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Global Parliamentary Conference 2015 Table of Contents THE PARLIAMENTARY NETWORK On The World Bank & International Monetary Fund GLOBAL PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 2 Forward 5 Introduction 7 SESSIONS Welcome Address 8 Financing for Development and Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals 11 Improving Healthcare Systems and Emergency Responses 14 Gender Equality and Women’s Rights in the post-2015 Agenda 18 Current Global and Regional Challenges, Unemployment, and Inequality 21 Global and Local Environmental Sustainability, Development and Growth 25 Special Session with the Leadership of the World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) 30 Building more Open, Effective and Accountable Institutions 36 Closing Remarks 41 ANNEXES 1. CONFERENCE PROGRAMME 42 2. CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS 47 3. THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS IN ENSURING COMMUNITIES ENJOY THE ‘DEVELOPMENT DIVIDEND’ FROM EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES 58 4. RESOLUTION 61 5. ABOUT THE NETWORK 63 6. NEW BOARD 64 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Global Parliamentary Conference Further, the 2015 GPC hosted a special (GPC) is the Parliamentary Network’s question and answer session with the flagship event co-organised by the leadership of the World Bank Group & Parliamentary Network on the World Bank IMF, President Jim Yong Kim and & IMF (PN), World Bank Group (WBG), and Managing Director Christine Lagarde. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Conference resulted in key policy providing parliamentarians, members of recommendations deriving from both civil society, and international parliamentarians and representatives organizations the opportunity to interact from the World Bank & IMF. Further, with senior representatives from the World valuable discussions on sustainable Bank and the International Monetary Fund. development and goals for the future The Annual Conference serves as an were weighed, presented, and analysed. informative meeting point for lawmakers and development institutions, an occasion The key areas and takeaways are listed for Members of the PN to highlight below: objectives for the coming years, and a increase Parliamentarians’ and place to elect new Members to the Board, participants’ knowledge of the when applicable. themes discussed; This year’s GPC took place from 12-13 underline Parliamentarians’ roles in April 2015 in Washington, D.C. In light of identifying and improving the 2015 Year of Development, the development success in their themes of this year’s conference consisted respective countries; and of: financing for development in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals investigate how international (SDGs); improving healthcare systems and partners such as the World Bank emergency responses; gender equality Group and IMF can support them and women’s rights in the post-2015 in this task. agenda; current global and regional challenges of unemployment and 1. Increase Parliamentarians’ knowledge inequality; global and local environmental of the themes discussed sustainability; and building more open, effective, and accountable institutions. A key area which emerged at the 2015 The GPC sought to define the role for MPs GPC was knowledge-building. In general, it in building political will to tackle these was agreed that Parliamentarians must be themes and help create solutions to the increasingly enabled to succeed in most-pressing development challenges of development initiatives, understanding our time. 2 and utilising knowledge of the specific 2. Underline Parliamentarians’ roles in themes discussed, such as: identifying and improving development success in their respective countries amounts of potential capital available to be financed in global The role of parliamentarians in development initiatives. The contributing to development is crucial, as current level of official multiple speakers during the GPC alluded development assistance (ODA) to the modern parliamentarian not only a remains insufficient today to fund legislator, but also as a “development and sustain growth of tomorrow practitioner.” Parliamentarians are and beyond. representatives of citizens and civil society, expressing an important voice for lost growth due to tragedies such both governments and multilateral as the Ebola outbreak or future institutions alike. The actions of legislators outbreaks to come. are catalytic in development initiative frameworks for efficient and successful legal barriers placed on women programmes, particularly when issues and the resulting negative such as poverty eradication and boosting economic impact at local, regional shared prosperity are the objectives. and global levels; Besides the drafted Resolution which can be found in Annex 3, the role of realities that inequality is an effect parliamentarians is critical in: of inefficient policy frameworks which do not address systemic using ODA in a “new, leveraging, economic and social issues; innovative, and catalysing way” that is responsive to the needs of economic justifications for treating future generations. The task climate change with as serious of requires domestic policies that concern as archetypical support a business environment development issues; and where financial flows are highly mobile and fluid; intrinsic value and role that Parliamentarians have in building investing budgetary resources good governance, trust and towards frontline health capacity towards achieving their infrastructure and the eventual respective development goals. universal, insurance-based health system domestically; 3 legislating on issues such as can assist the role of Parliamentarians in gender-equal access to education, the following ways: credit, paternity leave, individual taxation, and property rights for deliver a global economic and all; financial system without systemic weakness. Further, international reforming legal frameworks which tax cooperation and a sovereign systemically reduce inequality and debt framework for all countries provide incentives for citizens to would provide global sustainability; engage with local and national governments; harness funds for resources in times of human emergency such as taxing carbon emissions, engaging pandemics or natural disasters; in the COP21 discussions with a strong voice for climate justice, create conditions to achieve and encouraging investment in gender-responsive macroeconomic more efficient technologies; policies; 3. Examine how international partners address the SDGs from a such as the World Bank Group and IMF perspective which underscores can support Parliamentarians in this task uneven economic growth and increased vulnerability; The SDGs will necessitate a constantly renewed and investigated development mobilise global knowledge and agenda in the context of our increasingly show best practices to legislators burdened globe. The World Bank and IMF through technical assistance. Collectively, these outcomes can assist Parliamentarians in enhancing their roles in the development process. The 2015 GPC in Washington, D.C. was an enriching two days of learning among development practitioners, including legislators, representatives of many international organisations, and civil society from over 65 countries. 4 FOREWORD The Parliamentary Network’s 2015 Global Parliamentary Conference (GPC) was held from 12-13 April in Washington, D.C. The Conference welcomed more than 220 participants from over 65 countries. The Conference took place at the Headquarters of the World Bank Group. The main themes of this year’s GPC included financing for development in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), improving healthcare systems and emergency responses, gender equality and women’s rights in the post-2015 agenda, current global and regional challenges of unemployment and inequality, global and local environmental sustainability, and building more open, effective, and accountable institutions. The 2015 GPC also welcomed World Bank and IMF leadership, as Dr. Jim Yong Kim and Mme. Christine Lagarde were present for an intimate question and answer session with the Parliamentarians. Conference speakers included Senior Officials from the World Bank, IMF, Senior Officials from various international organizations, Speakers of Parliament, and representatives from civil society organizations. Hugh Bayley, MP from the United Kingdom, and Hon. Alain Destexhe, Senator from Belgium both served as Master of Ceremony (MC) for the conference which included leaders from international organizations such as: WIP (Women in Parliaments Global Forum); PAP (Pan-African Parliament); NCSL (National Conference of State Legislatures); PAM (Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean); EPF (European 5 Parliamentary Forum on Population & Development); ACPEU (African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States Joint Parliamentary Assembly with the EU); and the AFPPD (Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development). The Conference was concluded with the drafting of a new resolution for the Parliamentary Network (see Annex 3), as well as the election of a new Board. The Parliamentary Network would like to thank the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, as their help was instrumental in making the Conference a successful and memorable event. The PN would also like to express its gratitude to the Speakers, Discussants, Moderators, MCs, and Participants. The PN thanks the numerous organizations who collaborated in making the Conference a success. The PN wishes to thank its Members who came from all over the world to be part of this historic gathering. The Parliamentary
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