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
.
 YuatLLGOpenFor
um
Ov
erv
iew&Pur
pose

Thepur poseoft hi
sFor um willbet oexpl or
emor esy stemicallyanddeepl yther elat
ionshipand
connectionsbet weent heactiviti
esdesi gnedt opromot et ranspar ency ,Democr aticandhonest y
engagementi nOpenFor um par ti
cipantsandshor terandl ongert erm out comes.Thepr ogram will
bef ortheYuatLocalLev elGov ernmentandwi l
lbeaassessmentt ri
aldesi gnedt opr omot e
taki
ng owner ship,account abili
ty and r esponsibili
ti
es in high- ri
sk popul ated LLG.Pr ogram
outcomeswi llgiveahi gh-
ri
skbackgr oundsandexper i
enceoft heent i
r eYuatpeopl e.
Inthatev entthegr oupwil
ltrytoscal e-upkeyst rategiestoser veagr owi ngnumberofpr oblem's
andi ssues,theev entcan'tpoi ntt okeyst r
ategiest hatcont ri
but et hemostt ot hesuccessof
parti
cipants.Ev enwi t
houtthreatoff undi
ngl oss,notknowi nghow keyst r
at egieswi llli
nkedt o
outcomel i
mitsl eadersabil
it
yt ol earnhowt heywi lli
mpr ove.Thi sf or
um seekst oamel ior
atet hi
s
problem ofawar enessbyest iblishingandst andardizingt wokeyassessmentpr ocessesgear ed
atunder standingwhatwi l
lhappent ot hepeopleint hisfir
stev erFor um.I ti
sourbel i
efpeopl eof
thi
sf i
rstforum wi l
lhelpusstrategisef orourLLGpr omot i
ngappr opriateadv isingsuppor tforthe
publi
corpar t
icipant s.

Ty
pesofdat
atobecol
l
ect
ed

Constantwi t
ht he evaluation pl
an out l
i
ned,t hisf orum willinclude both quanti
tative and
quali
tati
vemeasur es.Thet wokeyassessmentact iv
iti
est hatwil
lbet hefocusoft hi
sf orum wil
l
be:
a)dev el
opmentandpr eli
mi nar
yv al
idati
onofani nventoryofbel onging,supportandpeopl e
expectati
onsusingexempl arsfr
om existi
ngorup- comi ngeventand,
b)estibl
ishingapr ocessf orint
ervi
ewingasmal l,strategical
l
yselect edsampleofpar t
ici
pants
fr
om thepr ogram andit'
simpactonski l
l
sf orsuccess.

KeyResear chQuesti
ons
1.Howwi llwestrategi
esandcontribut
et othesuccessoft hisevent
?
2.Specif
icall
y,how wi l
lpart
ici
pantsint hi
sf i
rstforum intensi
vebridgeandadv i
singact i
vi
ti
es
cont
ri
butet oself-r
eportedsenseofbel onging,connecti
onandsuppor taswellasr el
igi
onand
soci
alengagementasmeasur edbymul ti
plebehav i
oralandper f
ormanceindi
cat
ors?
3.Howwi llweint
egr at
ef i
ndi
ngsfrom vari
ousassessmenti ntokeydecision-
maki
ngdi scussi
ons?

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

Thereisaclearunderst
andi
ngt
hatrunni
ngofeventsisnotsuffi
cienttopromotelearni
ngnot
i
ncreaseunder
standi
ngofhowpeopl
eexperi
encesucheventanddevelopthenecessar
yskil
lsf
or
theLLGsuccess.

Pl
an f
or Shar
ing Resul
t and usi
ng Out
comes f
or
i
mprov
ementpur
pose.

Thef or
um want
st oassesscomponent
softhef i
rstyearexper
ienceforum par
tici
pantsencounter
withthegoalofshari
ngtheresul
tswit
htheent i
redistr
ictl
eadershipi
nanef forttoeducateand
evaluat
ebestpract
iceinsuppor
ti
ngthefi
rsteverOpenFor um inthi
sdistr
ictt
heYuatLLGr un.In
aef for
ttoimproveandt akingaleadi
ngr ol
e,t heprogram willusether esultt
ost retched
thr
oughoutthedist
ri
ctandprovi
nci
all
evel
.

Tabl
e:Ti
mel
i
neofkeyact
ivi
ti
es&desi
rabl
eassessmentout
come

*
Whenwi
l
ltheort
askoccur
e?
*
Whati stheassessmentactivi
tyort
ask?
Revi
ewResul t
*
Whowi l
lcompletethetask?
Theteam
*
Whati stheendr esul
t?
Shor
tbiography
*
Howwi l
liti
nformimprovement?
Bui
ldint
ernalcapaci
ty/r
esear
chknowledge

BudgetNar
rat
ive

Thedet ai
l
edbudgetthatwillcovert
heOpenForum whichwil
lbeasaassessmentandwil
lbea
tr
ialconduct
edatYuatLLG,Angor am,EastSepi
kProv
inceisyett
obediscussedoncet
heevent
i
sconf i
rmedbytheparti
cipantsandpeopl
eofYuat.