Parliament of Belize

Key Facts

Head of State: HM King Charles III

Joined the Commonwealth: 1981

Capital City (location of Parliament): Belmopan

Unicameral/Bicameral: Bicameral - House of Representatives (32), Senate (13)

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CPA UK and Belize

CPA UK engages with the National Assembly of Belize on a number of areas, such as energy, climate change, trade and security. In October 2021, CPA UK facilitated a virtual training programme for the new Joint Public Accounts Committee in the National Assembly of Belize. In both 2021 and 2022 parliamentary staff participated in the annual Caribbean Clerks programme, hosted by CPA UK.

Parliamentarians from Belize have also engaged with CPA UK through multilateral projects such as the Commonwealth Association on Public Accounts Committees (CAPAC), as parliamentarians from Belize attended the Caribbean Regional Workshop in January 2020, and the International Parliamentary Project on Sustainability, Energy and Development.

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Examples of our Past Programmes

Caribbean Clerks Programme, Virtual, 11-12 January 2022

CPA UK hosted our annual Caribbean Clerks programme on Zoom. This two-day programme brought together clerks from the UK and Caribbean region to share experiences and good practices.

The programme was designed to address regional-specific needs, following consultation with Caribbean legislatures. Speakers from across the Caribbean and the UK contributed their experience and practices in a peer-to-peer learning format.

Belize Joint Public Accounts Committee Training, Virtual, 27 October 2021

CPA UK was invited to facilitate a virtual training programme for the Joint Public Accounts Committee in the National Assembly of Belize.

This is a new committee with a membership drawn from the National Assembly’s upper and lower houses. The training provided a general orientation for committee members, covering a range of topics, such as the role and remit of a Public Accounts Committee and working effectively with the Auditor-General.