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Engaging Legislatures More Deeply in OGP: Recent Developments
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President, National Democratic Institute
Kenneth Wollack is president of the National Democratic Institute. He has been actively involved in foreign affairs, journalism and politics since 1972.Mr. Wollack joined NDI in 1986 as executive vice president. The Institute's board of directors, then chaired by former Vice President...
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Deputy Speaker, National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
Hon. Gordana Comic was elected to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in 2000 and served as the deputy speaker from 2001 to 2008 and again from 2012 to present. She was the chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee from 2004 to 2007, member and deputy chairperson of...
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Founder, Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability
Vukosava Crnjanski Šabović is the founder and director of the Center for Research,
Transparency and Accountability (CRTA), an independent non-profit civil society organization. CRTA advocates transparent and accountable decision making and uses ICT to empower citizens and me...
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President, Pan African Parliament
Hon. Roger Nkodo Dang is the President of the Pan African Parliament, the parliamentary body of the African Union representing the continent of Africa. Elected in 2015, he serves a three-year term representing the Central Africa Region. Hon. Nkodo Dang also serves as an elected member...
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Deputy Minister for Public Service and Administration, Republic of South Africa
Ms Ayanda Dlodlo is the Deputy Minister for the Public Service and Administration of the Republic of South Africa, a position she was first appointed to on 1 November 2010, and re- appointed to on 26 May 2014. In this capacity, she serves as a representative of South Africa to the...
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Senator and Chairman of the Bicameral Commission on Transparency, Congress of Chile
Hernán Larraín is a current senator, former President of the Senate of Chile, and former chairman of the Independent Democratic Union political party. Senator Larraín was elected to the Senate representing District 11, the Maule Region, in 1994. He served a one-year term as President...
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Executive Director, Fundar: Center for Research and Analysis
Haydeé Perez is executive director of Fundar: Center for Analysis and Research. Earlier she served as coordinator of transparency and accountability programs at Fundar, and is a leading civil society representative to the Open Government Partnership in Mexico. She is the author of...
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President, Senate of Mexico
Senator Roberto Gil Zuarth currently serves as President of the Senate of Mexico. He has formerly served as Undersecretary of the Interior. Gil was a national Deputy from 2009 to 2011 during the 61st Legislature.
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Strengthening Civil Society and Parliamentary Networks to Open Parliaments
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Director of the Hacker Laboratory, Brazilian Chamber of Deputies
Head of the HackerLab, Brazilian Chamber of Deputies
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Member of Parliament, Parliament of Ghana
Hon. Ama Pomaa Boateng is a member of the Parliament of Ghana for the Juaben Constituency and is on the Science Technology & Innovation Committee and the Committee for Gender and Social Protection. She focuses on issues related to technology and women's development, especially...
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Executive Director, Fundación Ciudadano Inteligente
Pablo Collada is the executive director of Fundación Ciudadano Inteligente, an organization based in Santiago, Chile, that promotes government transparency and accountability in Latin America by using web and mobile technologies to encourage active citizen participation in the political process...
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Chief Executive, mySociety
mySociety is a not-for-profit social enterprise that exists to invent and popularise websites and apps that enable citizens around the world to exert power over institutions and decision makers. I joined, in July 2015 as Chief Executive.
Prior to this I've had a diverse 20-year career...
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Senator, Senate of Mexico
Lisbeth Hernández Lecona currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Morelos.
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Normative Standards for Parliamentary Openness, Ethics and Lobbying
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Chief Advisor, Bicameral Commission on Transparency of the Chilean Congress
Juan Pablo Olmedo is the chief advisor to the Bicameral Commission on Transparency of the Chilean Congress. Mr. Olmedo is a lawyer with 18 years of professional experience in Chile and Latin America on state modernization, protection of human rights, freedom of expression, access...
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Global Executive Director, Directorio Legislativo
María is a journalist with a master’s degree in International Relations from Bologna University, Italy and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the National University of San Martín, Argentina. She won the NDI Democracy Award in 2012. She has worked in numerous organizations that...
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Head of Advocacy EU Integrity, Transparency International EU
Daniel Freund leads Transparency International's work on the integrity of the EU institutions. He is responsible for EU Integrity Watch (www.integritywatch.eu), as well as the work on legislative transparency, conflicts of interest, lobbying, revolving doors and the legislative footprint...
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Director of Governance Programs, National Democratic Institute
Scott Hubli is the director of governance programs at the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Mr. Hubli provides technical support to the Institute’s legislative strengthening, public integrity, rule of law and local governance programs worldwide. During his tenure, he has conducted...
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Senator, Senate of Mexico
Zoé Robledo is a member of the Senate of Mexico representing Chiapas. In 2010 he was elected local deputy in the Congress of Chiapas, District XVII of Motozintla, of which he was president from July 2011 to February 2012.
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Efforts toward Parliamentary Openness Reform in the Americas
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Senator, Congress of Chile
Alejandro Guillier was elected to the Senate of Chile in 2013, representing District II of Antofagasta.
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2nd Vice President, Senate of Paraguay
Carlos Amarilla has been a member of the Senate of Paraguay since 2013 and is the current 2nd Vice President of the Senate.
President/Senator, ParlAmericas/Senate of Mexico
Marcela Guerra is a member of the Mexican Senate and the current president of ParlAmericas, the network of the national legislatures of member states of the Organization of American States (OAS). Previously she served as a Local Deputy in Nuevo León’s State Congress and twice...
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Deputy, Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica
Marcela Guerrero Campos is the fourth deputy from San José for the 2014 to 2018 Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica. She served a term as Vice President of the Assembly from 2014-2015. Guerrero is a member of the Citizens' Action Party and served as their Vice-President.Guerrero holds...
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President, Congress of Peru
Hon. Luis Carlos Antonio Iberico Núñez is the current President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru.
Deputy, Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic
Guadalupe Valdez has been a national deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic since 2010. She is a member of the board of directors of ParlAmericas.