2014
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THEME
Mainstreaming Sustainability
AGENDA (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 (click here for resources)
Experts: Dr. Paulina Troncoso (Ministry of Health, Chile), María Antonieta Alcalde (International Planned Parenthood Foundation / Western Hemisphere Region)
EXPERTS' BIOGRAPHIES (PDF)
ARTICLES
Building the Open Parliament: The Case of Brazil - Cristiano Ferri Faria
Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development: A Global Symposium on Environmental Rule of Law - UN Environment Assembly of the UN Environment Programme
Good Governance and Environmental Justice: Towards an Inclusive Sustainable Development Agenda for the Americas - OAS
Sustainable Development 20 Years on from the Earth Summit: Progress, Gaps and Strategic Guidelines for Latin America and the Caribbean - ECLAC
Millennium Development Goals: Advances in Environmentally Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean - ECLAC
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]
VIDEOS
Welcome Message from the President of the Republic of Chile, Michelle Bachelet [in Spanish]:
Public Participation - OAS [English subtitles]:
Good Governance and Environmental Justice - OAS 44th General Assembly in Paraguay [in Spanish]:
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)
THEME
Women's Healthcare
AGENDA (PDF)
ARTICLE
Is 20 Years Just Nothing? The International Conference on Population and Development 20 Years after its Adoption (María Antonieta Alcalde)
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]
DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT ON WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE IN THE AMERICAS (PDF)
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THEME
Moving from Formal to Substantive Equality
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)
Challenging the Barriers to Real Equality: Transformative Equality (Ramona Biholar - S1)
Gender Equality - The Legislative Agenda (Teresa Incháustegui - S2)
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OBJECTIVE
- To receive various updates from Board members and the International Secretariat staff
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OBJECTIVES
- To receive updates from the International Secretariat staff
- To approve proposals for the themes of the next Gathering of the Group of Women Parliamentarians and the 11th Plenary Assembly
- To approve the work plan and budget for the coming cycle
- To discuss funding for the organization
PRESS RELEASE
ParlAmericas' Board of Directors Announces Topics to Be Covered at Next Plenary Assembly
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)
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)
REPORT (PDF)
PRESS RELEASES
Government and Opposition Parliamentarians of the Caribbean Gathered at ParlAmericas Workshop with Auditors General to Discuss Strengthening Budget Oversight, 10 February 2014.
ParlAmericas to Host Follow-up Workshop on Parliamentary Budget Oversight in the Caribbean, 3 February 2014.
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.
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