2012

• First Technical Assistance Mission to the Senate of Haiti

  Between 21 and 25 May a technical assistance mission team will visit the Senate of Haiti in Port-Au-Prince. The team consisting of a UN representative, and two experts kindly provided by the House of Commons of Canada, and the Swiss Federal Parliament, will over five days conduct an assessment of the state of ICT, and make a mapping of future ICT needs. This first mission will be followed by a second mission in June that will focus on the development of an ICT strategic plan for the Senate of Haiti.

• Second assessment mission to the National Assembly and Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Following the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament's first technical assistance missions to the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in March 2012 and the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in April 2012, respectively, where the ICT capabilities of both chambers were assessed, a second technical assistance mission is scheduled to take place from 21 to 25 May 2012. The follow-up joint-mission, which falls within the framework of the European Commission funded project “Support to ICT Strategic Planning in the SADC Parliaments,” will finalise the assessment reports from both first missions while also submitting individual draft ICT strategic plans to the National Assembly and Senate for their respective consideration.

• Technical Assistance Mission to the National Assembly of St. Kitts and Nevis

  Between 30 April and 10 May a technical assistance mission team from the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, with expertise kindly provided by the Senate of the Netherlands, carried out an evaluation of the state of ICT at the National Assembly of St. Kitts and Nevis, and assisted the parliamentary officials with the formulation of an ICT Strategic Plan for the National Assembly, including a vision statement for the use of ICT, strategic goals, objectives and an implementation road map.

• Regional Workshop “Connected Parliaments - Introduction to Legislative XML"

  The Regional Workshop “Connected Parliaments - Introduction to Legislative XML", is being organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in collaboration with the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, and in coordination with the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, a joint initiative of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The workshop, which will be held in the framework of the Exchange Network of Parliaments of Latin America and the Caribbean (ENPLAC), will be held from June 4th to 6th, 2012 in Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil.

• Presentations

  09:00 - 09:30	Welcoming of participants Venue: Reception of the József Antall building (JAN)
  09:30 - 10:15	Opening Session

• Second technical mission to the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda

  A second technical assistance mission in the framework of the Project "Support to ICT Strategic Planning in the Caribbean Parliaments" carried out important ICT visioning and strategic planning exercises at the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda, between 30 April and 4 May. The team consisted of the the National Project Officer from CARICAD and a senior e-Parliament expert from the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament.

• Second technical mission to the Parliament of Grenada

  Between 23 and 27 April a second technical mission to the Parliament of Grenada took place. The mission was led by the National Project Officer of CARICAD supported by a Senior Parliamentary Expert from the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, as well by a Senior IT Manager of the House of Representatives of Australia.

• Second assessment mission to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique

  Following the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament's first technical assistance mission to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique in September 2011, where an assessment of the Assembly's ICT capabilities was taken, a second technical assistance mission took place from 23 to 27 April 2012.

• Technical assistance mission to the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Within the framework of the European Commission funded project “Support to ICT Strategic Planning in the SADC Parliaments” the Global Centre will undertook a technical assistance mission to the National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 23 to 27 April 2012. The mission focused on perception and understanding of the vision, mission and core values of the National Assembly and made an assessment of the ICT systems in order to deliver a report with strategic dir

• International workshop: Identifying benefits deriving from the adoption of XML-based chains for drafting legislation

  The meeting was organized by the European Parliament’s Office for Promotion of Parliamentary Democracy  (OPPD) and Directorate General for Innovation and Technological Support, in association with the UN/IPU’s Global Centre for ICT in Parliament. The overall goal of the workshop was to promote the adoption and implementation of XML-based technologies by Parliaments around the world. It focused on the current implementations of XML-based tools within parliamentary administrations.

• Practical information: Identifying benefits deriving from the adoption of XML-based chains for drafting legislation

   

  Participants

  Participants will be Directors of IT Departments, Project Managers, Analysts and key clients directly involved in the use of XML-related IT tools. Representatives from the academic world will contribute their expertise to the discussion.

   

• Second technical assistance mission to the National Assembly of Namibia

  Following the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament's first technical assistance mission to the National Assembly of Namibia in December 2011, where an assessment of the Assembly's ICT capabilities was taken, a second technical assistance mission took place from 10 to 13 April 2012.

• Regional Workshop "The Impact of New Technologies in the Transformation of the Legislative Branch"

  The United Nations, through its Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD), will hold a Regional Workshop entitled “The Impact of New Technologies in the Transformation of the Legislative Branch: From Awareness, to Planning, to Action” from May 30th ‐ June 1st, 2012, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
• Second Workshop “ICT Strategic Planning in the SADC Parliaments”

  

  The "Second Workshop ICT Strategic Planning in the SADC Parliaments" concluded with the official launch of the SADC PF community of practice on ICT strategic planning, discussions concerning the benefits of inter-parliamentary cooperation, how to address the challenge of resource constraints, and closing remarks from SADC PF and UNDESA's Global Centre for ICT in Parliament.
  
• Second technical mission to the Parliament of Saint Lucia

  The second technical mission to the Parliament of Saint Lucia took place between 26 and 30 March. The mission was led by the National Project Officer of CARICAD supported by a Senior Parliamentary ICT Advisor of the Global Center. Thanks to the excellent follow up and organization of the Parliament of Saint Lucia the second mission was able to take place so quick after the first one (at the beginning of March).