Consultation meeting on Parliaments in the Information Age

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Date: 
Thu, 24/05/2007
Organization: 
Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

A meeting on Parliaments in the Information Age: mobilizing stakeholders around concrete initiatives was held on 24 May, at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva, as part of a cluster of events related to the implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

The meeting was organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in their capacity as facilitators of the “Subgroup on ICT in Parliament of Action Line C1”, within the framework of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament.

The purpose of the meeting was to bring together stakeholders undertaking activities in the area of ICT and Parliaments to exchange experiences, create synergies and facilitate collaboration. Special attention was placed on Open Source in Parliament and on Africa, as well as on the preparation of a Global Report on ICT in Parliament. A final session was dedicated to presentations of ongoing initiatives and technical assistance programmes.

......................................... PRESENTATIONS .........................................

Opening remarks

  • Patrizio Civili, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
  • Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

Keynote addresses

The role of parliaments in advancing the Information Society

Chair: Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

  • Mincho Viktorov Spasov, Vice President of IPAIT and Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria - The International Parliamentarians’ Association for Information Technology (IPAIT)
  • Enrico Seta, Senior Advisor, Chamber of Deputies of Italy – Outcome of the International Conference “The policymaking role of Parliaments in the development of the Information Society”

Parliaments and Open Source

Chair: Gherardo Casini, Executive Coordinator a.i. of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

  • Flavio Zeni, Chief Technical Adviser, UNDESA - Open Source and open standards in Africa: “The Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan”
  • Armando Roberto Cerchi Nascimento, Senior ICT Adviser, Department of Information and Documentation of the Federal Senate of Brazil – The Interlegis Project

The Global Centre for ICT in Parliament

  • Gherardo Casini, Executive Coordinator a.i. of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament Overview of the work plan for 2007/2008
  • Jeffrey Griffith, Senior Advisor of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament - The Global Survey of ICT in Parliament

Presentations of Parliament-to-Parliament and donor-funded projects and activities in the ICT and Parliament domain

Co-Chairs: Geoff Q. Doidge, House Chairperson of Committees and ICT of the National Assembly of South Africa;
Patrizio Civili, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

  • Enrico Seta, Senior Advisor, Chamber of Deputies of Italy
  • Dirk Toornstra, Special Advisor for the promotion of democracy, European Parliament (EP)
  • Mauro Massoni, Head of the Multilateral Office, Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy
  • Ross Ferguson, Director eDemocracy Programme, Hansard Society
  • Rut Martinez, Basque Parliament/CALRE Working Group on e-Democracy
  • Makane Faye, ICT, Science and Technology Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
  • Thomas Huyghebaert, Global Programme for Parliamentary Strengthening, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Elisabet Lindquist Michailaki, Representative of the Swedish Parliament and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
  • Mats Lindberg, Good Governance in the Information Society Programme, Council of Europe
  • Josta de Hoog, Director of Politix

Next steps and closing remarks

  • Patrizio Civili, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
  • Anders B. Johnsson, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

AttachmentSize
Informal Summary: Parliaments in the Information Age - mobilizing stakeholders around concrete initiatives100.45 KB
Agenda69.74 KB
List of participants64.77 KB
Statement by Patrizio Civili, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)35.71 KB
Keynote Address by Ross Ferguson, Director, eDemocracy Programme, Hansard Society20.5 KB
Presentation by Ross Ferguson, Director, eDemocracy Programme, Hansard Society109 KB
Removing the Lid or Will the Parliaments Answer the Chalenges of the New Era - Presentation by Mincho Viktorov Spasov, Vice President of IPAIT and Member of the National Assembly of Bulgaria294.96 KB
Outcome of the International Conference on “The policymaking role of Parliaments in the development of the Information Society”, by Enrico Seta, Senior Advisor, Chamber of Deputies of Italy36.85 KB
Open Source and open standards in Africa: “The Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan”, by Flavio Zeni, Chief Technical Adviser, UNDESA2.47 MB
Overview of the work plan for 2007/2008 of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, by Gherardo Casini, Executive Coordinator a.i.467.65 KB
The Global Survey of ICT in Parliament, by Jeffrey Griffith, Senior Advisor of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament68.14 KB
Parliament and Innovation in ICT Field - The Experience of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy, by Enrico Seta, Senior Advisor, Chamber of Deputies of Italy63.59 KB
Statement by Mauro Massoni, Head of the Multilateral Office, Directorate General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy21.67 KB
The Basque Parliament Model of Citizen Information and Participation, by Rut Martinez, Basque Parliament/CALRE Working Group on e-Democracy1.12 MB
Capacity Building of African MPs, by Makane Faye, ICT, Science and Technology Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)126.43 KB
UNDP and Parliamentary Strenghtening, by Thomas Huyghebaert, Global Programme for Parliamentary Strengthening, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)1.74 MB

Location

Palais des Nations
Palais des Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
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