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State Reconstruction

Rebuilding Haiti will take more than just bricks and mortar. It will also mean restoring good governance.

By Amelita Armit President and CEO of the Parliamentary Centre.

The Parliamentary Centre develops training material on HIV/AIDS

The Parliamentary Centre has recently developed a complete training material for Members of Parliament and parliamentary staff for the World Bank Institute called Parliaments and HIV/AIDS. This material is now available on WBI's special on-line training site.

Please visit www.parliamentarystrengthening.org/HIVmodule/index.html
for more information

Some 100 participants at Plenary Meeting in Ottawa

Ottawa, September 15, 2009. Some 100 participants from 22 countries of the Americas participated in the Sixth Plenary Meeting of FIPA which ended today with the approval of several recommendations and the re-election of Brazilian Congressman Luiz Carlos Hauly as president of FIPA for another two years. OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza acted as keynote speaker during the opening ceremony. For the first time, delegations from China and Russia participated as observers. More ...

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A first in Sudan: National, Southern Sudan MPs focus on financial crisis together

Sudanese legislators from both the National Assembly and Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) recently put aside partisan differences to assess the impact that the global financial crisis is having on the people they represent.

Their initiative was significant not only for its result – a strong set of recommendations – but also for its example: the first time a National Assembly committee delegation has held a joint workshop with opposite numbers at the SSLA. (More ...)

Parliamentary Exchange Visit to China on Strengthening the Role Of Parliamentary Committees in Budget Oversight and Accountability: April 12-18, 2009
Canada-China Legislative Cooperation Project

The photo above was taken on April 13 after the meeting with Mr Gao Qiang, Chairman of the Budget Affair Commission of the National People`s Congress (from left to right): Amelita Armit, President and CEO, Parliamentary Centre, Maureen MacDonald, Derek Lee, Gao Qiang, Andrew Saxton, Katherine Whittrred.

A Canadian Parliamentary delegation visited China, April 12-18, 2009, to exchange views and explore ideas with their Chinese counterparts on the challenges in strengthening the oversight role of parliament and its committees and ensuring the accountability of government to citizens. The Canadian parliamentary delegation was composed of two members of the Parliament and two members of provincial legislative assembly: Derek Lee, Member of Parliament from Ontario, Chairman of Government Operation and Estimates Committee, Andrew Saxton, Member of Parliament from British Columbia, Parliamentary Secretary to the President of Treasury Board, Katherine Whittred, Member of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Maureen MacDonald, Member of Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, Chair of Public Accounts Committee. More ...

Parliamentary Centre’s Program Officer PAPH and Las Americas Awarded Recognition of Distinction from ENAP

Bernard Landry, former Premier of Québec (2001-2003) (right, centre), presenting Marie-Edith Hilaire (left, centre) with an award of recognition of distinction on behalf of ENAP, the Public Administration University at the Complexe Desjardins in Montréal, April 9, 2009.

The Parliamentary Centre would like to congratulate Marie-Edith Hilaire, Program Officer PAPH and Las Americas, who was recently awarded by ENAP, the Public Administration University, recognition of distinction as a young public administrator of the future. Ms. Hilaire was presented this award by Mr. Bernard Landry, former Premier of Québec (2001-2003), on April 9, 2009, for her academic achievements in public administration, including her professional path at the level of international development.

Declaration of The Parliamentary Centre President on the Haiti Earthquake

January 13th, 2010

On behalf of the Parliamentary Center, I would like to personally express my most sincere sympathy to the people of Haiti following the earthquake that seriously affected the country. We particularly want to express our condolences to the parliamentarians and the Chambers personnel in this terrible tragedy.

The Parliamentary center remains committed to doing everything it can to support the Haitian People during this humanitarian crisis and the reconstruction period.

Truly,

Amelita, Armit
President and CEO

Robert Miller
Former President and CEO
Parliamentary centre

Governor General of Canada Extends Vice-Regal Patronage to the Parliamentary Centre

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, C.C., C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D., Governor General of Canada, has extended vice-regal patronage to the Parliamentary Centre for the duration of her mandate. The Governor General actively endorses the objectives of select organizations by formally granting them patronage, thereby providing them with the name and prestige of the vice-regal office.