Political Parties in Democratic Societies

The first module, Knowing Module (01): Political Party Functions and Organisations in Democratic Societies has the following three objectives: (i) to provide participants with background knowledge on the diverse political and party systems in Asia, (ii) to enhance communication and party platform development skills of participants, and (iii) to nurture democratic leadership qualities of young leaders through the BDL framework.

Core topics would include political ideologies, intra-party democracy, and political and party systems in Asia. To complement these core topics, there will be elective topics based on the learning needs of the participants. Options for the elective topics may include political dynasties, corruption, transparency and accountability, party financing, etc. Meanwhile, for skills training, participants will undergo a workshop on pitching, framing, storytelling, public speaking, and party platform development. The final input of module one will be a workshop on democratic leadership values through the Bridging Democratic Leadership framework. Session 01 of the BDL will focus on the topic of ownership.

Each module will have corresponding deliverables. For this module, the required output are the following: pitching, storytelling, and BDL outputs (leadership journey, leadership capital and development plan, giving voice to values, and public narrative).