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- 6th CALD Party Management Workshop
11-14 March 2016 | Singapore
The sixth installment in the Political Party Management series, the workshop’s overall goal was to strengthen the competencies of CALD member-parties (and CALD as a network of political parties) in strategic planning by familiarizing themselves with its process and relevant best practices. It had as theme “Strategic Planning for Political Parties” and was hosted by the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP).
- 7th ALDE-CALD Meeting
30 May – 3 June 2016 | Brussels & Ghent, Belgium
Since 2004, CALD has been having a biennial summit with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), with the general objective of learning from each other’s experiences on crucial issues towards the advancement of the regionalization process in both regions. The 7th ALDE-CALD meeting that took place in Belgium had the theme “Bailout, Refugee Crisis, and Terrorism: Implication for Regional Integration” and had delegates drawing lessons from the European responses to the economic crisis, refugee issue, and terrorism, and how these affect regional integration. The event also tackled possible areas of cooperation between ALDE and CALD, with the hope of further institutionalizing and and strengthening relations between the two organizations.
- IFLRY-CALD Youth Climate Change Workshop
19-22 August 2016 | Bali, Indonesia
After a series of workshops and conferences to promote the Liberal Climate Change Agenda, it became imperative for CALD to think of how to translate ideas into action, strengthen the engagement among stakeholders, and come up with sustainable solutions to the global green crisis. Social media was pinpointed as an effective tool — and who better to wield it than the tech-savvy and ever-online youth? Thus, CALD, in partnership with CALD Youth, the International Federation of the Liberal Youth (IFLRY), and FNF organized the IFLRY-CALD Youth Climate Change Workshop that focused on “Social Media Campaign and Climate Change Advocacy”. Among its results was a social media action plan on how to advance youth initiatives and expand youth participation in the region.
- 11th CALD General Assembly
3-7 November | Bangkok, Thailand
CALD’s final project for 2016 was its 11th General Assembly that it organized in cooperation with the Democrat Party (DP) of Thailand, and with FNF support. With the theme “Liberalism vs Illiberalism: Which Side Does Asia Belong?” the event aimed to serve as a forum where the most pertinent issues and problems about the future of liberalism in the 21st century, particularly in Asia, could be raised and discussed. Another aim was to come up with a list of proposals on how liberal political parties can address these issues and problems, particularly those relating to the rise and persistence of populism and illiberalism. A Climate Change Public Forum, Party Network Workshop, Youth Forum on Climate Change, and CALD Executive Committee Meeting took place on the event’s sidelines.
- CALD Consultative Meeting on the Liberal Manifesto
24-26 February | Bangkok, Thailand
Leaders of political parties from 9 countries in Asia convened in Bangkok to discuss the new wave of populism, authoritarianism and extremism now gripping the region and the world. The political parties are members of CALD, a regional network of liberal and democratic political parties in Asia. The results of the CALD discussions in Bangkok will be presented to Liberal International (LI). In particular, CALD has proposed that the Manifesto must tackle the issues of inequalities and social injustice, which are relevant to Asians and have contributed to the rise of illiberalism.
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