Participation of the PABSEC International Secretariat to the virtual debate “COVID-19 and democracy: Can parliaments come to the rescue?”, IPU, 15 September 2020

On 15 September 2020, the PABSEC Deputy Secretary General Mr. Miltiadis Makrygiannis attended an informal virtual interactive panel debate for International Day of Democracy, titled “COVID-19 and democracy: Can parliaments come to the rescue?”. The event was organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in partnership with the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at Arizona State University.

Participation of the PABSEC International Secretariat in the 29th Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) – Vision 2030: Acting for the Future of the Baltic Sea Region, 24 August 2020

On 24 August 2020, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, and Mr. Miltiadis Makrygiannis, PABSEC Deputy Secretary General, attended the 29th Meeting of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC), in the online format. 
The 29th BSPC was attended by more than 150 participants. The Conference was chaired by Mr. Valerijus Simulik, President of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference.

Participation of the PABSEC International Secretariat to the virtual Parliamentary Forum “The Big Reset: Learning from COVID-19 to fast-track the SDGs” , IPU, 15 July 2020

On 15 July 2020, The PABSEC Deputy Secretary General Mr. Miltiadis Makrygiannis attended the virtual Parliamentary Forum “The Big Reset: Learning from COVID-19 to fast-track the SDGs” at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF), organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Participation of the PABSEC International Secretariat to the online webinar “Building back better: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to enhance the role of parliaments in disaster risk reduction”, 9 July 2020

Mr. Daniel Dulca, PABSEC Deputy Secretary General, attended the online webinar entitled “Building back better: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to enhance the role of parliaments in disaster risk reduction”, jointly organized by the IPU, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), on 9 July 2020.