SENATE SÈNAT

CANADA The Honourable Terry Stratton L honorable Terry Stratton

January 25, 2011

The Honourable David Tkachuk Chair of the Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration Room 401, Victoria Building Ottawa, Ontario K1 A 0A4

Report to the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration

Trip to: to attend the international Conference on 1 ransparency and Probity in Congress and in the Political Party System

From: January 12 and 13, 201 /

By the Honorable Terry Stratton

Objectives of travel:

To paricipate ith fellow parliamentarians from other countries, on ways to make parliaments more accountable and transparent by hearing from attendees present what their respective parliaments are doing to achieve these goals (sec attached program tbr details).

Meetings held:

January 1 1 the

Attended two meetings: the first was with a small group of parliamentarians in order to develop a draft declaration to be considered at the conclusion of the conference. The second was a meeting with our Canadian Ambassador and her staff; along with Senator Oliver, representing I PU and Ms Karen Shephard. Lobbying Commisioner for . The Ambassador gave an overview of Chile and the Canadian government's position regarding the drat declaration.

Senator — Red River. Manitoba Senateur — Red River (Manitoba) January 12h and 13th:

Sec attached conference program.

Achievements:

Successfully passed a declaration. a draft attached, that participants were encouraged to support by signing it personally as a parliamentarian, wherein it stated that the objectives that all parliamentarians everywhere should he encouraged accept the principles described therein.

Conclusion:

I believe that the conference was an overall success with enthusiastic support from all in attendance. Those attending included parliamentarians from North and South America, and Europe. Hopeadly the enthusiasm will continue into the allure.

Next Steps:

It is the intention of the conference organizers to pursue the advancement of the declaration at future international gatherings of parliamentarians, such as the I PU meeting planned tbr this tall in Canada. Senator Oliver has graciously stated that, as head of 1PU, he would ensure that this would take place.

Travel Expense Report (including all costs, per diems and total).

Air fare: $7597.10 plus processing tee of $86.90 Total per diems claimed: $552.24 (calculated on $130.1 7 per diem. For details please see attached Travel Claim and Appendix A) Transportation: 4x S50 as apyrp_ked by Internal Economy, Budgets & Administration. (See attached Appendix A)

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c.c. Mr. Gary O'Brien. Clerk of the Senate INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PROBITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN CONGRESS AND IN THE POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEM

PROGRAM (Provisional) Santiago, Chile, January 12 - 13, 2012

Updated to December 12''' 15:00 pm

FIRST DAY - THURSDAY 12

REGISTRATION 8:15am 8:30am

GENERAL OPENING SESSION 8:45am - 9:15am

- His Excellency Sebastian Piliera, President of the Republic of Chile - Senator Guido Girardi, President of the Chilean Senate

PLENARY SESSION 1

TRANSPARENCY AND POLITICAL REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS AND POLITICAL PARTIES AS THE BASIS FOR DEMOCRACY

9:20am 11:00am

Objective: Examine the current stale of transparency in politics and the challenges posed by the new demands of social movements affecting political parties and congress

Speakers: Jose Miguel Insulza. Secretary General of the Organization of American States. Heraldo Mohoz, Regional Director of the Development Program (UNDP) for and the Caribbean Maria Otero, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. United States of America, Director of the Open Government Partnership Enrique V Iglesias, lbero-American Secretary General

Moderator: Senator Mr Heman Larrain

Break 11:00am - 11: 30am PLENARY SESSION 2

PROBITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN PARLIAMENTS: COMPARED EXPERIENCIES OF BEST PRACTICES 11:30am - 13:00pm

Objective: Review various regulation models of parliamentary transparency and 1)/01)0 Evaluation and discussion on their possible implementation in other Parliaments

Speakers: Jose Gonzalez Mot fin. President of the Mexican Senate Juan Carlos Mendoza Garcia, President of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica Mike Quigley, Member of the United States House of Representatives and Chairman of the Committee for Transparency (along with Congressman Mr Darrell Issa) Diana Wallis, Member of the European Parliament (United Kingdom) Anders Anundsen. President of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs, Norwegian Parliament Mrs Jean Crowder. President of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, Canada.

