Rtd Guide

Citizens’ Reform Agenda 2010 Roundtable Discussion Guide

OBJECTIVE: Come up with a consensus on key political and electoral reform agenda or issues that will be the basis of engaging the national candidates in the 2010

Key

Agen da

urgent, most critical, will resonate to the voters; top 3 or less specific policy or program proposal (Ex. Federalism, Lifting of Automatic Debt Appropriations)

Issue

if it is not possible to come up with an agreement on a policy or program proposal, just agree on an issue or a specific problem (Ex. Issue on over-centralized government, debt spending)

Basis

Push that the candidates and political parties take a position on the agenda or issues

Mechanics Inputs from experts on the landscape

Discussion on the key agenda/ issues

Prioritization of key agenda/ issues

Formulation of Specific Questions/ Preparation for the National Conference

To know the broad context of the reform area needed in identifying the urgent and most critical agenda and/ or issues that will resonate to the voters and can serve as a take-off point of the discussion What are the agenda and issues that are urgent, most critical and will resonate to the voters based on the inputs, the analyses of our respective organizations and based on our discussion? If there are more than three (3) agenda/ issues identified in the discussion, the agenda/ issues shall be prioritized according to the: • the level of convergence on the agenda/ issue • the should level ofwe divergence on the agenda/ How ask the candidates about issue the identified priority agenda/ issues that will somehow test the credibility and authenticity of their answers?

Output: Agenda/ Issue Papers • What are the priority agenda/ issues identified? Provide the background of each of the agenda/ issue. • Present why each of these are considered urgent, most critical and responsive to the public’s sentiment. Provide other details that substantiate and/ or support the agenda/ issue. • What is our approach in engaging the national candidates on each of these agenda/ issue? How do we ask their position on the agenda/ issue that can also test the credibility and sincerity of