Guyana

Parliament of Guyana

Parliament of Guyana

Key Facts

Head of State: President Irfaan Ali 

Joined the Commonwealth: 1966

Capital City (location of Parliament): Georgetown

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral - National Assembly (69) 

 

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CPA UK & Guyana

The UK Parliament and National Assembly of Guyana maintain a collaborative relationship. In March 2022 parliamentarians and a clerk attended the Westminster Seminar. In both 2021 and 2022 parliamentary staff participated in the virtual annual Caribbean Clerks Programme.

In 2016 there was a seven month capacity building programme. The programme, jointly funded by CPA UK, the British High Commission Georgetown and the Canadian High Commission Georgetown, had the following aims:

  • Enhance the Assembly’s ability to conduct its business in an effective manner
  • Work with the Assembly’s parliamentary committees to enhance their oversight capacity
  • Work with the Parliamentary Leadership, to strengthen its administrative, financial and procedural independence.
  • Work with parliamentary officials to effectively support the functioning of the Assembly.
  • Address the challenges of maintaining a successful coalition government.
  • Support the interaction between UK, Guyanese and Caribbean Parliamentarians to discuss issues of regional interest; sustainability, energy and development

Guyanese parliamentarians and clerks regularly attend CPA UK's multilateral conferences such as the Westminster Seminar on Parliamentary Practice and Procedure, and thematic conferences such as the Caribbean Regional Workshop on Public Account Committees in January 2020.

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Examples of our Past Programmes

Women in Trade Workshop, Westminster, 20-22 June 2023

Members of Parliament from across the Commonwealth participated in CPA UK's Women in Trade Workshop, held on 20 - 22 June 2023 in the UK Parliament. CPA UK's first all-women in-person multilateral programme, brought together women parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth, for a three-day Workshop designed to strengthen their knowledge of international trade and to discuss specific impact of trade agreements on gender equality, poverty alleviation, and the economic empowerment of women in the Commonwealth.

To read the Women in Trade Workshop Final Report, click here.