National Electoral Reform Summit 2002
Bayview Park Hotel
April 29 – 30, 2002

Theme: Strengthening Philippine Democracy Through Electoral Reforms

Programme

April 29, 2002
Day 1

08:00 – 09:30 Registration and snack

OPENING PROGRAM

09:30 – 09:35 National Anthem

09:35 – 09:45 Invocation

09:45 – 10:00 Welcome and introduction of participants

10:00 – 10:30 Messages

• Senator Franklin Drilon
  President
  Senate of the Philippines
  
• Representative Jose de Venecia,
  Speaker of the House
  House of Representatives

10:30 – 11:45 Presentation of agenda

• Senator Edgardo Angara,
  Chairman
  Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments,
  Revision of Codes and Laws
  
• Senator Wigberto Tañada, (CER)
  President
  Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement
  
• Representative Loretta Ann P. Rosales, (CER)
  President
  Institute for Political and Electoral Reform
  
• Representative Augusto Boboy Syjuco,
  Chairman
  House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reform
  
• Chairman Alfredo Benipayo,
  Chairman
  Commission on Elections
  

11:45 – 12:00 Media tete-a-tete

12:00 – 01:00 Lunch

01:00 – 01:30 Presentation of COMELEC Report/Campaigns and Administration

01:30 – 02:00 Presentation of NAMFREL on Modernization

02:00 – 02:30 Presentation of the Institute of Popular Democracy (IPD) on Citizen Participation in Elections

02:30 – 03:00 Presentation of Empowering Civic Participation in Governance (ECPG) on Party-List Elections

03:00 – 03:30 Presentation of National Institute for Policy Studies (NIPS) on Strengthening Political Parties and Campaign Finance

03:30 – 07:00 Workshops

1. Campaigns and Administration
2. Modernization
3. Citizen Participation in Elections
4. Party-List Elections
5. Strengthening Political Parties and Campaign Finance

07:00 Dinner

April 30, 2002
Day 2

06:00 – 08:00 Breakfast

08:00 – 08:15 Recap of Day 1

08:15 – 10:00 Presentation of Workshop Results

10:00 – 11:00 Open Forum

11:00 – 12:00 Draft Action and Legislative Agenda Presentation *

12:00 – 01:00 Lunch

01:00 – 03:00 Closing Program

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* Action and Legislative Agenda will be drafted by Execom based on the presentations and results of the workshops

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