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Politician Entry, Selection, and Performance Project in Sierra Leone 2 nd PROGRESS REPORT Period covered: 1 st January to 15 th March 2018 Contacts: Joseph Jimmy Sankaituah Charline Burton Country Director, Sierra Leone Regional Program Manager West Africa [email protected] [email protected]

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Politician Entry, Selection, and Performance Project in Sierra Leone

2nd PROGRESS REPORT

Period covered: 1st January to 15th March 2018

Contacts:

Joseph Jimmy Sankaituah Charline Burton

Country Director, Sierra Leone Regional Program Manager West Africa

[email protected] [email protected]

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Table of content

1. Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 3

2. Activities implemented ..................................................................................................................... 3

I. Five Meetings held with partners (IPA and IGC) to plan for the inter-debates ............................ 3

II. Identification and recruitment of 45 Community Mobilizers to create additional awareness and

mobilize citizens to turn out for the screenings .................................................................................... 5

III. Develop inter-party debate methodology and questions for the debates................................... 5

IV. Training of Facilitators and Moderators for Inter-Party Debates .............................................. 6

V. Develop and distribute messages promoting the debates/screenings and build networks and

support from local leaders to support local mobilization of citizens. ................................................... 6

VI. Mobilization of filming/editing equipment ............................................................................... 8

VII. Filming of debates ..................................................................................................................... 8

VIII. Editing of the debates ................................................................................................................ 9

IX. Screening of debates ................................................................................................................. 9

3. Key challenges that the project faced that are worth noting for future consideration ..................... 10

4. Key outcomes achieved under the project during the period .......................................................... 12

5. Financial Reporting Results .............................................................................................................. 1

6. Operational Management and Outcome ........................................................................................... 1

7. Plan of activities for the upcoming months....................................................................................... 1

8. Assessment of whether the deliverables will be issued in accordance with the project deadlines. .. 2

9. Appendices ........................................................................................................................................ 2

Appendix 1: Schedule for debate Screening ......................................................................................... 3

Appendix 2: Debate Screening Schedule .............................................................................................. 5

Appendix 3: sample photos of Public Screenings at Night ................................................................... 7

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1. Summary

This report comprises of activities that were implemented during the 1st January to 15th March

2018 period, in fulfillment of the requirement in the Project Contract, signed in November 2017.

Over that period, the following activities have been accomplished:

• 5 meetings held with partners (IPA and IGC) to plan for the inter-party debates;

• Identification and recruitment of 45 Community Mobilizers to create additional

awareness and mobilize citizens to turn out for the screenings;

• Training of 4 facilitators and 5 moderators for Inter-Party Debates;

• Development and distribution of 2 messages promoting the debates/screenings and

building networks and support from local leaders to support local mobilization of

citizens;

• Develop debate methodology and questions for the debate;

• One planning meeting with debate moderators;

• Mobilisation of filming/editing equipment;

• 45 debates filmed in 45 constituencies with 159 candidates from 12 political parties;

• 94 debates screened in 94 locations with a minimum of 32,550 people in attendance.

2. Activities implemented

This section of the report provides a detailed overview of the activities implemented during the

reporting period.

I. Five Meetings held with partners (IPA and IGC) to plan for the inter-

debates

Five formal meetings were held at Search’s office among partners that focused mainly on planning

for the inter-party debates, several other informal meetings between the Project Officer of Search

and one representatives from Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) and or International Growth

Centre (IGC) to agree on implementation strategies, troubleshooting and actions that facilitate

successful implementation of activities before the elections day. Everything needed for the

successful implementation of the debates in February and March were planned in the meetings

held in January.

Table 1: Summary of Search - IPA meetings held

# Date

1 17th January 2018

2 23rd January 2018

3 25th January 2018

4 29th January 2018

5 31st January 2018

6 18th February 2018

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On the 17th January 2018, a meeting called at Search’s office in Tengbeh Town was attended by

Joseph Jimmy Sankaituah, Sierra Leone Country Director at Search, Emrys Savage, Media

Coordinator of Search, Niccolo Meriggi, Debate Project Officer, Abu Bakarr and Alhassan

George, International Growth Centre, and Chiara Amato and Arthur Baker, Innovations for

Poverty Action. Lessons learnt from the intra-party debates, among other issues, were shared with

partners and suggestions were made for lessons that had negative impact to the project. These

lessons are listed below:

● Increase the information available to the public about the purpose of the debates in

advance of debate shooting and screening

● To conduct the survey before intra-party debates with party aspirants, which took

longer than expected. It is agreed that IPA will find a way to reduce the interview

time.

