Workshop
Details
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
8:00
Registration
8:30
Welcoming Remarks by Mr. Wolfgang Meyer
Country Representative Cambodia
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAF)
8:45
Opening Address by H.R.H. Samdech Krom Preah Norodom Ranariddh,
President of the National Assembly
First Session:
9:30
The role model of a Member of Parliament “German Bundestag”
by Mrs. Christa Reichard MdB
- Tasks of parliament in a democracy
- Why and how to become a Member of Parliament
- Status and tasks of Members of Parliament and their legal foundations
- In the constituency
- As a party member
- Within the fraction
- In parliament at large
- Main lines of conflict in the political life of a Member of Parliament
- Ethical standards for members of parliament
Questions and Answers
Second Session:
14:30
Typical working weeks of a Member of the Parliament “German Bundestag” by Mrs. Christa Reichard MdB
- In a session week
- In the constituency
- the case of the ruling parties’ fractions
- the case of the opposition parties’ fractions
- the case of the ruling parties’ fractions
- the case of the opposition parties’ fractions
Questions and Answers
Thursday, August 10, 2005
Third Session:
8:00
The political party fraction in parliament “German Bundestag”
by Mr. Klaus Jürgen Hedrich MdB
- Reasons, advantages and disadvantages of the creation of fractions within parliament
- Legal foundations and working order of the fraction
- Rights and duties of the political party fraction within parliament
- Minority rights in parliament and their rational
- The relationship between the political parties and their parliamentary fractions
- Organization of the fraction in the Bundestag
- Outline of the working week of a fraction’s in a session week
Questions and Answers
Fourth Session:
14:30
Short outline of the organization of parliamentary work and its Rationale by Mr. Klaus Jürgen Hedrich MdB
- Plenary, presidency, standing committee, committees and similar bodies, fractions, secretariat
- Own staff
- Staff of the fractions
- Staff of the parliament’s secretariat
- Parties
- NGOs and associations
- Scholars and universities
- others
Questions and Answer
16:30
Closing Ceremony