YuatLLGPr

esi
dentSeatOpenFor
um.

Tabl
eofcont
ent
s

 Int
roduct i
on
 Keepi ngtheforum Nonparti
san
 Whatt heCandidat
ewant s
 Selectingaformat
 Forum t o-
dolist
 Organi zi
ngtheForum to-doli
stonat
imel
i
ne
-4mont hs
-3mont hs
-2mont hs
-1mont hs
 Publicizi
ngtheForum
 Whatt odoinPlanningtheForum
 Mor eResour ces

I
NTRODUCTI
ON.

TheCandidateeventorOpenFor um i
sawayt oengageourCommuni tyar
oundthisupcoming
LocalLevelGovernmentPresidentseatEl
ectionbecauset heOrganizi
nggroupwil
l/mustbe
Nonparti
sanandhav ei
nfl
uenceandgoodr eputati
onintheirl
ocalCommuni t
iesi
nsideYuat
.The
groupwil
l bepositi
onedtoincreasepubli
cunder st
andingoftheelecti
onprocessandthe
Candidat
er unni
ng.

TheFor um willalsobeapower ful tooltoadv ancethepublicpolicygoalsoft hegroup.Whether

thegroupneedssuppor tforani ssue, wantstochangest atelaw, orsi
mpl ywantst oincr
ease
awarenessofouri ssuesorconci tuency,thesuccessoft hi
sFor um willbuildawarenessofand
greaterr ecogniti
onoft hegr oupandCommuni ti
eswecamef rom andser v e.
ToHostasuccessf ulForum will hingesononef act
or:Pl
anning.Wheni tcomest oplanningthi
s
eventorf orum -turnoutisev er
yt hing!
Bycar efullydevelopingapl ansandexecut i
ngthem, theorganiserswil
lbeabl etoachi ev
etheir
goalsf orsuccessf ull
yhost i
ngt heFor um.

KEEPI
NGTHEFORUM NONPARTISAN.
I
nplanni
ngt
hisFor
um,Nonpar
ti
sanwi
llbeaf
ri
end!
Notbecauseiti
srequir
edbutitwil
lencour
agesatt
endancebycandi
dat
e's,
att
ract
sinter
est
fr
om theoutsi
der'
s,andisaef
fecti
vetoolf
orengagi
ngoursurr
oundi
ngcommuni t
iesandenti
re
Yuatt
heissuesthatmatter
stothem.

Gui
del
i
nesf
orst
ayi
ngNonpar
ti
san

 Theforum shouldcov erabroadrageofissues

 Candidate'sshoul
dhav eequalti
met opresentt
heirv
iews
 Thecandi dateswil
laskaboutissuesbutnotaskedtopledget
ooragreewit
hspeci
fi
c
posit
ionsoft hesponsori
nggroupsororganizat
ions.
 Themoder at
orstaysneutr
alanddoesnoti mplyapprov
alordi
sappr
ovaloft
he
candidat
es.

St
ayi
ngNonpar
ti
sani
sfai
rl
yst
rai
ght
for
war
d.

Tips:
*Questi
onsaskedatfor
um.
Askgoodquestionsandpoi
ntedoutquest
ions.

*Gr
oundrulesinsi
dethefor
um.
Asktheaudiencetor
espectf
ull
yref
rai
nfr
om excessi
veexuber
ancef
ororagai
nstacandi
dat
e.

*Si
teselecti
on.
Neutralsi
teforaf or
um-onet
hati
snotassoci
atedwi
thanypar
ty,
candi
dat
eorst
rongpol
i
tical
advacyofanyi ssue.

*
Lit
eracy
.
Wecanprov
ideNonpar
ti
sanv
otereducat
ionet
c..

WHATTHECANDI
DATEWANTS.

I
t'
sishel
pful
tounder
standwhatt
heCandi
datehopef
ori
naf
orum .Wewi
l
luset
his
i
nfor
mati
ontoenti
cethecandi
dat
est
oattend.

1.Al argeaudience!
Candi dat
esarespr eadv er
yt hi
ndur i
ngacampaignper i
od/season.Theycannotat tendevery
eventt owhicht heyar einvi
ted.Thi sopenfor
um wil
lfocusont ur
noutstoincreasethechances
thatthecandidat eswi l
latt
end.We' llmakesuret
ocommuni catethepart
icipat
ingcommuni t
ies
i
nt heLLGt oouri ntendi
ngcandi datesfort
hechair
man/pr esi
dentseati
nadv ance,asalarge
turnoutatthef orum wi l
ldemonst ratest
hatourt
eam asi nf
luenceonthev oter
's.

2.Aguar anteeofNeutr
ali
ty.
A candidatewill
avoidanyeventwher
etheythi
nktheywil
lgangedupon-especi
all
y
misappropri
atebadbehavior'
s.Wewil
lremindt
hem oftheNonparti
sannat
ureoftheFor
um and
shareanygr oundrul
esweest abl
i
shedtokeepever
ythi
ngneutral
.
3.At r
ustedandwell
-respectedindiv
idual
.
Candidatesmustbeawar eofindivi
dualsi
nvol
vedinthef
orum i
nper
son,
mustbeneutr
aland
havealreadyi
nvol
vedinproblem solvi
ngorcontr
ibut
edonewayortheot
heri
nthepastand
presentandhaveafuturedream ofourLLGandSociety.

