The Public Opinion Programme (POP) at the University of Hong Kong is commissioned by the Secretariat of the “Occupy Central with Love and Peace” (OCLP) to organize the “OCLP Deliberation Series”, which aims to let members of the general public and supporters of the campaign formulate proposals for the 2017 CE Election through rational discussions. The event uses the concept of “deliberative democracy” established by Stanford University as blueprint, and invites the general public and campaign supporters to join the discussion and to look for solutions via rational discussions.
POP aims at providing the OCLP Secretariat a professional service to organize the “OCLP Deliberation Series”, in the hope of raising the operation and result of these deliberation activities to international standards. POP stays political neutral to the ‘OCLP’ Campaign per se, and the OCLP Secretariat has already pledged to give POP full autonomy in designing and conducting all activities in the Deliberation Series.
- DDay1
- Deliberative Poll on “CE Election Design”
The first Deliberation Day (DDay1) of the OCLP Deliberation Series was held in June 2013, comprised of one module for the general public and another module for campaign supporters. For the general public, POP invited Hong Kong citizens to participate in the event via random telephone calls, while for the campaign supporters, they were invited by the OCLP Secretariat. The following is an outline of the rundown of the day：
Date 9th June, 2013 (Sunday) Time 2:00 p.m. to 5:30p.m. Venue Designated place at the University of Hong Kong
Rundown：
Time
Procedure
Campaign supporters
General Public
13:00 – 14:00
Participant Registration
14:00 – 14:45
Plenary Sessions
The organizer introduces both the pro and con side of the event, the general public suggests topics to be discussed in small group discussions14:45 – 15:00
Participants go to small group discussion rooms
15:00 – 16:30
Small Group Discussions
Small groups to discuss the foreseeable problems that one might face in using Civil disobedience to occupy main streets in Central to strive for the Central government in accepting the CE election in 2017 to conform to international universal suffrage standards.16:30 – 16:45
Participants return to the plenary hall
16: 45 – 17:30
Plenary Sessions
Plenary representatives summarizes ten issues of “Occupy Central” discussed among different groups and participants share their experience in joining the Deliberative Day
Group representatives to report the discussion results and share their experience in joining the Deliberative Day
17:30
End of Session
Reference material of OCLP Deliberation Series DDay1 (Chinese pdf format only)
All participants of DDay 1, including citizens invited by POP or campaign supporters invited by the OCLP Secretariat, will need to register in advance. There will not be any walk-in registration.
Related Report:
“OCLP Deliberation Series DDay1” Preliminary Report (Chinese pdf only) “OCLP Deliberation Series DDay1” Activity Report (Chinese pdf only)
This is an experimental deliberative poll in the second round of activities of the “OCLP Deliberation Series”. It is designed and operated independently by POP, unaffected by any other person or organization. The experimental deliberative poll in the first round was conducted on June 9, 2013, when a large scale deliberative meeting was held in another venue. According to the latest plan, the second round of activities will comprise of an experimental deliberative poll, and a series of deliberative meetings organized by other organizations after reading POP guidelines. The following is an outline of the rundown of the day：
Date 29th September, 2013 (Sunday) Time 2:00 p.m. to 6:40p.m. Venue Centennial Campus,
the University of Hong Kong
Rundown：
Time
Procedure
13:00 – 13:45
Participant Registration
14:00 – 14:20
Plenary Session
Event moderator to introduce the event objectives, rundown and topics of small group discussions14:20 – 14:30
Participants go to small group discussion rooms
14:30 – 15:30
Small Group Discussion
Participants to discuss in groups of 10 led by trained facilitators15:30 – 15:40
Participants return to the plenary hall
15:40 – 16:50
Plenary Session
Representative of each small group to report the most important question(s) raised in group discussion for panel experts to respond16:50 – 17:00
Participants go to small group discussion rooms
17:00 – 18:00
Small Group Discussion
Participants to discuss in groups of 10 led by trained facilitators,
and to fill in a post-deliberation questionnaire18:00 – 18:10
Participants return to the plenary hall
18:10 – 18:40
Plenary Session
Experience sharing by event organizers and participants18:40
End of Session
Reference material of Deliberative Poll on “CE Election Design” (Chinese pdf format only)
Related Report:
“Deliberative Poll on ‘CE Election Design’” Activity Report (Chinese pdf only)
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