2009

• CALD Leaders’ Political Campaign Roundtable
  1-4 February 2009 | Manila, Philippines
  A workshop organized with the support of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) and hosted by the Liberal Party of the Philippines (LP) that focused on two strategic areas that clinched victory areas that clinched victory for Senator Obama: 1) operations and organization building and 2) messaging and communication. With the Theme “Expanding Spaces and Opportunities for Alternative Political Campaigns and Interventions,” the roundtable discussion facilitated by Joe Hansen, a key democratic strategist in the Obama campaign, included 15 Memebers of Parliament, government officials and high-ranking officers/members of party headquarters from CALD member parties.
• CALD 15th Anniversary Conference
  27-30 March 2009 | Bangkok, Thailand
  With the global economy the midst of a severe crisis, the conference worked on the theme “Liberal Responses to the Global Economic Crisis” to create dialogue between policy makers and economists that focus on the policy responses needed today and to develop ideas of what a liberal policy response could look like – from both the government and the opposition. THis conference was supported by FNF and hosted by the Democrat Party of Thailand.
• CALD Women’s Caucus Strategic Planning Meeting
  18-22 May 2009 | Batanes, Philippines
  With the theme, “Setting the CALD Women’s Caucus Agenda: Defining Action and Policy Initiatives,” this workshop aimed to identify how the Caucus could be further strengthened and developed as an  institution that integrates a women’s focus in CALD activities and continues to identify key issues and concerns of women in politics. This workshop supported by FNF and hosted by LP.
• CALD 6th Communication Workshop
  2-6 September 2009 | Hong Kong
  A workshop designed to understand Web 2.0 and the new technologies shaping political communication and campaign strategies. With the theme “Strengthening Political Communication and Campaigns: Asian Democracies in the Age of Web 2.0” the event proposed to craft clear guidelines for new media and innovative communication strategies that member parties of CALD and CALD as an organization can adopt the use for party development and campaigns. This was supported by FNF and hosted by Democrat Party of Hong Kong.

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