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BUILDING PARLIAMENTARY CAPACITY

• Prof. Rick Stapenhurst

Presentation Outline

• Wo we are…
• McGill’s Parliamentary Strengthening

Program

• Evolution
• Underlying Rationale & Framework
• Modus Operandi
• Related Programs & Research

Sir James McGill 1744 - 1813

He left £10,000 and his summer home to the Royal Institute for the Advancement of Learning

About McGill University

McGill FACTS

• Founded in 1821
• 2 campuses, 11 Faculties and 11 Schools
• 300+ programs of study
• 39,988 students
• 1,667 tenured and tenure-stream faculty
• 25% international students
• 23% graduate students
• Highest % of PhD students of any Canadian university
• 250,000 alumni live and work in 180 countries

Points of Pride

• #1 in Canada among medical-doctoral universities for ten consecutive

years (Maclean’s 2015)

• One of the top 25 in the world (QS World University Rankings)
• 139 Rhodes Scholars—the highest among Canadian universities
• 12 Nobel Prize Winners & many outstanding researchers, e.g.:
• Ernest Rutherford – father of nuclear physics
• Wilder Penfield – neuroscientist and neurosurgeon
• William Osler – father of modern medical education
• Thomas Chang – first artificial blood cell
• 3 Canadian Prime Ministers: John Abbott, Wilfried Laurier, Justin Trudeau
• 3 Astronauts: Julie Payette, Robert Thirsk, Dave Williams

Hockey, Football & Basketball

The birthplace of Hockey

• March 3, 1875 - the first game of organized indoor hockey took place at

the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal

• Organized by McGill Graduate – civil engineer James Creighton (BCL,1880)
• 1877 - the world’s first official hockey team, the McGill Hockey Club

Football

• May 13-14, 1874 - the first modern football games were played in

Cambridge, Massachusetts between the teams of McGill University & Harvard University Inventing Basketball

• James Naismith, McGill Graduate (BA, 1887) invented the game of

basketball in 1891 when working at YMCA in Massachusetts.

School of Continuing Studies

• Launched in 1968
• Over 15,000 adult learners per year
• Over 400 instructors
• Over 50 programs of study (undergraduate, graduate &

professional development certificates & diplomas):

• Career and Professional Development
• Language & Intercultural Communication
• Translation
• Writing Centre
• Personal & Cultural Enrichment Program
• McGill Community for Life Long Learning

Skills of MPs/Staff Parliamentary Capacity Societal

McGill Partners (WB;

UNDP; CPA;

• thers…)

National Parliaments

Developing Parliamentary Capacity

• Applying

contemporary research to parliamentary issues

• Global network of

PBOs (& training institutes)

• Professional

Development program for parliamentary staff

• Handbooks for

MPs (UNDP)

• Support to national

PBOs, through partners

• Action-learning

component of Parliamentary PD program

McGill Program: Strengthening Capacity of Parliaments

Key Program Areas (1)

• Parliamentary Staff Training
• Seeking to introduce synergy and cohesion into the field
• Complement WB open access E-Learning courses
• Top quality university certified course (in collaboration with World

Bank, CPA, others…)

• Building capacity of local training institutes (e.g. NILS, PIC…)

Program Logic & Design

Building Capacity

Knowledge of democratic principles Knowledge of how parliament works E-Learning Courses

• Public Financial Management
• Parliamentary Committees

Skills in managing in a parliamentary setting- E-Learning Courses

• Corporate Management of Parliament Part 1 & 2
• Parliamentary Research & IT

INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL WEEK

Key Feature – One Week Residency: Theory and Practice

• Parliamentary Democracy
• Government Accountability
• Core Functions of Parliaments:
• Legislation, Oversight, Representation
• Corporate Management of Parliament
• Parliamentary Procedure

plus

• Guest Speakers

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Integrative + mentoring components

ECA and Associates

• Five Online Courses
• Integrative mechanisms
• Action Learning
• Application to work situation
• On-going Mentorship
• Short-term Attachment to Another Parliament

Faculty & Resource Persons

• Rick Stapenhurst (McGill University)
• Paul Belisle (former Clerk, Canadian Senate)
• Anthony Staddon (former Dep. Director, CPA &

Advisor to former UK PM Edward Heath)

• Guy Lindstrom (former Director, Int’l Dept.,

Parliament of Finland)

• Mark Baskin (SUNY)

Faculty & Resource Persons (cont.)

• Rasheed Draman (African Centre for

Parliamentary Affairs)

• Craig James (Clerk, British Columbia)
• Warren Cahill (former Dep. Clerk, NSW)
• Eliane Ubalijoro (McGill; Advisor to President

Kigame)

Guest Speakers/Advisory Board

• Rt. Hon. Joe Clark (former PM, Canada)
• Paul Kruskowski (Parliamentary Centre)
• Malcolm Russell-Einhorn (SUNY/University of

Mass.)

• Kevin Page (former Canadian Budget Officer)

Skills of MPs/Staff Parliamentary Capacity Societal

McGill Partners (WB;

UNDP; CPA;

• thers…)

National Parliaments

Developing Parliamentary Capacity

• Applying

contemporary research to parliamentary issues

• Global network of

PBOs (& training institutes)

• Professional

Development program for parliamentary staff

• Handbooks for

MPs (UNDP)

• Support to national

PBOs, through partners

• Action-learning

component of Parliamentary PD program

McGill Program: Strengthening Capacity of Parliaments

Supporting PBOs

• Hosted an initial meeting of developing country

PBOs, in collaboration with World Bank.

• Result: formation of Global Network of Parliamentary

Budget Offices (GNPBO) which meets annually, in Ottawa.

Research

• Role of Parliament in Curbing Corruption

(Comparative Case Study: Ghana & Nigeria)

• Public Financial Management in Africa

(Comparative Study: Francophone & Anglophone countries) with Laval University

• Parliamentary Oversight of Extractive Industries

Under consideration for development

• Short, Tailor-Made Seminars for MPs:
• Orientation workshop for newly elected MPs, focus on

good governance

• Seminar on PFM and parliamentary financial oversight

Conclusions

• Cutting-edge programs: joined up governance, open

government, extractive industries, climate change, PFM, etc.

• Seeking synergy through academic & other partners
• Partners include l’Université Laval, World Bank, CPA,

UNDP, others…