4.Ti
met omeetinf
ormallywit
hthevoter
'sorsupport
ers.
Wearetoallowt
imeaf t
erthefor
um fort
hecandidatestospeaktothei
rvot
er'
sandsuppor
ter
s.
Wewill
tell
thecandidat
esaboutthi
sopportuni
tyinourinv
itat
iont
othem.

5.Moreinformati
onaboutustheorganiser.
Inourinvi
tati
ontothecandi
dat
eswewi l
lbri
efl
yexpl
aint
hemissi
onofouror
ganizat
ionandour
consti
tuencyaswellashowwewi l
laffectspol
icy
.Manyoft
hecandi
dateswil
lrel
yonusas
resour
cesf orpol
i
cyinfor
mati
on.

SELECTI
NGAFORMAT

Fi
rstst
epinplanningthisForum.
Atthetopoftheto-doli
stisselect
ingaf
ormatoft
heforum.Todeci
de,r
emembert
hati
t'
s
i
mpor t
anttosel
ectt heopti
onthatbestmeet
stheent
ir
eYuatLLGsneed.

Equalti
meQ&A
Amoder atorandpanelist
squesti
onthecandi
dates,whoar eal
l
owedequal r
espondt i
me.
Tradi
ti
onally
,thecandidatesar
eunawareoftheexactquesti
onbutknowtheestibl
ishedfocus
oftheprogram.Candidatesmayanswerthesamequest i
onormay beaskeddif
ferentquesti
ons
aslongaseachi sgivenequalti
meforeachtopresentt
heirpoi
ntofvi
ew.

Fol
l
ow-upQ&A
Togetcl
ari
fi
cat
ionandmor
especi
fi
canswer
s.

LLGMeet
ingQ&A

Cit
izensoftheYuatLLGaskingquest
ions.
Questionsshoul
dbescreenedbyamemberi nordertoavoidpar
ti
sanquesti
onsandtofaci
li
tat
e
substanti
vedial
ogue.Peopl
easkingquest
ionswil
leducati
onthecandi
dateontheconcer
nsof
theconstit
uency.

TO-
DOLI
ST

A
-
Ident i
tyot
herneutralorgani
zati
onsandpar
tner
s.
-
Setdat e,t
ime,andv enueforthefor
um.
-
Deci deonaforum f or
mat
-
Dev elopaforum budget
B
-
Invi
tethecandi
dat
es.Fi
ndthebestcont
actt
oconf
ir
m andbr
ieft
hem.
-
Sendinvit
ati
onanddofol
lowups
-
Createacommunicati
onplan

C
-
Createandst ar
taplanfort
urnouts
-
Beginv ol
unt
eerrecrui
tment
-
Selectamoder ator
-
Startpubl
ici
ty
-
Cont i
nuefol
lowupwi t
hcandidates

D
-
Final
confi
rmat i
onwithcandi
dat
es
-
Reconfi
rm si
tearrangements
-
Reconfi
rmv ol
unteers
-
Conti
nuepublici
ty

C
-
Buildaudiences!Conti
nuet
orecr
uitat
tendees
-
Rampupcommuni cati
ons
-
Finali
zeforum logi
sti
cs

D
DAYOFTHEEVENT.

Completeset-
upatf orum
Member sorvolunteer
swelcomingpeopl
e
Set
-uptheheadt able
Revi
ewgr oundruleforthef
orum
Haveinasign-inli
stofcandidat
es

F
AFTERTHEFORUM

Thankev
ery
one,
thecandi
dat
es,
par
ti
cipant
s,peopl
eofYuatandf
under
soft
hef
orum.

-
Promot
ingacti
veengagementi
ndemocracy
,issueadvocacyandf
reePr
esi
dent
ialel
ect
ionf
or
t
heYuatLocalLev
elGover
nment2024andonwar ds.

ForourDemocrati
cright
sandtransparencyi
ntheprocessinthiselect
ionforYuatLLG,
Ibel
iev
e
thi
sistheopport
unemomentweneedt ofor
m aindependentbodyt obreakdownthe
dif
fer
ences,cor
rupt
ionetc.
.andcontri
butetoourLLG.Ourdecisionnowwi ll
deter
mineour
futur
egenerat
ions.
PleaseIneedfurt
herassi
stanceont
hisandalsoneedt
ofor
m agr
oupt
ocont
ri
but
eont
his
forum t
hatwasrequestedbyourHon.Presi
dentMrRay
mondPam.