Moderator: Senator Mrs

Lunch 13:00pm to 15:OOpm

ROUNDTABLE 1: STANDARDS OF PARLIAMENTARY BEHAVIOR 15:OOpm - 16:30pm

Objective: Examine the specific content of the codes of parhamenki►y coriduct. Review public and private conduct that must be consistent with their positrons and responsibilities as members of Congress.

Speakers: - Kevin Barron (MP), President of the Ethics and Parliamentary Standards Committee from the United Kingdom House of Commons. Zakaria El Goumin CEO of the Inter American Cooperation Network Program of the Organization of American States Rafael Blanco. Adviser of the Council of High Public Management Efren Chavez, Professor, Autonomous National University of (UNAM), Mexico

Moderator: Senator Mr. Eugenio Tuma

ROUNDTABLE 2: TRANSPARENCY AND RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN PARLIAMENTS 15:00pm - 16:30pm

Objective: Reflect on the principle of the right of access to information and its application in parliaments. focusing on the causes for exemptions. its application, and the criteria for denying informatioil

Speakers: Alejandro Ferrero, President of the Transparency Council, Chile. Manuel Aris. Executive Director. Smart Citizen Foundation, Chile. Alvaro Caviedes Baraliona, National Press Association; Chile Carlos Ayala Corao, Ex President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Venezuela Heather Brooke, Independent Journalist (United Kingdom)

Moderator: Representative MI Marco Antonio Nunez

Break 16:30 - 17:00pin

ROUNDTABLE 3: INSTITUTIONAL MODELS OF MANAGEMENT FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ETHICS 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Objective: Review the different systems established in the compared cases, of organization. powers and procedures of internal and external bodies that ensure transparency and ethics in State agencies, especially in Parliaments

Speakers: SimOn Gaviria Munoz, President of the Chamber of Representatives. Colombia Paula Maria Bertol, Representative of the Nation, President of the Parliamentary Modernization Committee, Representative of World Inter-Parliamentary Union Representative of World Bank

Moderator: Representative Cristian Monckeberg

ROUNDTABLE 4: OPEN DATA POLICY: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE SERVICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY 17:OOpm - 18:30pm

Objective: Discuss the slandaids for delivery of public information, its conservation, publishing fonnat arid technologies developed in comparative experience and its possible application in parliaments, considering the expectations of civil society and its role overseeing iniblic actions Speakers: Soledad Ferreiro, Director of the National Congress I ibrary, Chile Tim Kelsey, Open Government, United Kingdom Hernan Charosky. Executive Director, Poder Crudadano, Argentina John Wonderlich. Policy Director at the Sunlight Foundation. USA Francesca Fanucci, London-based human rights lawyer ,Hid col isoildor specialised in freedom of expression and media pluralism Senior Associate at Free Expression Associates. United Kingdom

Moderator: Representative Mr Felipe Harboe

ROUNDTABLE 5: NETWORKS OF PARLIAMENTARY INTEGRITY 17:00-18:30

Objective: Analyze the work that parhamentanans ale (1011Ig to promote initiatives designed to strengthen transparency and probity and exchange Alex; on how to strengthen rt, both within countries and internationally

Speakers

Senator Senator Donald Oliver President of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Own (IPU) Camacho Ouiroz. Former Senator and Representative. former We President of the Latin American Chapter of the Parliamentarians Global Grout) Against Corruption (GOPAC), Mexico Carlos Marsh Representative of AVINA, Argentrria Member of the Interparliarnentamy Group Pro Transparency. Chile Moises Sanche7, from Proacceso, Chile Halo Pizzolant • . International Consultant on Parliamentary Social Responsibility

Moderator: ,Jos6 Loss Menden) Lawyer Secretary of the Transparency and Ethics Committee

SECOND DAY - FRIDAY 13

OPENING SESSION 8:45am - 9:15am

Representative Patricia Melero A , President of The Chilean Chamber of Representatives Cristran l_arroulet, Minister Secretary General of the Chilean Presidency PLENARY SESSION 3