● It is highlighted that the Debate Management Team at Search was effective in

managing the affairs of the project and therefore should retain the same for the inter-

party activities to promote ownership.

● To increase the presence of security and the timeline for the conduct of the inter-party

debates, which is very pertinent to the meeting. By the close of the meeting, it was

agreed that the following be achieved before 26th January 2018:

o Create a targeted constituency list, to be done by IGC

o Write letters to the political parties, to be done by IGC

o Produce jingles, to be done by Search after the Constituency list is out

o Finalize debates filming schedule, to be done by Search

Search also held meetings on the 23rd, 25th, 29th and 31st January 2018. The frequency of the

meetings tells the seriousness of partners toward the success of the projects. In one of such

meetings, partners agreed to start the debates with 30 constituencies while 15 to be handled as

debates on demand from the candidates. We also agreed in one of the meetings that candidates

should be filmed in one location within the constituency, and all candidates must be in attendance.

The caveat there was that, should one candidate, from either APC or SLPP, not be present; the

filming crew should wait for him/her up to a period of hours, a day or two depending on the

location of the campaign engagements.

One very important meeting was summoned by the Country Director of Search on the 18th

February 2018 at the Search Conference room to troubleshoot issues of poor attendance at the

Screening events in the field. Two screenings were done in different location in each constituency,

one of which the IPA data collectors would take note of every events that unfolded during the

process of the screening. However, because the Researchers were too quick to send photos of the

screening to show the attendance, IPA country office officials were concern and made their points

through the debate management Social Media group which led to a meeting to address the reasons

for poor attendance at the start of the screening and to proffer new community mobilization

methods to mitigate the problem.

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II. Identification and recruitment of 45 Community Mobilizers to create

additional awareness and mobilize citizens to turn out for the screenings

Four teams were dispatched into the field to cover the four regions in Sierra Leone, where the

debates would be held, prior to the inception of the inter party debates. This activity was

undertaken on the 24th to 26th January 2018, to ensure that stakeholders in the selected 45

constituencies are aware of the project, the intent and purpose, start and end dates. This visit was

intended to recruit local mobilizers who understood the terrain and were rooted in the

constituencies. A screening facilitator, who speaks the local lingua franca of the people, is needed

to facilitate the conversation in a way that enables all those in the screening hall to understand the

discussion between the candidates.

The visit was also intended to orientate the Community Mobilizers in advance of the screenings in

order to avoid the issue of low turnout for the screening. The outcome of the team’s visit included:

● 45 mobilisers (11 women and 28 men) recruited and oriented toward the debate

● 45 lingua franca interpreters (6 women and 39 men) recruited and orientated

● 90 video screening centers identified by the Community Mobilizers

III. Develop inter-party debate methodology and questions for the debates

The goal of the project is to “Contribute to better governance of constituencies through

citizens’ participation in the electoral processes in Sierra Leone”. To achieve this, voters must

be better informed of their candidate’s policy plans in targeted constituencies and citizens should

be able to influence party candidates’ selection in their constituencies.

For this purpose, Search in consultations with IPA and IGC targeted 50 intra-party and 45 inter-

party debates in randomly identified locations across the country. As stated among others in the

previous report, the implementation strategy for the intra-party debate was altered to suit the survey

aspect of the project, extending the number of days the debates screening teams spent in the field

from 10 to 30 days.

For the inter-party debate process, the survey was initially planned to come after the elections but

as planning went on in several meetings with IPA and IGC, the survey interview strategy was

changed to take place during the screening phase, which altered Search’s implementation strategy.

Another change in the survey that affected the implementation methodology was when the filming

teams had to wait for the two main parties, APC and SLPP, in each constituency so that the effect

of their presence in the debate will be felt in the IPA survey. It became an issue because this was

not in the original implementation plan in the project document.

