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Virtual Parliamentary Sittings during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Virtual Parliamentary Sittings during the COVID-19 Pandemic

FromParlAmericas Podcast


Virtual Parliamentary Sittings during the COVID-19 Pandemic

FromParlAmericas Podcast

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Length:
158 minutes
Released:
May 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, the Honourable Juan Watterson, Speaker of the House of Keys of Tynwald, Parliament of the Isle of Man; Luiz Fernando Bandeira de Mello, Secretary General of the Board of the Senate of Brazil; and Matthew Hamlyn, Strategic Director of the Chamber Business Team of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom share the experiences and lessons that their respective institutions have learned as they transition to holding fully or partially virtual parliamentary sittings as a solution to continue their work while respective physical distancing guidelines. Following these interventions, presiding officers or representatives from 14 other parliaments in the Americas and the Caribbean shared the mechanisms that they have adopted to continue operating during this crisis, and shared concerns or questions that have arisen in the national debates they have been holding regarding the option of virtual sittings. These presentations were recorded during the online meeting on “Virtual parliamentary sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic” for presiding officers, parliamentarians, and clerks of English-speaking parliaments in the Americas and the Caribbean that took place on May 1, 2020.
Released:
May 28, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

ParlAmericas is the inter-parliamentary institution that promotes parliamentary diplomacy in the inter-American system. Convening the national legislatures from North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, ParlAmericas works to strengthen democratic governance in the hemisphere by enhancing the ability of legislators to fulfill their roles and responsibilities through exchanges of parliamentary best practices and by promoting cooperative political dialogue on regional issues. The ParlAmericas Podcast is compiled from sessions recorded from different ParlAmericas activities delivered on-location across the hemisphere. For more information about ParlAmericas visit www.parlamericas.org and follow us on Facebook and Twitter @parlamericas ........................... ParlAmericas es la institución interparlamentaria que promueve la diplomacia parlamentaria en el sistema interamericano. Convoca a las legislaturas nacionales de Norte, Centro y Sur América y el Caribe, ParlAmericas trabaja para fortalecer la gobernanza democrática en el hemisferio amplificando la capacidad de los legisladores para cumplir con sus funciones y responsabilidades mediante intercambios de buenas prácticas legislativas y promoviendo un dialogo político cooperativo sobre problemáticas regionales. El podcast de ParlAmericas se ha compilado a partir de sesiones grabadas de las diferentes actividades de ParlAmericas realizadas localmente alrededor de todo el hemisferio. Para obtener más información acerca de ParlAmericas, visite www.parlamericas.org o síganos en Facebook y Twitter @parlamericas