Wednesday, August 13

Arrival of Participants

6:00 pm

Meeting for workshop presenters (Sukhothai Hotel, board room, business center, first floor) 

7:00 pm

Welcome Dinner, Celadon Restaurant, Sukhothai Hotel

Thursday, August 14

Internal Political Party Reform

 

Workshop Location:

Ballroom I, First Floor,

Sukhothai Hotel

 

9:00 am           

Welcoming Remarks from Conveners

M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, MP, CALD Chair

                       

Mr. Peter Manikas, Director of Asia Programs, NDI

 

9:45 am           

Keynote Address

Hon. Edgardo J. Angara, Senator, Republic of the Philippines (Laban Party, LDP)

 

10:15 am          

Coffee Break, Foyer I

10:45 am          

Annual Review: 

Political Party Developments since

Bangkok I

Ms. Laura L. Thornton, NDI Senior

Program Manager

 

11:00 am          

Remarks from the Workshop Chair

Moving Beyond Internal Party

Reform: Structures, Democracy, and Performance

Tunku Abdul Aziz, President, Transparency International Malaysia

 

11:30 am          

Opening Presentation

Current Challenges to Internal Political Party Reform

Hon. Mu Sochua, Minister of

Women’s and Veterans’ Affairs,

Cambodia (FUNCINPEC Party)

12:00 pm          

Keynote Address

H.E. Anand Panyarachun

Former Prime Minister of Thailand

 

12:30pm                                             Lunch, Ballroom II

2:00 pm

PANEL I:  Candidate and Leadership

Selection Processes

 

Chair: 

Senator Vijayaratnam S. Seevaratnam,

Gerakan Party, Malaysia

 

1)  Primaries and Surveys:

Lessons Learned

Hon. Jay K. Yoo, MP, Millennium

Democratic Party, Korea

2)  Democracy vs. Effectiveness in Party Decision-making

Hon. Kudeb Saikrachang, MP, Thai Rak Thai Party, Thailand

 

3)   Money, Patronage, and Influence in the Selection Process

Hon. Bi-Khim Hsiao, MP, Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan

 

Q & A/Open Discussion

 

3:30 pm           

Coffee Break, Foyer I

4:00 pm           

PANEL II:  Party Fundraising and Financial Management

                       

Chair: Mr. Koh Sei-Jean, Grand National Party, Korea      

 

1)  Fundraising Tactics:  Challenges to and Solutions for Raising Membership Subscriptions

Dr. Benjamin Espiritu, Nationalist People’s Coalition, Philippines

 

2)  Managing Donor Influence

Mr. Luthfi Hasan Ishaq, Justice Party, Indonesia

3)  Disclosure:  Transparency vs. Privacy

Hon. Syed Azman Syed Ahmad, MP, Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS), Malaysia

 

4)  Fundraising:  Opposition vs. Ruling Parties

Hon. Son Chhay, MP, Sam Rainsy Party, Cambodia

Q & A/Open discussion

 

6:00 pm

Closing Remarks from the

Workshop Chair

 

6:30 pm

Assemble in lobby for

transportation to dinner

 

7:00 pm

Off-site Dinner:

Suan Pakkad Palace, Bangkok