TRANSPARENCY AND POLITICAL REPRESENTATION. 9:15am - 11:00am

Objectives: Reflect on transparency and representation of the activities of political patties, based on citizens' demands and peireptions

Speakers: Carlos Bararbar. Senator, Esperanza Aguirre, President of the Madrid Community, Lsparia Manuel Alcantara, Professor at the University of Salamanca. specialist in parliamentary elites, political parties and legislative powers in Latin America and the electoral behavior and public opinion Juan Pablo Luna, Professor of the Political Science Institute, Catholic University, Chile Sebastian Soto. Head of the Legal Division of the Secretary General of the Presidency.

Moderator: Senator Mr. Jose Garcia Ruminot

Break 11:00am - 11:30am

PLENARY SESSION 4

INTERNAL DEMOCRACY IN POLITICAL PARTIES: CHILEAN PERSPECTIVES 11:30am - 13:30pm

Objectives: Discuss the survey from members of political parties in Chile and mechanisms for improving internal democracy inside political parties

Speakers: Carolina Toha. President of the Partido por la Dernocracia (PPD), Chile Osvaldo Andrade, President of the Partido Socialista (PS), Chile Guillermo Teillier, President of the Partido Comunista (PC), Chile Carlos Larrain, President of the Partido RenovaciOn Nacional (RN), Chile Juan Antonio Coloma. President of the Union Demecrata lndependiente (UDI). Chile Ignacio Walker. President of the Partido Demecrata Cristrano (PDC), Chile

Moderator: Senator Mrs Isabel Allende

Lunch 13:OOpm - 15:00pm ROUNDTABLE 6: LOBBY AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 15:00pm - 16:30pm

Objective: Review the content and application of lobbying regulatory systems in comparative laws and contrast them to the Bill presented in Chile.

Speakers: T homas Susrnan, Director of the Governmental Affairs Office. American Bar Association Karen Shepherd, Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Canada Jose Ugaz *Sanchez Moreno, Proetica Pen). Member of the Board Of Directors, Transparency International. Berlin Henry Kronfle Kozhaya. President of the Latin American Industrialists Association

Moderator: Representative Mr Jorge Burgos

ROUNDTABLE 7: FINANCING OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND MECHANISMS OF CONTROL 15:OOpm - 16:30pm

Objective: Analyze the different models of financing political padres in election and non-election periods. mechanisms of controf in expenditures. sanctioris and regulatoiy agencies.

Speakers: Fernando Carrillo-FlOrez, Representative of the IDB in Former Minister of Justice of Colombia and Member of the Constituent Assembly of the Constitution on 1991 Karl-Heinz Nassmacher, expert in Political Finance and Political Corruption Institute of Social Sciences Carl von Ossietzky University, Germany Ricardo Niniez, Former socialist Senator, Vicepresident of the Socialist International, Chile Daniel Zovatto. Regional Director for Latin America of International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Costa Rica Richard Briffault. former executive director of the Special Commission on Campaign Finance Reform of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Juan Carlos Delano. President. Chile Transparente

Moderator: Representative Mr Edmund() Eluchans

ROUNDTABLE 8: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN THE POLITICAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES.

Senator Terry Stratton, President of the Senate Committee on Conflict of Interest, Canada Elisabeth Ungar, Executive Director, 1ransparencia Internacional. Colombia Jorge Ga► cia, Direct°► del Departamento de CooperaciOn Juridica, OEA

Moderator: Representative Mr Marcelo Diaz

15 . 00pm - 16:30pm

Break 16:30 - 17:OOpm

GENERAL CLOSING SESSION: CONCLUSIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR TRANSPARENCY AND PROBITY IN POLITICAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES 17:OOpm - 18:OOpm

Objectives: S►►►anze the conclusions reached in the different sessions and mu ► /tables Discuss current and future challenges identified for parliaments and political parties, especially in Latin America and Chile

Senator Hernan Lairain Chairman of the Transparency and Ethics Committee Chilean Senate