[Open-Legislation] Fwd: PMO Leaders Conference on Parliamentary Transparency, April 30-May 2, Washington, DC

Tue Feb 14 20:00:06 UTC 2012

Same here ;)

Benjamin Ooghe-Tabanou for Regards Citoyens

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 18:46, Pedro Markun <pedro at esfera.mobi> wrote:

> Hey Daniel,
>
> We're talking with Andrew on trying to get there :)
>
> []'s
> Pedro Markun
>
> 2012/2/14 Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
>
>> FYI - is anyone on this list planning to go there?
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> *From: *"Andrew G. Mandelbaum" <andrew.g.mandelbaum at gmail.com>
>> *Subject: **PMO Leaders Conference on Parliamentary Transparency, April
>> 30-May 2, Washington, DC*
>> *Date: *14. Februar 2012 04:09:28 MEZ
>> *To: *Open Government WG List <open-government at lists.okfn.org>,
>> transparency-tech at googlegroups.com
>> *Reply-To: *transparency-tech at googlegroups.com
>>
>> If you are having trouble reading this email, read the online version<http://www.ndi.org/node/18544>
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>>  [image: NDI, Sunlight Foundation, Embassy of Mexico, World Bank
>> Institute, Red Latinoamericana por la Transparencia Legislativa, Mexican
>> Cultural Institute, National Endowment for Democracy]
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>>
>> SAVE THE DATE
>>
>> PMO Leaders Conference on
>> Parliamentary Transparency and Networking
>>
>> April 30 - May 2
>> Washington, D.C.
>>
>> A *recently published survey*<http://www.ndi.org/files/governance-parliamentary-monitoring-organizations-survey-september-2011.pdf> of
>> parliamentary monitoring organizations (PMOs) by the *National
>> Democratic Institute* <http://www.ndi.org/> (NDI) and *World Bank
>> Institute* <http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/> (WBI) identifies more than
>> 190 PMOs that are monitoring the performance and functioning of over 82
>> national parliaments. PMOs show great promise in strengthening democratic
>> governance. However, PMOs share a number of common challenges, including a
>> lack of parliamentary transparency. Increasing opportunities for PMOs to
>> share experiences and good practices can enhance monitoring activities and
>> strengthen the ability of PMOs to work collaboratively to meet common goals.
>>
>> To help provide a platform for cooperation among PMOs, the *Sunlight
>> Foundation* <http://sunlightfoundation.com/>, the *Latin American
>> Network for Legislative Transparency*<http://www.transparencialegislativa.org/>,
>> NDI, WBI, the *Embassy of Mexico in the United States*<http://embamex.sre.gob.mx/eua/>,
>> and the *National Endowment for Democracy* <http://www.ned.org/> are
>> co-hosting a two-and-a-half-day conference in Washington, D.C., for global
>> PMO leaders. The conference seeks to foster discussion on international
>> strategies for improving access to parliamentary information on the
>> national level, including a transparency "pledge" for parliaments, which
>> would be available for comment on the *AGORA web portal*<http://www.agora-parl.org/> in
>> advance of the conference. The conference also would provide an opportunity
>> for PMOs to share good practices for monitoring parliamentary transparency,
>> discuss collaborative ideas for addressing common challenges, and explore
>> engagement in international fora to raise awareness of PMOs and their work.
>>
>> *For more information, please contact:*
>>
>> Andrew Mandelbaum of NDI at *amandelbaum at ndi.org* <amandelbaum at ndi.org>
>> John Wonderlich of the Sunlight Foundation at *johnwonderlich at gmail.com*<johnwonderlich at gmail.com>
>>
>> Melissa Ortiz Massó of the LALT Network at *melissa at fundar.org.mx*
>> Pablo Secchi of the LALT Network at *psecchi at directoriolegislativo.org*
>>
>> *Limited scholarships to support travel costs may be available.
>> The conference language is English.*
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew G. Mandelbaum
>>
>> Senior Program Officer, Governance
>> National Democratic Institute
>> Twitter: agm3dc
>>
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