Month: October 2020

OCT 29 11:00 MEX | Jade Propuestas Sociales will carry out the presentation of its report ‘Diagnosis of Open Parliament. A qualitative view from the Commissions’

On October 29 at 11:00 a.m. Jade Propuestas Sociales y Alternativas al Desarrollo, A.C., will present its ‘Diagnosis of Open Parliament. A qualitative view from the Commissions’. The presentation will be made via Facebook Live on the profile of the organization @JadeSociales. For more information, contact projectos@jadesociales.com.

OCT 30 14:00 EEST | OpenUp Ukraine will hold a webinar on ‘Open parliament data in Ukraine: how to understand parliament with data’

As part of the Global Legislative Openness Week, the OpenUp community and the United Nations Development Program in Ukraine are organizing OpenDataTalk “Open Parliamentary Data: How to Understand the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine through Data” on October 30 at 2 p.m. In Ukraine, the movement for open parliamentary data began in 2015. At the same …

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OCT 29 19:00 MEX | Impacto Legislativo will hold the meeting “Open Congresses in Mexico: Opportunities and Challenges”

On October 29 at 7:00 p.m., the organization Impacto Legislativo will hold a virtual meeting to reflect on the adoption of the principles of open parliament in Mexican practices. The event will be moderated by Aurelien Guilbert, Director of the Rule of Law of Espacio Progresista and will feature the participation of the following panelists:Diego …

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28 oct 10:00 gmt+2 | The Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia & Parliament Support Programme will hold an e-conference on Open Parliament

The Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia and the Parliament Support Programme (implemented by NDI, IDSCS and CCM) is organizing an E-Conference on Open Parliament on October 28 from 10 am to 12.30. This e-conference will contribute to the co-creation process of the Open Government Partnership – Open Parliament Plan 2021-2023. Participants will include …

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29 OCT 16:00 CR | The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica Presents its Civic Parliaments program

The Department of Citizen Participation has developed the Civic Parliaments Program, within which the Agricultural Parliament is registered. It is the ideal parliamentary public management tool to promote the articulation of sectoral parliaments, as spaces for training and citizen political advocacy. On the one hand, it is a space for civic training, because participants learn …

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29 OCT 11:00 MEX | Vision legislativa organizes the webinar ‘Virtual Congresses Mexico-Argentina: Open Parliament in the context of COVID-19’

The objective of the webinar is to present and comment on the sixth report ‘Appointments and reforms in Virtual Congresses. Legality in the emergency of COVID-19’, from a comparative perspective between the Mexico-Argentina parliaments. We will focus in the use of parliamentary powers during the health emergency, legality and transparency. Date: Thursday 29 October Time: …

29 OCT 11:00 MEX | Vision legislativa organizes the webinar ‘Virtual Congresses Mexico-Argentina: Open Parliament in the context of COVID-19’ Read More »

DEADLINE 27 OCT | Civilab calls for academic papers to participate in the 1st Academic Digital Forum on Open Government and Sustainable Development Goals

Civilab calls for academic papers (monographs, papers, graduate or postgraduate thesis) to participate in the 1st Academic Digital Forum on Open Government and Sustainable Development Goals. The objective is to recognize, reflect on and disseminate academic contributions, taking into account that the generation of knowledge is essential to promote good practices towards achieving the objectives …

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28 OCT 16:00 GMT | The Honorable Chamber of Senators of Paraguay will carry out a radio program on open parliament

The Honorable Chamber of Senators of Paraguay will carry out the radio program “Citizen Connection: Special Program on Open Parliament” This special program aims to connect the initiatives of the state and citizens, through a Q&A modality. The public will be able to learn about the mechanisms of access to public information, citizen participation, transparency …

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26 – 30 OCT |The Center for Public Policy PROVIDUS will publish a series of short videos on the best ways to participate in parliamentary committee deliberations in the midst of Covid-19.

Each day from October 26 to October 30 PROVIDUS will publish short video interviews with chairpersons of Latvian parliamentary committees. Parliamentary committee chairs will be asked to explain to citizens the best ways to engage in parliamentary committee deliberations during Covid-19 era.  On October 30, PROVIDUS and the Parliament of Latvia will co-organize an online …

26 – 30 OCT |The Center for Public Policy PROVIDUS will publish a series of short videos on the best ways to participate in parliamentary committee deliberations in the midst of Covid-19. Read More »

27 OCT 12:00 MEX | Vision Legislativa will publish the 7th Report on Virtual Congresses: Legality in emergency by COVID-19 in Mexico

After asking themselves whether or not there was legality in the decisions that were made in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vision Legislativa monitored the actions of seven congresses in Mexico. They studied whether congresses made reforms to laws and regulations to be able to meet virtually, what were the issues addressed during the …

27 OCT 12:00 MEX | Vision Legislativa will publish the 7th Report on Virtual Congresses: Legality in emergency by COVID-19 in Mexico Read More »