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CPA UK Branch Webinar: Assisting and Protecting Survivors of Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking and Forced Labour By videoconference Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CCOM) CEUS September 15 - 17, 2020

The Canadian Region of the CWP is administered by a steering committee that represents the views and concerns of women parliamentarians throughout Canada and develops programs to support the objectives of the CWP in the region. This committee is composed of one representative from each province and territory and one from the federal Parliament. A chair oversees its activities and represents ...

The meeting occurred during the debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the national budget for the upcoming financial year. Speaker Němcová explained the budgetary process in the legislature and the procedural challenges that the chair must face during the deliberations. She also spoke of some of the initiatives found within the budget.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is the international organization of parliaments of sovereign states. It protects and builds global democracy through political dialogue and concrete action. The IPU also fosters contacts, coordination and the exchange of experiences among parliaments and parliamentarians of all member countries. It is the focal point of international parliamentary dialogue ...

The Co-chairs of the Canada-China Legislative Association (CCLA), the Honourable Joseph A. Day, Senator, and Mr. Tom Wappel, M.P., conducted the CCLA annual Co-chairs visit to China from March 12 to 16, 2007. During the visit, the Co-chairs had the opportunity to visit Shanghai, Qingdao and Beijing and meet with their counterparts in the Chinese branch of the CCLA. The Co-chairs were ...

In its 1979 report, the Royal Commission on Financial Management and Accountability (Lambert Commission) observed “deputy heads are not regularly held accountable in a systematic or coherent way for program management and departmental administration.”([3]) The Commission recommended that “the deputy minister as chief administrative officer account for his performance of specific ...

There was also speculation about the extent to which foreign aid was likely to fall because of fiscal pressures in donor countries. These types of external shocks created budget crises in developing countries, which were compromised in their ability to provide vital social safety services.

The committee is made up of a number of senators and MPs reflecting the proportionate share of the operating budget of the Branch as contributed by the Senate and the House of Commons, respectively. Committee members are elected at the CPA’s General Assembly.

For over 25 years, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) has held post-election seminars for national and sub-national parliaments. The seminars provide parliamentarians with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of their roles and responsibilities including those relating to parliamentary practices, procedures, legislation, scrutiny, oversight, and representation. They also ...

Mr. Biadillah said that they are working on getting young people involved in politics and the economy through the youth parliament; free education funded by the government, which represents 25% of the government’s budget; and the construction of boarding schools so that rural youth can more easily access education.