By 25th January 2018, questions for the debates were developed by IGC and shared with partners

for review and feedback. The Debate Moderators were also given the opportunity to review the

questions and adjust them along the lines of the contextual issues in Sierra Leone based on their

understanding. The final set of questions for the inter-party debates was divided into segments for

easy reference for the moderators. They included:

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● The introduction, where candidates would have to give a brief background about

themselves and say what qualifies them to be a Member of Parliament;

● The National Policy area, where candidates were expected to respond to questions of

priority issues and the Constituency Facilitation Fund, done by CFF;

● The optional area that allows the candidates to answer questions either on education, health,

corruption, youth or agriculture, etc.

● Questions that are specific to the district in which the constituency is located.

IV. Training of Facilitators and Moderators for Inter-Party Debates

One-day refresher training for moderators and facilitators who had been part of the intra-party

primaries debates was conducted on 5th February 2018 at Search’s Jamboria Drive Office. In the

training, key lessons from the intra-party debates were shared to increase the learning and agree

together how to use those lessons to improve the Inter-party debate moderation and facilitation.

There were 10 moderators (4 female and 6 male) and 5 male facilitators. Yuen Ho and Chiara

Amato, of IPA attended the training and provided useful background information about the

research components of the project and the relationship between the screening team and the

research team.

IPA took some time to drill all participants through the debates script including the questions and

the approach to administer it during the debates. Moderators were given the time contextualize the

questions and reflect on their previous experience with the intra-party debate in line with issues

that prevail in the districts or constituencies. At the end of the refresher training, moderators were

placed into teams for the debates to facilitate coordination and planning of their schedule, as most

of them were full time employees of their institutions.

V. Develop and distribute messages promoting the debates/screenings and

build networks and support from local leaders to support local

mobilization of citizens.

Between January and February 2018 when the debates filming and screenings were at the peak of

implementation, there was intense use of the social media to distribute messages to citizens about

the inter-party debates and screening in some selected communities around the country. The

Debate Project Officer, in collaboration with the Media and Technical Unit of Search, developed

and disseminated parliamentary debates and screening messages through WhatsApp and Facebook

before and during the intra-party primaries debates and before and during the Inter-party debates

and screenings. Search’s Frontline SMS software was also used to send mass messages to citizens

about the debates. This exercise was also complement by IPA and IGC who had access to the cell

contacts of all registered voters in the constituencies where the screenings were targeted; few hours

before the screening time, all registered voters who have cell contacts that function would receive

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an SMS inviting them to attend the screening. This largely helped in the mobilization of constituent

to the screening venues. These social media platforms were used as:

● Platforms to enhance the understanding of social media users about the importance of

debates amongst and between candidates

● Forum to publicize the dates and venues of the conduct of debates and screening in

specified Voter Registration Centers in the constituencies.

● Forum to disseminate messages to Community Mobilizers, Screening Facilitators,

constituency Stakeholders and Party executives

● To collect important data about party executives contacts, venues and availability of

some candidates

● To facilitate coordination and information sharing between and amongst implementing

partners and teams in the field

In addition to the above usage of social media, there were discussions on Facebook pages and

WhatsApp groups about the debates. From the discussions on Facebook and WhatsApp, citizens

thoughts and perspectives of debates before elections came out as listed below:

● People have fixed mindset in relation to the political set up in the country; they believe

that the debate would not change voting by region, race, or tribe

● Some contributors believe that if the debates could have a nationalistic outlook and be

made a statutory event in the electioneering cycle, then the impact would be greater

● From another angle, some thought that having debates in Political Parties primary

election or selection for party symbol should have more impact than the inter-party

debates

● Other schools of thought held the view that debates will upgrade our democracy and

will eventually change people’s perception on regional or tribal allegiance to vote

representative into governance

● The debate was perceived by some as a novelty that can bring a change to the country’s

democracy

The M&E Unit of Search facilitates discussions on topics related to the debate and provided the

forum for comments. The Debates Project Officer who moderated most of the discussions around

the Intra- and Inter-party debates then respond to those comments.

