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Parliamentary capacity-building

This appendix contains summary information on parliamentary capacity-building activities supported by the Department of the House of Representatives in 2018–19.

Date

Program and activity

Country or legislature represented

10 July 2018

Pacific Parliamentary Partnerships Fund

An executive committee meeting was supported at the New Zealand parliament

23–27 July 2018

Fiji Parliamentary Support Program

Two officers of the Fijian parliament were supported to undertake a program to enhance knowledge of parliamentary committees at the Victorian parliament

Fiji

24–25 July 2018

Study Visit Program

Japanese academics visited parliament for a program on the Australian Parliament’s processes for the dissemination of information, particularly in relation to online streaming and the provision of video libraries

Japan

6–10 August 2018

Fiji Parliamentary Support Program

Three officers of the Fijian parliament were supported to undertake a program to enhance knowledge of library and research services at the Victorian parliament

Fiji

10–14 August 2018

Study Visit Program

Members of the parliament of Ghana’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Steering Committee visited the parliament for a program on the use of ICT in the operations of the parliament

Ghana

20–24 August 2018

Fiji Parliamentary Support Program

Two officers of the Fijian parliament were supported to undertake a program to enhance knowledge

of parliamentary information technology (IT) requirements at the Victorian parliament

Fiji

27–31 August 2018

Fiji Parliamentary Support Program

Two officers of the Fijian parliament were supported to undertake a program to enhance knowledge of corporate asset and project management at the Victorian parliament

Fiji

18–20 September

2018

Parliamentary strengthening

Visit to the parliament by HE Dato’ Mohamad Ariff bin Md Yusof MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and delegation from the parliament of Malaysia

Malaysia

24–28 September

2018

Fiji Parliamentary Support Program

The Communication and Public Engagement Manager of the Victorian parliament was assisted to facilitate a workshop to review the Fijian parliament’s outreach strategy and resources

Fiji

1–5 October 2018

Fiji Parliamentary Support Program

Four senior officers of the Victorian parliament were supported to conduct strategic planning workshops and related meetings at the Fijian parliament

Fiji

1–5 October 2018

Study Visit Program

Staff of the lower house (Lok Sabha) of the Indian parliament visited the Australian Parliament for a study program on parliamentary procedure and administration

India

30 October–

2 November 2018

Fiji Parliamentary Support Program

A library officer from the Fijian parliament was supported to attend the Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific (APLAP) conference in Tokyo

Fiji

22–27 November

2018

Inter-Parliamentary Study Program for Speakers of Pacific parliaments

A program offering professional development and networking opportunities was delivered to five Speakers and two Deputy Speakers of parliaments in the Pacific region

Bougainville, Cook Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands

29 November 2018

Study Visit Program

A program on the role of the Senate in law-making, the powers of the state and federal parliaments and Australia’s electoral system was delivered to two Nepalese Supreme Court Justices

Nepal

4–6 December

2018

Fiji Parliamentary Support Program

A former member of the Victorian parliament was assisted to contribute to an induction program for newly elected members of the Fijian parliament

Fiji

7–10 December

2018

Parliamentary strengthening

A member of parliament, assisted by the Clerk Assistant (Procedure), presented at a seminar on Malaysian parliamentary reform and associated meetings

Malaysia

8 February 2019

Pacific Parliamentary Partnerships Fund

Four laptop computers were supplied and an officer of the parliament of Kiribati attended Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Windows Server training in Sydney

Kiribati

12 February 2019

Parliamentary strengthening

Visit to the parliament by ministerial staff of the parliament of Malaysia

Malaysia

12 February 2019

Parliamentary strengthening

Visit to the parliament by a delegation from the national parliament of Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste

25 February–

6 March 2019

Parliamentary strengthening

Four senior officers of the Department of the House of Representatives participated in a study visit program at the Indian lower house (Lok Sabha)

India

28 February 2019

Pacific Parliamentary Partnerships Fund

A heavy-duty multifunction printer was supplied

Tonga

10–13 March 2019

Parliamentary strengthening

The Deputy Clerk gave presentations on the parliament’s committee system to a seminar at the parliament of Malaysia

Malaysia

19–27 March 2019

Parliamentary strengthening

The Clerk Assistant (Table) assisted with executive and mid-level management training at the Myanmar parliament in a program funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Myanmar

26 March–2 April

2019

Inter-Parliamentary Study Program

A study program for 16 senior officers from 15 overseas parliaments and one Australian state parliament was held at the Australian Parliament, focusing on parliamentary practice and procedure, and administration

Azerbaijan, Canada, Chile, China, European Parliament, Fiji, Georgia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Sweden, Timor-

Leste, Tasmania (Australia)

13 May 2019

Pacific Parliamentary Partnerships Fund

Two multifunction printers were supplied

Bougainville

20–22 May 2019

Fiji Parliamentary Support Program

Four whips and deputy whips from the Fijian parliament were assisted to undertake whips training at the Victorian parliament

Fiji

19 June 2019

Pacific Parliamentary Partnerships Fund

An executive sub-committee meeting was supported at the Australian Parliament

28 June 2019

Pacific Parliamentary Partnerships Fund

Three projectors and two projector screens were supplied

Fiji