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March 25 - 26, 2023
Bureau Meeting and Spring Standing Committee Meeting
Oslo, Norway
Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association (CANA)
The Bureau of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly is composed of the President, five Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, and the Secretary General. It meets three times per year prior to the Standing Committee meetings and can hold additional meetings if deemed necessary.
The Bureau’s main function is to ensure the overall guidance and coherence of the Assembly’s policies and activities in the interval between meetings of the Standing Committee; it also acts as the “first responder” when internal or external events require a decision or statement by the Assembly.
The Standing Committee is the Assembly’s governing body. It consists of one member from each member country (normally the Head of delegation). Each delegation can also appoint one non-voting alternate member. However, each country is only given one vote.
The Standing Committee performs a wide range of both political and administrative tasks. It determines the rights and obligations of non-member delegations and evaluates applications for non-member status which, if approved, are forwarded for the consideration of the full Assembly. It coordinates the overall work of the Assembly: it must approve all planned meetings and provides guidance to the committees on the treatment of subjects to avoid duplication and ensure that the overall work of the Assembly is coordinated. The Standing Committee also serves as the Assembly’s finance committee.
March 21, 2023
64th Meeting of the Board of Directors of ParlAmericas
By videoconference
Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM)
On 21 March 2023, two Canadian parliamentarians participated virtually in the 64th ParlAmericas Board of Directors Meeting. The participants were Marc Serré, MP, Chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas, Canada’s representative on ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors and Chair of the ParlAmericas Corporation Board of Directors; and Senator Rosa Galvez, Vice-Chair of the Canadian Section and Treasurer of the ParlAmericas Corporation.
The International Secretariat provided introductory remarks, followed by an update from Paraguayan Senator Blanca Ovelar, President of ParlAmericas. Mr. Serré acted as a moderator and guided participants through the agenda. The Board approved the report from the 63rd Board of Directors meeting and Senator Galvez presented the organization’s proposed budget for 2023–2024, which was approved along with the 2023–2024 workplan. The Board discussed business related to the ParlAmericas corporation. Finally, the International Secretariat provided an update on current work and priorities, as well as details related to the upcoming 7th Gathering of the Open Parliament Network, planned for April 2023.
March 13 - 17, 2023
71st Westminster Seminar: Parliamentary Practice and Procedure
London, United Kingdom
Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CCOM)
March 13, 2023
Conference of Branch Chairs of the APF America Region
By videoconference
Canadian Branch of the "Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie" (CAPF)
March 9, 2023
Meeting with Hlynur Guðjónsson, Ambassador of Iceland and Urban Ahlin, Ambassador of Sweden
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (CAEU)
Meeting with Hlynur Guðjónsson, Ambassador of Iceland, and Urban Ahlin, the Ambassador of Sweden
Canada–Europe Parliamentary Association (CAEU)
Mr. Francesco Sorbara, M.P., President, Canada–Europe Parliamentary Association; the Hon. David Wells, Senator; the Hon. Percy Downe, Senator; Stéphane Bergeron, M.P.; Don Davies, M.P.; and Jamie Schmale, M.P.; met, on Parliament Hill, with His Excellency Hlynur Guðjónsson, the Ambassador of Iceland to Canada, and His Excellency Urban Ahlin, the Ambassador of Sweden to Canada.
Ambassador Guðjónsson delivered a presentation on Iceland’s priorities for its Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers (November 2022–May 2023) and shared details about the Summit of the Council of Europe being hosted in Reykjavík from 16–17 May 2023.
Ambassador Ahlin delivered a presentation on Sweden’s priorities during its presidency of the Council of the European Union (1 January–30 June 2023) and provided an update on Sweden’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization accession process.
The ambassadors’ presentations were followed by a question-and-answer session with association members.
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