Search’s radio station partners across the constituencies were encouraged to discuss the debate on

their radio stations. A few of the radio partners reached out to Search’s Country Director seeking

partnership to facilitate on radio debate in the location between candidates of different political

parties. This request has implication for the research component of the debate led by IPA therefore

Search did not encourage any such collaboration or partnership. In addition, Search’s relationship

with the Independent Radio Network partners was used to disseminate jingles ahead of the Intra-

party and Inter-party debates in constituencies where the project was being implemented.

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VI. Mobilization of filming/editing equipment

● Search purchased two cameras and rented three cameras to support the five debate

filming teams

● IPA put in place additional SD cards to support the filming teams in the field with extra

space to store materials and time to film candidates who were difficult to locate for the

first set of filming.

● Two Computers and one DVD label printer were also purchased and brought in to

facilitate the work

● 500 hundred printable DVDs were purchased ahead of the editing.

● Five sets of projectors and screens were also put in place before the screenings together

with PA systems to support citizen’s mobilization and efficiency sound for the public

during screening.

● Rented vehicles were mobilized in advance as political parties were also hiring vehicles

for campaign. In some cases, vehicles belonging to individuals were hired to fill the gap

created due to high vehicle demand during the peak of the political campaign.

VII. Filming of debates

Search had five debate filming teams with five cameras. The filming teams included the

Cameramen, Moderators, and the Soundmen. These teams were dispatched on the 7th February

2018 to shoot 45 debates in 45 constituencies in Kenema, Kailahun, Kono in the eastern region;

Bo, Pujehun, Bonthe, Moyamba in the south; Kambia, Portloko, Karene in the Northwest and

Koinadugu, Tonkolili, Bombali in the North. A total of 12 political parties participated in the

debates 159 candidates represented these political parties, with Sierra Leone People’s Party –

SLPP and the All People’s Congress – APC having 33 representative each. This shows that the

SLPP would participate only when they know that APC would be in the panel and visi-vasa. We

also had the Coalition for Change – C4C, the Alliance Democratic Party – ADP, the National

Grand Coalition - NGC and the Citizens Democratic party – CDP, forming the six major parties

that participated in the project. The NGC had 21 candidates, ADP 20, CDP 20 while other parties

put together had 32 representatives in the debates. For details of parties that participated in the

debates please see the matrix as an annex to this report.

At the time of the filming, it was not difficult to secure the committee of candidates from SLPP or

APC to our schedule because of their very busy campaign schedules in areas with no telephone

coverage. These two political parties were most significant to the survey as well as to the overall

success of the project. They are the two largest parties with significant following. On several

occasions, we had to delay in some constituencies for hours or even a day to have candidates from

these parties to participate. This also led to the extension of the number of days that each debate

team had to spend in the field. This extension also has budgetary implications. In most cases,

candidates were filmed separately not because of political differences but because the candidates

would be so busy that the filming teams would film the available candidates in one location and

move to another location where they would access the other candidate to be filmed.

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Regarding candidates representing their parties, we have to agree that parliamentary debate is a

new idea and most of the other parties besides the APC and SLPP do not have representatives in

all the 132 constituencies across the country, but the interest shown so far is a clear indication that

in subsequent elections, the voters as well as the candidates would want to see and be part of a

debate. Most of the candidates and the few educated voters perceived the debates as the best means

to select aspirants for symbol and Parliamentary candidates.

VIII. Editing of the debates

A three-man editing team headed by Search’s Media Coordinator was set up to edit and burn DVDs

and facilitate distribution to the field for screening. At the studio, the Media Coordinator and his

team had a delay while waiting on candidates who were not filmed in the field due to their busy

schedules to come to Search’s office for firming. This activity is so technical that we had to

outsource experts in video editing to assist the existing set up we had at Search. The DVDs were

produced on a daily basis as and when is complete to support the Screening teams in the field so

that no day would go by without an event in the field. To ensure that there is no delay and promote

efficiency, Search and partners agreed to have two sets of people conveying materials on SD cards

from the Filming teams to the studio at Search and another team that take completed DVDs from

the studio to the Screening teams. These transporters of footages and DVDs oscillated between the

studio Editing team and the Screening and Filming teams, ensuring they meet the field teams

wherever they would be found at that moment.

