbean Joint Statement on Gender Equality and the Post 2015 and SIDS Agenda. UN Women, Multi-Country Office – Caribbean et al., 2013