Presentation by Ms. Cristita Marie Giangan, program manager at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung at the Trainers' Training for the Development of Bangsamoro Political Party | Best Western Hotel La Corona, Ermita Manila | March 27-31, 2014

1. Local Party Activities
Cristita Marie Giangan
Project Manager
KAS

2. Outline of the Presentation
 Rationale for Local Party Work
 Frequency of Activities
 Forms of Activities
 Types of Activities
 Venues for Activities
 Financing the Activities
 Communication
 Workshop

3. I am now a member of the
party?
Now, what?

4.  Members have to be part of ongoing activities
in which they can participate, take over
responsibility and understand the reason
for their membership.
Rationale for Local Party Work

5.  Regular: at least once a month
Frequency of Activities
 Political activities
 Media and public advocacy activities
 External social events
 Internal social events
Forms of Activities

6. Types of Activities
 Influencing local political decision making
– Promoting decisions on certain local issues
that the political party will champion,
which may not be currently under
consideration by the local administration
– Influencing the decision on current issues
being considered by the local
administration

7. Types of Activities
 Holding accountable local elected officials
or representatives of local administrative
bodies
– Meeting regularly with elected members
– Meetings with locally elected officials or
leading representatives of local administrative
bodies

8. Types of Activities
 Dialogue with elected representatives on the
national level on specific laws or draft bills,
political developments or challenges
 Linking up with civil society groups, activists,
sector representatives or faith based groups
to organize advocacy on specific problems
 Education/enrichment for members on
thematic issues and party characteristics

9.  Contributions to programmatic discussions inside
the party on certain issues or on the political
platform in general
 Drafting of local political platforms and setting up
of internal thematic working groups
 Media events/presenting the party or its platforms
and positions to relevant local media
 Basic Orientation Seminars for citizens interested
in becoming member of the party
 Set up and cooperation with Sector Associations
Types of Activities

10. Types of Activities
 Organization or participation in social
events with awareness building objectives
or entertainment character and potential
advertising effects for the political party
 Internal social events
 Internal strategizing efforts
 Campaigning for candidates and guest
candidates

11. Venues for Activities
 Internal private meetings
– Private residences of members
– Meeting halls of private organizations or
institutions
– Restaurants
 Public activities
– Private or public schools
– Public gymnasiums, barangay town halls, etc.

12.  Membership dues
 Donations
Financing the Activities
 Regular internal communication with the
members
– Social media
– Electronic mail
– Text messages
 Regular internal communication with the regional
and national
Communicating the Activities

13. External Communication
 Creation of a list of relevant local media contacts and
ways how to approach them;
 Set up of regular meet-ups with local media
practitioners who are sympathetic to the party;
 Dissemination of press releases/materials from the
national level to local media;
 Drafting of press releases, preparation of talking
points for local radio/TV guestings/interviews and
production of photographs on local political issues;
 Attractive presentation of local political platforms for
local media;
 Coaching of party candidates in facing local media;
 Creation of local party events that are attractive to
media

14. Workshop

15. Process
 Participants will be divided into three (3)
groups
 A set of questions will be presented. Each
group is given twenty (20) minutes to discuss
and come up with group answers to the
questions.
 Each selected group presenter is given five
(5) minutes to share to the plenary the
results of their group discussion.

16. Types of
Activities
Venue Source of
Financing
Frequency
Political
activities
1. A
2. A
3. A
Media and
public
advocacy
1. A
2. A
3. A
Internal
social
activities
1. A
2. A
3. A
External
social
activities
1. A
2. A
3. A

17. Thank You