Details

Orientation Seminar for New Members of the

Regional Legislative Assembly,

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)

September 13-17, 2005

First day, September 13, 2005

12:00 Noon Arrival and check in

6:00 PM Welcome Dinner

Welcome address: Klaus Preshcle

Speaker Hatimil Hassan

Second Day, September 14, 2005

Morning

8:30 Orientation: Benny Bacani

8:45 First Session: Foundations of Mindanao Autonomy

Suharto Ambolodto

9:45 Break

10:10 Second Session: State of the ARMM: Problems and Issues

Suharto Ambolodto

12:00 Lunch

Afternoon

2:00 Third session: Overview of the Organic Law/ Role of the RLA

Benny Bacani

3:30 Break

3:45 Fourth Session: RLA’s Legislative History, Issues and Concerns

Tommy Ala

5:00 End

Third Day, September 15, 2005

Morning

8:30 Fifth Session: ARMM Legislative Mill: How Bills Become Laws

Tommy Ala

9:45 Break

10:10 Sixth Session: Committees as Workhorses in a Legislative Assembly

(From Congress)

Afternoon

1:30 Observation Tour of Committee and Plenary Meetings in the House of Representatives

5:30 End

Fourth day, September 16, 2005

Morning

8:30 Seventh Session: What Makes a Working and Effective Plenary?

(From Congress)

9:30 Break

9:45 Eight Session: Fundamentals of Parliamentary Procedure

(From Congress)

12:00 Lunch

Afternoon

2:00 Ninth Session: Nature, Scope and Conduct of Legislative Investigations

(From Congress)

3:00 Break

3:30 Tenth Session: Secretariat-Legislators’ Partnership: Issues and Concerns

Alfhadar J. Pajiji

Aladdin Ambia

4:30 Closing/Evaluation

5:00 End

Fifth Day, September 17, 2005

12:00 Noon Check-out