Details

Cooperation between

the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation 2007

Workshop for Members of the National Assembly and Senior Senate Staff

Staff Support for the Members of Parliament

August 14, 2007

8.15 a.m.Opening Ceremony

8.45 a.m.“Introduction: Tasks of a German Member of Parliament

in Social and Political Life”

Speaker: H. E. Peter Weiss MdB

9.15. a.m.“The Typical Work Cycle of a Member of Parliament and

the Requirements for Staff Support - Overview

- Tasks in the Constituency

- Tasks in the Faction

- Tasks in Parliament at Large (Commissions,

Plenary)

- Task in the Party

- Task in Society”

Speaker: H. E. Peter Weiss MdB

10.15 a.m. Coffee break

10.30 a.m.“Categories of Staff in the German Parliament and

the Services they Provide for the Members of

Parliament

- Secretariat General

• Focus on the Staff of a Commission and their

Tasks

- Party-Bound Fraction Staff

• Focus on the Professional Staff of a Working

Group

- Personal Staff of Parliamentarians”

Speaker: H. E. Peter Weiss MdB

11.30 a.m.Open Forum

12.00 noonLunch break

2.00 p.m. “A Typical Session Week in the German Parliament –

Tasks of the Parliamentarian and the Support Provided

by the Staff”

Speaker: H. E. Peter Weiss MdB

3.00 p.m.Coffee break

3.15 p.m.“Staff recruitment and Desirable Educational

Background and Required Substantive and Personality

Skills of Support Staff for Members of Parliament”

Speaker: H. E. Peter Weiss MdB

3.45 p.m.“Staff Available and Staff Development in the

National Assembly”

Speaker: H. E. Leng Peng Long, Secretary General of

the National Assembly

4.15 p.m.Open Forum

Moderator: NN (National Assembly)

5.00 p.m.Official Closing