Local Party Activities

Cristita Marie GianganProject Manager

KAS

Outline of the PresentationRationale for Local Party WorkFrequency of ActivitiesForms of ActivitiesTypes of ActivitiesVenues for ActivitiesFinancing the ActivitiesCommunicationWorkshop

I am now a member of the party?

Now, what?

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

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

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

Types of ActivitiesHolding 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

Types of ActivitiesDialogue 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

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

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

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.

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

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

Workshop

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.

Types of Activities

Venue Source of Financing

Frequency

Political activities

1. A2. A3. A

Media and public advocacy

1. A2. A3. A

Internal social activities

1. A2. A3. A

External social activities

1. A2. A3. A

Thank You