1. Seminar on Open Government, Information and Budget Transparency World Bank Institute McGill University
Montreal, Canada, June 17, 2013

2. The Canadian PBO at a glance
Position Created: December 2006
Parliamentary Budget Officer
Kevin Page
Sonia L'Heureux (interim) (appointed March 25, 2013)
Budget: $2.8 million for FY
Staff: 14 employees
Mandate: The mandate of the Parliamentary Budget Officer is to provide independent analysis to Parliament on the state of the nation's finances, the government's estimates and trends in the Canadian economy; and upon request from a committee or parliamentarian, to estimate the financial cost of any proposal for matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction.
The Global Parliamentary Budget Office Portal Initiative - A Virtual Meeting Place for the Global PBO Community…
e-PBO.org Sahir Khan, Asst. Parliamentary Budget Officer

3. What is a community? A group of people having common interests
Similarity or identity: a community of interests
Sharing, participation, and fellowship
Interdependence
The Canadian PBO’s first five years have been characterized as tumultuous, difficult, fractious but ultimately successful, due in large measure to collaboration

4. How do we collaborate? Standards and practices People/expertise
Reference content
Learning
Communication
Collaboration requires willing participants and an appropriate platform to ensure both good results and high productivity

5. e-PBO Portal

6. Standards and practices

7. People and expertise

8. Reference content

9. eLearning

10. Communication

11. Thank-you Sahir Khan Asst. Parliamentary Budget Officer
Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer
Ottawa, Canada, K1A 0A9 //