Tuesday, September 7, 2004

Arrival of Participants

21:00               

Welcome Dinner/Reception at the Hotel

Wednesday, September 8, 2004

9:00

Opening

Overview of Program

Selection of members of four workshop teams (logistics, SRP-liaison, daily newsletter, documentation)

9:30

Our expectations (exercise with cards) followed by: presentation of workshop objectives

10:00

Profiles of parties and organizations (every organization prepares a one-sheet visualization following defined criteria)

12:00

Lunch at the Hotel

14:00

A profile of CALD (multimedia) followed by presentation of the organization’s communications policies/practices

14:30

Working Groups: CALD’s communications strategy

- Presentation of the strategy

- What can/should the member parties do to implement the strategy and promote the objectives of CALD

- CALD’s target groups: who are they, how can they be reached?

15:30

Presentation of Working Groups’ Results

16:00

Discussion and brainstorming: The media, political parties and democratic elections (and their relevance in a liberal society)

19:30

Dinner with foreign correspondents at the Sunway Hotel