congressional advisory services
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Study Visit to the Canadian Library of ParliamentOttawa, August 11-14 , 2008
CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY SERVICESIsabel Millan / [email protected]
Issues to Discuss
ADVISORY RESEARCH SERVICE
CAS Mission and role
For whom, what and how?
Values
Services and Products
Organization
Infrastructure
A tool to empower MP’s and their communities
An instrument for the creation, discovery and exploration of
knowledge
A social space to enrich their day-to-day activities and concerns
CAS Mission
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
Provide specialized advisory to MPs, for legislative
process and constituency work
Assist the Chamber of Deputies´ oversight function
Support MPs through a historic, contingent, and comparative perspective
Assist parliamentary diplomacy
CAS role
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
CAS
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
For Whom?What?
and How?
MPs and their staff
Legislative and oversight Committees
Political Committees in Congress
For whom?
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
Holistic approach: take care of a wide and diverse set of concerns and needs
Advisory that includes Research
… services and products distributed through different channels
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
What and How ?
ConfidentialityOpportunityPertinence
Equality of AccessObjectivity: scenario analysis
Quality: research methods, validity, property rights respect, multiple and transparent sources use
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
Values
On demand And on supply
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
REFERENCE
Chilean and Foreign Law
General
Documental
Personal and Topical Press
MPs work file
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTSANALISIS ESPECIALIZADO
Juicio experto
sobre temas estratégicos nacionales e
internacionales
de interés parlamentario: proyectos de ley, políticas públicas,
programas de gobierno, iniciativas de ley, legislación nacional y extranjera,
experiencias comparadas, estados del arte en temáticas específicas.
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
ANALISIS ESPECIALIZADO
DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS Caracterización y examen técnico
PUBLIC POLICY EVALUATION Examen de resultados, impacto,
costos, o conflictos
PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS Exploración, análisis, interpretación,
construcción de escenarios probables, anticipación de
tendencias
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
ADVISORY WITHIN COMMITTEES
Asesoría técnica y estratégica a Presidentes, parlamentarios integrantes y Secretarios en
atención a sus preocupaciones y demandas
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
DIRECTED WRITING
Fundamentación para un juicio o posición de un parlamentario o bancada, respecto de un tema
de carácter político y/o legislativo que no es atribuible a
la opinión de la Biblioteca o de sus investigadores
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
BASES PARA DISCURSOS
Exposición de argumentos para
discursos, conferencias y ponencias de
parlamentarios
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
DIPLOMACIA PARLAMENTARIA
Apoyo a labores de representación en organismos parlamentarios internacionales
y ante otros parlamentos
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
TYPES OF ANALYSIS
legal (national and comparative)
scientific
economic
psychosocial
government
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
TYPES OF ANALYSIS
international
political science
engineering
statistical
geographical patterns and trends
SERVICES AND
PRODUCTS
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
TYPES OF SERVICEreports, conferences, face-to-face,
maps, graphic presentations, getting staff started in facebook, blogs, etc
CHANNELS OF DISTRIBUTIONonline, telephone, web services,
paper, face-to-face, audio (geared to parties, constituencies,
etc.)
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
SPECIALIZED TOPIC AREASMultidisciplinary advisory and research
teams, organized by specific disciplines
Legal AnalysisGovernment and EconomicsSocial PoliciesNatural Resources, Science, Technology and Industry International Relations and Defense
ORGANIZATION
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
SPECIALIZED SUPPORT AREASReference, geography and statistics
teams, to support topic areas work and directly assist MPs
Knowledge Management Geographic Information System and Statistics
ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATIONMISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE
STUDIES AND PUBLICATIONSMultidisciplinary research team, with a historic, contingent, and comparative
approachParliamentary diplomacy, publications
and extension services
Research Section
Unit of Extension and Publications
INFRASTRUCTURE
Websources, free information or services acquired: full text databases
Journals, books, newpapers
Repositories: cataloguing and retrieval
Physical premises
MISSION CUSTOMERS ORGANIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES STAFF DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE ARE