To merge footages of the same background but with different time and location was very difficult,

especially when the candidate would only be available the next day when the moderator is in

another attire, affecting the continuity, the shade and the contrast of the end video. Nevertheless,

the editors were professional enough to ensure that the best video came out with little or no

suspicions of a cut and join video footage.

IX. Screening of debates

5 teams did 84 screening and the Supplementary team did 10, total is 94

Search had 5 screening teams that had 16 screenings each, with 1 auxiliary team setup by IPA and

Search, to screen 5 debates that were delayed by either of the two main political party candidates.

The screening teams comprised a lead facilitator and technical person with 1 IPA enumerator. In

order to have all the activities done with the available time left before the elections, screening

started on the 15th February 2018 while the filming crews were still shooting some debates. Each

team screened 16 debates amounting to 80 screenings while two teams did extra two screenings

and the IPA supplementary team did 10 screenings. In all, 94 screenings were done in 45

constituencies about the original 90 screenings budgeted.

Knowing that screening could not go on without the footage from the debates that are to be edited

before screening, Search and its partners developed a field operation strategy that was used to keep

the filming and screening teams uninterrupted as time was of the essence. Ten individuals from

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IPA worked closely with Search’s editing, filming and screening teams to act as “transporters”.

Each filming team was assigned one person to move with SD cards from the field to the video

editors at Search’s Tengbeh Office, while another set of 5 persons were responsible to transport

the edited debates in DVDs to the screening teams. This arrangement facilitated more efficient

work.

In cases where candidates were filmed separately during the debates and the editing team combined

the two footages to be one, there were instances where candidates wanted to stop the screenings

because to them it is impossible to have somebody who was not of a debate that had few

participants and when it came out of the editing studio a party that was absent has a representatives.

Due to the innovation in piecing together the footages, Some candidates thought Search and IPA

were in support of their opponents.

Fig 1: illustration on the field coordination

3. Key challenges that the project faced that are worth noting for future

consideration

In this period of the project, implementation issues were identified that constrained the

smooth running of certain activities:

● The unavailability of the best set journalists who were trained to moderate during the peak

of debate. This was largely due to demand on their time to moderate other election related

programmes at their institutions

● Getting the targeted constituency lists from the National Electoral Commission on time

● Meeting with the Secretary Generals of the two main political parties, SLPP and APC, to

have their consent for the inter-party debates, even after letters were sent to them.

● The Political Parties to accept journalists who would moderate the debates because there

were questions of credibility and neutrality. This issue was anticipated in advance and the

mitigation was to send the list of moderators to the parties so that they can vet the

moderators in advance.

● Getting some candidates of the two main political parties to attend the debates was a

challenge in some cases as many were busy with campaigning and other party

responsibilities or were hesitant to participate despite instructions from their party

hierarchy.

SD Cards Conveyors

Editing

Studio

Filming

teams DVDs Conveyors

Screening

teams

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● In some instances, one political party representative would not participate in the debate

because the sessions were done in the lingua franca – Krio arguing that English language

is used in Parliament. The filming teams would spend hours to convince that candidates to

accept for the debate to be Krio.

● Communication about the survey strategy was limited at the beginning which affected the

role out of the field activities thereby causing change in the implementation plan.

● One of Search’s screening teams was involved in road accident when returning from a

screening. This unfortunate incident happened on the 3rd March 2018, with 4 people

onboarding the vehicle who sustained various injuries. There condition has since improved.

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4. Key outcomes achieved under the project during the period

Between 1 January and 15 March 2018, a lot of actions took place for which the following

outcomes were achieved:

▪ EMBs and at least 12 key political parties consented to participated in the debate and

cooperated with the full execution of the project

▪ Political candidates and Parties executive at the local levels were mobilized for the debates

▪ Public information about the debate disseminated on social and mainstream media

▪ Adequate filming, editing and screening equipment were mobilized include some brought

into the Country (Cameras, Projectors and Screens, DVD burner, DVD label printer and

the DVDs)

▪ 45 constituencies were mobilized and prepared for debate filming after parliamentary

candidates had given their consent to participate in the debates.

