LONDON JULY PROGRAMME as at 22 June 2011

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1 57 TH COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE LONDON JULY 2011 PROGRAMME as at 22 June 2011 DAY 1: THURSDAY 21 JULY 2011 Arrival of CPA Working Party, Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Steering Committee and Co-ordinating Committee Members Dinner (for members of the CPA Working Party, CWP Steering Committee and Coordinating Committee) Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel DAY 2: FRIDAY 22 JULY 2011 Arrival of Executive Committee and Small Branches Conference participants CWP Steering Committee Grand Committee Room, Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament Including: Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Steering Committee Photograph CPA Working Party CPA Room, Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament Lunch for members of the CWP Steering Committee and CPA Working Party Houses of Parliament Co-ordinating Committee CPA Room, Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament Dinner Women as Agents of Change (by invitation) Hosted by Rt Hon. Baroness Hayman, Lord Speaker and President of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians 2011 The Royal Commonwealth Society, Northumberland Avenue, London 1

2 DAY 3: SATURDAY 23 JULY Official Opening Ceremony of the 31 st Small Branches Conference Park Plaza Suites 1-3, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel Meeting of the Executive Committee, including lunch Grand Committee Room, Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament Planning and Review Sub-Committee: Grand Committee Room Finance Sub-Committee: Jubilee Room Including: Executive Committee Photograph Small Branches Conference Park Plaza Suites 1-3, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel Including: Small Branches Conference Photograph Commonwealth Initiatives in Handling Migration Issues Countering Threats to the Stability of Small Democracies: Piracy, Drug Trafficking, Terrorism Lunch for all delegates to the Small Branches Conference Reception for Executive Committee, CWP Steering Committee and Small Branches Conference delegates Primo Bar, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel DAY 4: SUNDAY 24 JULY 2011 Arrival of remaining delegates, observers, secretaries, accompanying persons and Society of Clerks-at-the-Table (SOCATT) participants Meeting of the Executive Committee, including lunch Executive Committee Sub-Committee: Jubilee Room Grand Committee Room, Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament Small Branches Conference Park Plaza Suites 1-3, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel Women as Agents of Change in Small Societies Strengthening Democracy in Small States: Youth Leadership Training, Citizen Involvement and Parliamentary Reform Lunch for all delegates to the Small Branches Conference 2

3 Formal Dinner for all delegates Uniting the Commonwealth through Sport Hosted by Rt Hon. Sir Alan Haselhurst MP DAY 5: MONDAY 25 JULY Breakfast Meeting of Regional Secretaries Venue TBC, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel Briefing for delegates, observers and secretaries followed by briefing for workshop moderators, discussion leaders, rapporteurs and session secretaries Westminster Ballroom 1 & 3, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel Briefing for spouses/partners accredited to the conference Westminster Ballroom 2, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel Regional Group Meetings at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel: Africa Westminster Ballroom 1 & 3 Australia Park Suites 1 & 2 British Islands and Mediterranean Westminster Ballroom 2 Canada Park Suites 6 & 7 Caribbean, the Americas and the Atlantic Park Suites 3 & 4 India Westminster Ballroom 4 Regional Group Meetings at the Park Plaza County Hall hotel: Asia Putney & Westminster Room Pacific Millenium & Battersea Room South East Asia Vauxhall & Lambeth Room Lunch for all delegates including observers and spouses/partners accredited to the conference Transport to Houses of Parliament and security checks 1600 Official Opening of the 57 th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference by HRH The Princess Royal Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament Plenary: Addresses by the Secretaries-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and Commonwealth followed by Question and Answer Session Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament 3

4 CPA Secretary-General s reception for Clerks, Secretaries to Delegations and their spouses/partners (by invitation) Lords Terrace, Houses of Parliament Dinner hosted by the Clerk of the House of Commons and Clerk of Parliaments for Clerks, Secretaries to Delegations and their spouses/partners (by invitation) Members and Strangers Dining Rooms, Houses of Parliament Reception hosted by the Speaker of the House of Commons and Lord Speaker, for Speakers, Presiding Officers, Leaders of Delegations and their spouses/partners (by invitation) Speaker s House, Houses of Parliament Dinner hosted by the Speaker of the House of Commons and Lord Speaker for Speakers, Presiding Officers, Leaders of Delegations and their spouses/partners (by invitation) Royal Gallery, Houses of Parliament Dinner for all other delegates, observers and spouses/partners accredited to the conference 4

5 DAY 6: TUESDAY 26 JULY CWP Meeting: Being an Effective Agent of Change: Prerequisites and Modus Westminster Ballroom 2, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel Workshops A D Westminster Ballrooms 1-4, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel A Climate Change B Parliament and Reforms Raising the Benchmarks C Commonwealth Initiatives in Handling Migration Issues D Enhancing Good Governance and Accountability: Improving Standards of Probity and Performance Lunch for all delegates and observers Workshops E H Westminster Ballrooms 1-4, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel E The World Economy and Obstacles facing the Commonwealth F Women as Agents of Change: Where Are We Now? The Way Forward G Technological Threats to International, National and Personal Security H The Role of Parliamentarians in Advancing the Transfer of Agricultural Technology and Research th Annual Meeting of SOCATT, including lunch Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament Centennial Cultural Evening (by invitation) Houses of Parliament 5

6 DAY 7: WEDNESDAY 27 JULY General Assembly, elections and receiving of plaques Lunch for all delegates and observers Centennial Plenary Reinforcing Democracy Plenary Commonwealth Parliaments: Progress and Challenges Closing Ceremony Meeting of the new Executive Committee Plaza Suites 1-3, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel th Annual Meeting of SOCATT, including lunch Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament Free Evening and Departures DAY 8: THURSDAY 28 JULY 2011 Departure of Delegates NOTES 1. Check-in at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge hotel is 1400, check-out is The only meals provided are those indicated in the programme. During the conference period breakfast will be provided to all delegates who have been accommodated at the hotel the previous night. 6