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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 •

Developing Parliamentary Capacity McGill Program: Strengthening Capacity of Parliaments Skills of Parliamentary Societal MPs/Staff Capacity National Parliaments  Support to national  Applying  Professional PBOs, through contemporary Development Partners (WB; partners research to program for UNDP; CPA; parliamentary parliamentary  Action-learning others…) issues staff component of  Global network of Parliamentary PD  Handbooks for McGill program PBOs (& training MPs (UNDP) institutes)

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 Skills in managing Knowledge of how parliament in a parliamentary democratic works setting- principles INTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL WEEK E-Learning Courses E-Learning Courses - Public Financial Management - Corporate Management of Parliament Part 1 & 2 - Parliamentary Committees - Parliamentary R esearch & IT

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

Integrative + mentoring components • Five Online Courses • Integrative mechanisms • Action Learning • Application to work situation • • On-going Mentorship • Short-term Attachment to Another Parliament 58 ECA and Associates

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)

Developing Parliamentary Capacity McGill Program: Strengthening Capacity of Parliaments Skills of Parliamentary Societal MPs/Staff Capacity National Parliaments  Support to national  Applying  Professional PBOs, through contemporary Development Partners (WB; partners research to program for UNDP; CPA; parliamentary parliamentary  Action-learning others…) issues staff component of  Global network of Parliamentary PD  Handbooks for McGill program PBOs (& training MPs (UNDP) institutes)

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…