▪ Refresher training for ten (10) Journalists - 4 female and 6 males in debate moderation and

facilitation

▪ Debate questions were developed and finalized with all partners and moderators

▪ MOU signed with moderators with 5 moderators, 5 Soundmen and 3 Cameramen.

▪ MOUs signed with partner radio stations for the airing of the audio versions of the inter-

party debates.

▪ MOUs signed for screening with 4 Lead Facilitators and 5 Technical Persons.

▪ 45 Community/Constituency Mobilizers 11 female and 34 males were identified and

recruited to support community mobilization and participation in the debate.

▪ 45 Lingua Franca translators recruited – 6 females and 39 males to ensure improve

understanding of the issues discussed in the debates

Outcomes of the Filming, Editing and Screening:

● 45 debates filmed in 45 constituencies

● 159 Political party parliamentary candidates participated the debates

● 94 screenings achieved

● Over 32,000 residents in communities participate in the screening of the videos

Table 2: Matrix of political parties and their representations in the Debates

5. Financial Reporting Results

Please see the financial reports in a separate document

6. Operational Management and Outcome

This project is implemented by Search for Common Ground, in partnership with Innovations

Poverty Action and International Growth Center, with clearly defined partners’’ roles and

responsibilities. To achieve the target of the project, partners agreed to make Search’s office as the

hub for operations where IGC and IPA staff would station to make calls to political parties and

candidates, impressing on them to part take in the debates as well coordinate on critical decision

making. The Hub was also used to regroup for quick decision making on issues in the field that

needed stakeholders’ attention. For example, we regroup at one point to talk about low turnout for

screenings. It was agreed that the screening team reinforces the efforts of the community

mobilizers by going into the screening location early and use the PA system to increase information

about the screening. It was also agreed that IPA and Search team increase their engagement at the

field.

The existing of the WhatsApp Debate Management Central Control Structure used to manage the

field for the intra party primary debates was not dissolved but built upon and further strengthened

by bringing in key decision maker to facilitate inclusive decision making about the project. For

example, most of the decision makers who travelled outside the Country could contribute to

decision within the group on important matters. This facilitated the bringing-in of additional SD

cards to support the debate filming teams.

Despite all the efforts, getting parliamentary candidate’s full participation warranted members of

this management to meet party executives at National levels at their party offices repeatedly to

impress on them for their party’s participation. This does not mean that they were not interested

but because Debate of this nature is still evolving. It would take the next elections after testing

debates in bye-election for parties to begin demanding debate as a way of boosting their chances

of winning

7. Plan of activities for the upcoming months

The table below presents the plan of activities for the next months with proposal time frame for

completion of each separate activity.

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Table 3: Upcoming activities

Activity Proposed timeframe Responsible

Person/Group

Post Field activities meeting with Partners –

IPA, IGC, Screening Facilitators and

Moderators

16th March 2018 Project Officer

Gather and complete all Field Report with

Deliverables from Facilitators

21st March 2018 Project Officer

Follow up on Facebook and WhatsApp to

assess contribution from members towards

the outcomes of Debates and Screenings

16th March 2018 Project Officer

Submission of 4th Tranche Report 31st March 2018 Project Officer and

Country Director

Submission of final Report 15th April 2018 Project Officer and

Country Director

8. Assessment of whether the deliverables will be issued in

accordance with the project deadlines.

Search for Common Ground commits to notify IPA promptly if the agreed project timeline is under

any level of threat beyond control.

Attached to this report are deliverables to be reviewed.

1. Field Report with Feedbacks for 19 Debates

2. Signed Memorandum of Understanding with partners (Screening Teams and the Debate

filming teams including the Moderators

3. Minutes of meetings with Partners

4. Debate Questions for Inter-party debates

5. Attendance list of Community Mobilizers and Lingua Franca Facilitators.

9. Appendices

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Appendix 1: Schedule for debate Screening

