Wednesday, April 9^th, 2003

9:00       

Opening and Welcoming Remarks by the Organizers/Introduction of participants 

·         CALD

·         FNF

·         Democrat Party of Thailand 

Short introduction of participant

Orientation to the Program

10:00  

Presentation of CALD

Presentation of FNF

10:45  

Coffee break

11:00  

Political Communication in the daily practice of our parties: Inputs by all participants (every participating member party to present written report of a maximum of five pages)

13:00  

Lunch at Benkay Japanese Restaurant

15:00  

Culture and political communication: Are Asians different?

Discussion

Introduction by Marites Dangulian Vitug, Editor-in-Chief, Newsbreak Magazine (Manila)

16:00  

The power of networking: The relevance of systematized internal communication (working groups)

17:30  

Presentation of working groups’ results

18:00  

End of first day

19:00  

Dinner at Minggoy’s (Greenbelt 3)