A just concluded three-day workshop, conducted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), is expected to make the operations of the Parliament Office more effective.
A Government Information Agency (GINA) report stated that the workshop covered the functions of committees, policy-making, development of legislation and overall international best practices guiding the operations of Parliaments.
It was attended by parliamentarians, committee chairpersons and clerks.
Chairperson of the CPA Yasmin Ratansi told GINA that the exchange of ideas was to chart the way forward for Guyana’s Parliament.
“The Guyanese people have a lot of experience, a lot of intelligence and they can find solutions to all the problems… they gave us the solutions and what we can do is give you additional tools for best practices and together, because Parliament is such an evolving process, we hope we can work and build a better future for everyone,” she was quoted as saying.
The report added that the CPA will continue to give guidance to the process. The CPA and the Parliament of Guyana have over the years conducted several training programmes with parliamentarians and staff of the parliament office to build capacity in keeping with international best practices.
