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July 17, 2006

8.00 a.m.

Registration

8.30 a.m.

Opening

8.45 a.m.

Party organization – the example of the Christian Democratic Party, Member of CDI

• objectives of party organization
• general outline of national, regional and local organization
• membership and party finances
• group within the party

Mr. Tim-Rainer Bornholt, Secretary General, Local Government Group of the Christian Democratic Parties in Germany

10.00 a.m.

Coffee break

10.15 a.m.

Groups within the party

• Objectives of organizing groups
• Status, roles, and organization of groups within the party
• Individual groups

Mr. Tim-Rainer Bornholt, Secretary General, Local Government Group of the Christian Democratic Parties in Germany

11.15 a.m.

The Local Government Group in the Christian Democratic Parties in Germany

• Political objectives
• Status, roles and organization
• Finances
• Decision-making

Mr. Tim-Rainer Bornholt, Secretary General, Local Government Group of the Christian Democratic Parties in Germany

12.00 noon

Lunch break

2.00 p.m.

The work of the Local Government Group – the example of a working group

• Membership of the working group
• Objectives
• Working procedures
• Cooperation partners
• Within the party
• With other parties
• Parliaments
• Commune associations
• Others

• Decision-making – procedures, constraints and results
• Strengths, challenges and limitations of the group

Mr. Tim-Rainer Bornholt, Secretary General, Local Government Group of the Christian Democratic Parties in Germany

3.30 p.m.

Coffee break

3.45 p.m.

Representing local government interest in the FUNCINPEC

• Objectives and organization
• The role of the Master Trainers

NN, Speaker of the FUNCINPEC

4.30 p.m.

Open forum – Options to improve local strength of the party

5.00 p.m.

End of day 1

July 18, 2006

8.00 a.m.

Experiences in conducting campaigns for commune elections with the party local government group – strategies and methods, successes and failures from the German perspective

Part 1

9.30 a.m.

Coffee break

10.00 a.m.

Experiences in conducting campaigns for commune elections – strategies and methods, successes and failures from the German perspective

Part 2

MrTim-Rainer Bornholt, Secretary General, Local Government Group of the Christian Democratic Parties in Germany

12.00 noon

Lunch break

2.00 p.m.

Group discussion: Lessons learned for the preparations for the 2007 commune elections

NN, Moderator of the FUNCINPEC

5.00 p.m.

End of day 2, closing