9:00 - 9:45
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Welcome and Introduction to the Practice Meeting Programme, Objectives of Meeting
• Deborah Landey, UNDP-Philippines Resident Coordinator/Resident Representative
• Gita Welch, Group Leader, UNDP Democratic Governance Group/BDP
• Hon. Benjamin Abalos, Sr., Chairman, Commission on Elections, Republic of the Philippines |
9:45 - 10:45 |
Key Note Address
Chair: Gita Welch
Speaker: Hon. Haydee Yorac, Chairperson of the Presidential Commission for Good Government and 2004 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service. Former Chairperson, Commission on Elections, Republic of the Philippines |
10:45 |
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH |
COFFEE |
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11:00 - 11:10 |
Meeting principles, logistics
Facilitator: Lynn Gray |
11:10 - 11:30 |
'Icebreaker' |
11:30 -12:30
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Becoming a Community of Practice: Tools and Principle |
11:30 - 11:45 |
Presentation: Tools and Principles
Kim Henderson, Knowledge Network Facilitator, UNDP |
11:45 - 12:00 |
Questions from the Floor and Points of Clarification |
12:00 - 12:30 |
Group exercise |
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Session Objectives: Better understanding of what communities of practice are, how they work; how they relate to the elections sub-practice; and implications for the work of the meeting. Discuss, clarify and begin to define what it means to become a sub-practice – Objectives, Identity, Issues, Tools, Outputs, Roles. Update on the knowledge management project within UNDP; implications for the sub-practice. |
LUNCH |
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13:45 – 14:00 |
‘Right Brain', Facilitator: Lynn Gray |
14:00 - 14:30 |
Session I: The Electoral Systems and Processes Practice Note Overview and implications for UNDP practitioners
Chair: Gita Welch |
14:00 - 14:15 |
Presentation: the Practice Note
Linda Maguire, Electoral Advisor, UNDP |
14:15 - 14:30 |
Questions from the Floor and Points of Clarification |
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Session Objectives: Common understanding among participants of the meeting's objectives; Introduction to the Practice Note: what it is, what it is not; identification of areas for improvement in the next version and how to do so; identification of areas that need to be addressed through separate products and tools. |
14:30 - 15:45 |
Session II (Part 1): Thematic Issues within Electoral Systems and Processes: Getting Started
Chair: Gita Welch |
14:30 - 15:30 |
Identifying UNDP's niche in a country, mobilizing resources, cultivating national and international partnerships, division of labor with DPA. Panelists : Identifying niche and resources (Eric Overvest, Panama SURF/UNDP-Mali experience), Division of Labour (Hiroko Miyamura, UNDPA/EAD), Coordination (Kendra Collins, Election Proj. Indonesia ) |
15:30 - 15:45 |
Identification of issues to take forward (activity) |
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Session Objectives: Identification of key lessons learned and recommendations concerning the major process points in planning and launching UNDP electoral assistance (e.g., understanding what UNDP does and does not do and how; mobilizing and using resources, coordinating people and processes); identification of issues to take forward during the meeting and to flesh out by last day. |
COFFEE |
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16:00 - 17:15
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Session II (Part 2): Thematic Issues within Electoral Systems and Processes: Support to Electoral Management Bodies as Institutions of Governance
Chair: Michael Maley, Australian Election Commission |
16:00 - 16:45 |
Intro to UNDP support to EMBs (format TBD) and examples of EMB programming and challenges (Gigi Bregadze, UNDP-Georgia; Manuel Carrillo, Head of Intl Affairs Unit, IFE-Mexico; Denis Truesdell, Cambodia election project; Resurreccion Borra, COMELEC-Philippines commissioner) |
16:45 - 17:15 |
Identification of issues to take forward and discussion (activity) |
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Session Objectives: Understanding the key issues involved in supporting electoral management bodies as institutions of governance both from the perspective of international service providers and national partner institutions; discussion of what UNDP brings to the table; identification of enduring challenges in capacity development that can be revisited in Session VI on New Initiatives in Capacity Development. |
17:15 - 17:30 |
Summary of Day and Closing
Facilitator : Lynn Gray |
19:00 |
Welcome Reception , New World Renaissance Hotel, Poolside |
