June 2009MOVEMENT FOR GOOD GOVERNANCESubject : MGG Town Hall Meetings
DescriptionMGG Town Hall meetings will be a series of highly-interactive, informal meetingswith Presidential candidates designed to engage them in a discussion on keypublic policy issues one topic at a time. Each meeting will run for two hoursbefore an audience who will be provided scorecards to evaluate the discussionsand candidates on how well they responded to the audience’s questions.Meetings will be covered by video, television, media, and bloggers.FormatEach meeting will open with an introduction outlining the process of the meetingand the scorecard’s usage. By then, all audience members have been given oneblank Scorecard each plus one colored plastic chip (note: colors to be changedat every meeting).A non-candidate resource person will deliver a presentation outlining the state of a sector (eg., PBEd on the State of Education) plus a recommended roadmap toreform. The resource person will exit the stage after the presentation and will notneed to answer questions from the floor.Presidential candidates will serve as panel reactors who will respond to thepresentation and answer questions from the moderator and audience. They willnot be required to prepare speeches or presentations. The meeting is meant tobe interactive and informal with the audience. The meeting will close with one-to-two minute closing statements per candidate.At the end of the meeting, the audience will be reminded to fill out the Scorecardsand submit them to organizers. They will also be asked to place their coloredchip in the box with the name of the candidate they think performed best thatevening.Sample agenda5:00 – 6:00pmRegistration (note: Juana Change videos can run in loops)6:00 – 6:10Introduction to meeting and process (by MGG)6:10 – 6:12Introduction of resource person (by Moderator)6:12 – 6:30Presentation : State of the Sector (by Resource Person)
6:30 – 6:40Introduction of Presidential Candidates (Moderator)6:40 – 7:50Open Forum (Moderator)7:50 – 8:00Filling out of Scorecards and Closing of Meeting (thank you’sand last-minute reminders, etc.)Audience drop their chips in boxes and submit Scorecards as they exit.AudienceTo prevent audiences from being brought in by candidates, participants must pre-register as MGG Volunteers and reserve ahead of the event. MGG will advertiseeach Town Hall meeting among its network of Volunteers and Partners. Co-organizers will also be asked to market the event and get their members to pre-register with the MGG as Volunteers and reserve their seats.The audience will primarily be registered voters or persons of voting age.Public Policy TopicsEach Town Hall meeting will cover only one topic at a time. There will be a total of 10 meetings planned from June to November 2009, before the closing of thefiling of candidacies at end-November. The topics will be –
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Education
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Economy (covering public and private investments, fiscal policy, jobgeneration)
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Environment
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Peace and Conflict Resolution
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Poverty
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Health
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Justice
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Agriculture, Agrarian Reform, and Food Security
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GovernanceThe organizers reserve the right to make changes to the public policy topics asdetermined by the public interest.Partners will be invited to co-organize meetings depending on their expertise ona policy topic. For instance, Philippine Business for Education will co-organizethe forum on Education and Worldwide Fund for Nature can co-organize theforum on Environment.Schedule of meetings
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