Political Party Dialogue â A facilitators guide

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4 Political Party Dialogue: A Facilitator’s GuideContentsForeword 10Preface 12Acknowledgements 14Executive summary 16About this Guide 20PART I: Political party dialogue: general characteristics 23Chapter 1: Defining political party dialogue 241.1 Competition and cooperation between political parties 251.2 Some examples of cooperation mechanisms 261.3 Spaces for dialogue within and outside parliament 271.4 Creating different inter-party dynamics 291.5 Strengthening the role of political parties 301.6 Other actors involved in the dialogue 301.7 Dialogue facilitation 30Chapter 2: The role of a facilitator 322.1 Impartiality versus neutrality 322.2 Political sensitivity 332.3 Creating party ownership 342.4 Promoting sustainable dialogue 362.5 Fostering an inclusive dialogue: avoiding elite politics 372.6 The importance of agreeing on the facilitator’s role 38Chapter 3: Assessing the political environment 403.1 Comprehensive assessments of political environments 403.2 Limitations of comprehensive assessments 413.3 Specific needs assessments 413.4 The need for continuous reassessment of political contexts 42
International IDEA / NIMD / The Oslo Center5PART II: Political party dialogue in practice 45Chapter 4: Dialogue stages and dynamics 464.1 Process in theory: the five basic stages of dialogue 464.2 Process in practice: dialogue can be highly unpredictable 49Chapter 5: Setting goals and agendas 505.1 Consultative goal and agenda setting 505.2 Balancing party needs and incentives 515.3 Differences in parties’ influencing power 525.4 Diverging political agendas 535.5 Long- and short-term goals 54Chapter 6: Supporting political reform and national development 556.1 Creating a minimum level of inter-party trust 556.2. Responding to changes in the external environment 566.3 Developing a political reform agenda 576.4 Drafting a national development agenda 60Chapter 7: Timing and the electoral cycle 627.1 Time is both an ally and an enemy 627.2 The timing of a dialogue process 637.3 Anticipating moments of high pressure 637.4 The role of the facilitator: anticipating events 647.5 The electoral cycle 647.6 Political party dialogue in the four phases of the electoral cycle 657.7 The influence of the electoral cycle on political party dialogue 677.8 Political parties’ own time-related processes 697.9 Timing and established dialogue platforms 697.10 Dialogue with electoral management bodies 69Chapter 8: Designing a dialogue’s organizational structure 728.1 Informal versus institutionalized platforms 728.2 Governing bodies for political party dialogue processes 778.3 Two examples of organizational charts for dialogue structures 798.4 Replicating structures at the local level 818.5 The changing nature of organizational structures 82
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