Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel speaking at the opening of the brainstorming and strategic meeting.
Dharuhera, Haryana: Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile organized a five-day brainstorming and strategic meeting from 19th September 2022 to 23rd September 2022 today at Dharuhera in Haryana, near to Delhi. This meeting is being attended by all the parliamentarians of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile led by Speaker Khenpo Sonam Tenphel and Deputy Speaker Dolma Tsering Teykhang.
Members of the Parliament discussing on ways to build an effective advocacy strategy and setting priorities with the available tools and platforms.
In the opening session, the Speaker announced to the parliamentarians the procedure of organizing the meeting from its initial phase to its final moment, he clarified how the Speakers for the five-day meeting who are influential scholars and dignitaries were invited to make the best out of this meeting.
Members of the Parliament discussing on ways to build an effective advocacy strategy and setting priorities with the available tools and platforms.
Advising the parliamentarian to pay their rapt attention, the Speaker further informed the attendees of the agendas that are going to be discussed and strategized during the meeting and asked them to bring the collective effort of everyone to make the meeting productive and successful.
Members of the Parliament discussing on ways to build an effective advocacy strategy and setting priorities with the available tools and platforms.
The meeting commenced with Margaret Curran, former Scottish and member of House of Commons, the United Kingdom, making a presentation on strategic planning, international advocacy, and communications strategy.
Members of the Parliament discussing on ways to build an effective advocacy strategy and setting priorities with the available tools and platforms.
Topics including ways to build an effective advocacy strategy and setting priorities with the available tools and platforms were deliberated with parliamentarians enthusiastically participating in the meeting.
Members of the Parliament discussing on ways to build an effective advocacy strategy and setting priorities with the available tools and platforms.
Parliamentarians were active in sharing their thoughts and raising their doubts on key advocacy skills, the art of communication, and on ways to maximize their influence while engaging in the activities set exclusively to make the meeting more constructive.
Members of the Parliament discussing on ways to build an effective advocacy strategy and setting priorities with the available tools and platforms.
In the following days, parliamentarians will be briefed on numerous other topics including China’s policy on Tibet, Asia and especially India’s role in Tibet’s issue, the Tibet factor in ASEAN countries relationship, outreaching Indian parliamentarians, implications of Chinese military strategy for Tibet, India, and for the world at large.
Members of the Parliament discussing on ways to build an effective advocacy strategy and setting priorities with the available tools and platforms.
Relevance of Tibet in International Relations, geopolitical issues on climate change, and importance of media on Tibetan issues will also be discussed in the later part of the conference.
