Strengthening Parliamentary Practices in Trinidad and Tobago”
FRAMEWORK CONTRACT EUROPEAID/127054/C/SER/multi Lot 7 LETTER OF CONTRACT N° 2011/256618/3 WITH TRANSTEC “ACTIVITIES ON STRENGTHENING PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICES IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO” A Study on Parliamentary Scrutiny and Existing Parliamentary Practice Consultant: Anthony Staddon February 2012 The opinions expressed in this document represent the authors’ points of view which are not necessarily shared by the European Commission or by the authorities of the countries concerned Consortium led by TRANSTEC in association with ATC Consultants, Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), CIVI.POL Conseil , Dutch Institute for Public Administration, Egis Bdpa, HCL Consultants , HRC Human Rights Certification Expertise et Droits fondamentaux , International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), Maxwell Stamp PLC, MDF Training & Consultancy, Nehem International, Progeco, SAFEGE , Stichting Femconsult The Parliament of Trinidad & Tobago A Study on Parliamentary Scrutiny and existing Parliamentary Practice February 2012 Client: European Commission Delegation Trinidad and Tobago 2 LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AG AUDITOR GENERAL EC EUROPEAN COMMISSION EAA EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT ACT EU EUROPEAN UNION FAA FISCAL ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT ACT FPTP FIRST PAST THE POST IBP INTERNATIONAL BUDGET PARTNERSHIP IDB INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INTOSAI INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS JSC JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE MP MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT OECD ORGANISATION ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ODI OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE PAC PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE PAAC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE PAEC PUBLIC ACCOUNTS ENTERPRISES COMMITTEE PAI PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY DIVISION PEFA PUBLIC EXPENDITURE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY PFM PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PM PRIME MINISTER UK UNITED KINGDOM UWI UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES 3 Contents List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 3 Acknowledgement 5 Executive Summary 6 Introduction 12 Methodology 13 1.
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