Dr
aftpl
ani
nit
iat
edbyt
heYout
hforChangeMov
ement
.
YUATLLGOPENFORUM

Ov
erv
iew&Pur
pose

Thepurposeofthi
sev entwil
lbetoexpl oremor esyst
emi call
yanddeepl ytherelati
onshi
pand
connect
ionsbetweentheactivi
ti
esdesi gnedtopromot etransparency,Democrat i
candhonesty
engagementintheOpenFor um parti
cipantsandshorterandl ongerterm out
comes.The
progr
am will
befortheYuatLocal Level Gover
nmentandwi llbeaassessmentt r
ialdesi
gnedto
promotetaki
ngownership,accountabil
ityandresponsibi
l
itiesinhigh-r
iskpopulatedLLG.
Progr
am outcomeswillgiv
eahi gh-ri
skbackgroundsandexper ienceoftheentireYuatpeople.

Inthatev entthegr oupwi ll

tryt oscale-upkeyst r
ategiest oser veagrowingnumberofpr obl
em's
andi ssues,theev entcan' tpoi nttokeyst rategiesthatcont ri
butethemosttothesuccessof
parti
cipants.Ev enwi thoutthreatoff undingl oss,notknowi nghowkeyst rat
egieswil
lli
nkedto
outcomel i
mitsl eader sabili
tyt olearnhowt heywi l
li
mpr ov e.Thisfor
um seekstoameliorat
e
thi
spr oblem ofawar enessbyest ibl
i
shingandst andar dizingtwokeyassessmentpr ocesses
gearedatunder standi ngwhatwi l
lhappent ot hepeopl ei nthisfi
rsteverFor
um.I twi
l
lbeour
bel
iefcandi datesoft hisfir
stf orum willhelpusst rategisef orourLLGpr omoti
ngappropriat
e
advisingsuppor tf ort hepublicorpar ti
cipant s.

Ty
pesofdat
atobecol
l
ect
ed

Const
antwi
ththeeval
uat
ionpl
anoutli
ned,t
hisf
orum wil
li
ncludebot
hquanti
tat
iveand
qual
it
ati
vemeasur
es.Thetwokeyassessmentact
ivi
ti
esthatwil
lbet
hefocusofthi
sforum wi
l
l
be:

a)devel
opmentandprel
i
minaryval
i
dati
onofaninv
ent
oryofbelongi
ng,
suppor
tandpeopl
e
expect
ati
onsusi
ngexemplar
sf r
om t
hisorup-
comi
ngeventand,

b)est
ibl
ishi
ngapr ocessforint
erv
iewi
ngasmal
l,st
rat
egical
lysel
ect
edsampleof
i
ndependent/neut
ralpar
ti
cipantsfr
om t
hepr
ogr
am andit
'
si mpactonski
l
lsf
orsuccess.
 KeyResear
chQuest
ions

1.Howwi
l
lwest
rat
egi
esandcont
ri
but
etot
hesuccessoft
hisev
ent
?

2.Specifi
call
y,howwi l
lpar
ti
cipant
sint
hisfir
stforum intensi
vebr
idgeandadvi
singacti
vit
ies
contr
ibutetoself-
report
edsenseofbel
onging,connectionandsupportaswel
lasreli
gionand
soci
al engagementasmeasur edbymulti
plebehav i
oralandperf
ormanceindi
cat
ors?

3.Howwillwei
ntegr
atef
indi
ngsf
rom v
ari
ousassessmenti
ntokeydeci
sion-
maki
ng
di
scussi
ons?

Ti
mel
i
nef
ort
hef
orum anddesi
redr
esul
t.

Therei
sacl earunderst
andi
ngthatr
unni
ngofsuchevent
sisnotsuff
ici
entt
opromot
elearni
ng
nori
ncreaseunderstandi
ngofhowpeopl
eexperi
encesucheventanddevel
opt
henecessary
ski
ll
sfortheLLGsuccess.

Pl
anf
orShar
ingResul
tandusi
ngOut
comesf
orI
mpr
ovementPur
pose.

Theforum want stoassesscomponent softhefir

styearexperienceforum part
icipants
encounterwiththegoal ofshari
ngtheresul
tswiththeentir
edistri
ctleadershi
pinanef fortto
educateandev aluat
ebestpr act
icei
nsupportingthefir
steverOpenFor um i
nthisdistr
ictthe
YuatLLGr un.Inaefforttoimproveandtaki
ngal eadingrol
e, t
hepr ogram wil
luset heresultt
o
str
etchedthroughoutthedistri
ctandprovi
nciall
evel.
Tabl
e:Ti
mel
i
neofkeyact
ivi
ti
es&desi
rabl
eassessmentout
come

*
Whenwi
l
ltheassessmentort
askoccur
e?

*
Whati
stheassessmentact
ivi
tyort
ask?

Rev
iewResul
t

*
Whowi
l
lcompl
etet
het
ask?

Thet
eam

*
Whati
stheendr
esul
t?

Shor
tbi
ogr
aphy

*
Howwi
l
liti
nfor
mimpr
ovement
?

Bui
l
dint
ernalcapaci
ty/
resear
chknowl
edge

BudgetNar
rat
ive

Thedetai
ledbudgetwi
l
lcovertheOpenForum whi
chwill
beasaassessmentt
hatwi
l
lbeat
ri
al
conduct
edatYuatLLG,Angoram,EastSepi
kProvi
nce.

Fuel
Cost
-Out
boar
dmot
or-Ot
her
s-Tot
al