From E-Parliament to U-Parliament: Institutional Strengthening Plan for the

Argentine Senate

Lic. Roberto Reale

OCT07

StartDemocratic governance

Parliament´s Institutional Strengthening

ICT (TIC in Spanish)

•Personal and institutional presentation.•Diagnostic.•Institutional Strengthening Plan: Goals and issues around ICT.•ICT and organizational change.•10 challenges and learned lessons.•The future: from E-Parliament to U-Parliament.

PresentationPersonal InstitutionalLic. Roberto REALEPolitical Scientist.Advisor to the President

of the Senate.Coordinator of the

Senate’s Institutional Strengthening Plan.

Coordinating Assistant to the Senate’s Parliamentary Secretary Office .

Argentina: 23 provinces and 1 autonomous city.

Political System: Representative, Republican and Federal.

Three branches of government: Executive branch, Legislative branch and Judicial branch.

Bicameral National Congress : House of Deputies and Senate.

Two Secretaries: Parliamentary Secretary and the Administrative Secretary.

DiagnosticInterparlamentary Union and IADB assistance.House of the Deputies’ experience. Administrative Reform Committee.Rules of the Senate 2003 amendment: Internet

publicity and transparency innovations.Comparative experiences: USA, Spain, Mexico,

Chile and Brazil.Detailed interviews.Civil Society Organizations´ contributions.

Institutional Strengthening Plan: Goals: Objetive

Institutional Strengthening Plan: Goals 1. Support for parliamentary management

2. Administrative and financial management

Manual of Administrative Proceedings of the Parliamentary Secretary Office.

Electronic voting (nominal). Publication of the status and text of the

bills in the Senate’s new Web Site. Publication in Internet of the Senate’s

Legislative Agenda . Publication in Internet of the President of

the Senate’s decrees of parliamentary character.

WI-FI's corridors and notebooks for Secretaries of Committees.

Blogs and Sites for Legislators and Committees: Schedule of meetings, agenda.

Web mail. System of Video conference for

Committees.

Electronic signature and digital process.

New electronic net. Renewal of computing and printing

equipment. Publication in Internet of purchases

and contracts. E-procurement system (first phase).

Publication in Internet of the President of the Senate’s decrees of administrative character.

Small cash system (small cash and treasurer’s office).

Equipment and software for Building Management.

System of Identification of Goods and Services of Common use.

Intranet: forms.

Institutional Strengthening Plan: Goals3. Human resource training and management

4. Public information and change management

Census and summary of relevant information for decision making.

E-learning.Training in web design.Planned instruction and

training system.Publication in Internet of

the staff payroll.Staff absense report.

Senado TV satellite channel (Sessions, Committee meetings and Seminars).

Webcasting. 450 internal monitors. Office of Civil Attention (OAC in

Spanish, http://oac.senado.gov.ar).

Pledge of Commitment to the Citizen. Response to the query within 5 working days.

Certification in ISO Procedure. Newsletter PFI. Strategy of Management of the

Change.

ICT and organizational change

10 challenges and learned lessons1. Political and administrative (burocratical) leadership and commitment.2. Inclusive broader policy frame with public service goals. E-

administration as a mean, not as an end itself. 3. Cooperation between public and international organizations that

generates shared infrastructures and interoperability work frames.4. Financing of expenses on ICT viewed as investment .5. Public access to legislative information for all: inclusion.6. Users (members, officials, citizens) choice of the way of interacting with

Parliament.7. Citizenship implication in quality and political process.8. Privacy protection and information security policy. Strengthening of the

Audit Office.9. Detailed duties in case of shared programs and iniciatives.10. Control and evaluation of demand, costs and awaited and reached

benefits due to ICT´s incorporation.

The future: from E-Parliament to U-Parliament

ConclusionDemocratic governance

Parliament´s Institutional Strengthening

ICT

Organizational

Challenges

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Lic. Roberto REALE

OCT07