Debates Filming

S

N Crew Composition Designation/Tel

Date for

Debate

Debates

Locations

Cons

No District

1

Diamond

Fouad Kargbo

Cameraman/

077254628,

078629339 7-Feb-18 79 Bo

Zachius

Leomie Sound Technician/ 8-Feb-18 81 Bo

Willie

Sylvanus

Collier

Moderator/076

689451 9-Feb-18 83 Bo

10-Feb-18 Travel to edit

11-Feb-18 Travel to shoot

12-Feb-18 87 Bo

13-Feb-18 99 Pujehun

14-Feb-18 100 Pujehun

15-Feb-18 Travel to edit

16-Feb-18 Travel to shoot

17-Feb-18 103 Pujehun

18-Feb-18 96 Moyamba

19-Feb-18 1 Kailahun

2

Gold

Patrick Conteh

Moderator /088

986347 7-Feb-18 33 Bombali

Ibrahim

Bangura

Cameraman/

78048123, 077234850 8-Feb-18 34 Bombali

Bolo Sound Technician/ 9-Feb-18 24 Kono

10-Feb-18 Travel to edit

11-Feb-18 Travel to shoot

12-Feb-18 25 Kono

13-Feb-18 27 Kono

14-Feb-18 50 Tonkolili

15-Feb-18 Travel to edit

16-Feb-18 Travel to shoot

17-Feb-18 49 Tonkolili

18-Feb-18 44

Koinadugu/Kab

ala

19-Feb-18 3 Kailahun

3

Rutile

Patricia Conteh

Moderator/ 079

155000 7-Feb-18 6 Kailahun

George Lewis

Cameraman/

077299319 8-Feb-18 9 Kailahun

Mohamed

Kamara Sound Technician/ 9-Feb-18 10 Kailahun

10-Feb-18 Travel to edit

11-Feb-18 Travel to shoot

12-Feb-18 12 Kenema

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13-Feb-18 16 Kenema

14-Feb-18 19 Kenema

15-Feb-18 Travel to edit

16-Feb-18 Travel to shoot

17-Feb-18 91 Bonthe

18-Feb-18 4 Kailahun

19-Feb-18 8 Kailahun

4

Bauxite

Stom Koroma

Moderator/ 076

387221 7-Feb-18 58 Kambia

Abdul Rahman

Jalloh Camera/076 364966 8-Feb-18 63 Karene

Abdul Aziz Sound Technician/ 9-Feb-18 70 Port Loko

10-Feb-18 Travel to edit

11-Feb-18 Travel to shoot

12-Feb-18 73 Port Loko

13-Feb-18 75 Port Loko

14-Feb-18 61 Kambia

15-Feb-18 Travel to edit

16-Feb-18 66 Karene

17-Feb-18 110 Western Rural

18-Feb-18 88 Bo

19-Feb-18

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Ore

Emrys Savage

Team Lead/ 076

607882 7-Feb-18 111 Western Rural

Martha Kargbo

Moderator/078

537519 8-Feb-18 116 Western Urban

Ibrahim

Koroma Sound Technician/ 9-Feb-18 119 Western Urban

10-Feb-18 Travel to edit

11-Feb-18 Travel to shoot

12-Feb-18 124 Western Urban

13-Feb-18 125 Western Urban

14-Feb-18 126 Western Urban

15-Feb-18 Travel to edit

16-Feb-18 Travel to shoot

17-Feb-18 109 Western Rural

18-Feb-18 121 Western Rural

19-Feb-18 127 Western Urban

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Appendix 2: Debate Screening Schedule

Debates Screening

Composition Designation/Tel Date for

Screening Cons No District

Abu Bakarr Mansaray Team Lead/078 244354 15-Feb-18 79 Bo

Mohamed Kabia Technical /07757331 17-Feb-18 81 Bo

19-Feb-18 83 Bo

21-Feb-18 87 Bo

23-Feb-18 99 Pujehun

25-Feb-18 100 Pujehun

27-Feb-18 103 Pujehun

1-Mar-18 On demand

3-Mar-18 On demand

Moses Sesay Team Lead/076 936393 15-Feb-18 33 Bombali

Andrew Lasana Conteh Technical 077015533 17-Feb-18 34 Bombali

19-Feb-18 24 Kono

21-Feb-18 25 Kono

23-Feb-18 27 Kono

25-Feb-18 50 Tonkolili

27-Feb-18 On demand

1-Mar-18 On demand

3-Mar-18 On demand

Tommy Macarthy Team Lead/078 772994 15-Feb-18 6 Kailahun

John Bosco Massaquoi 077 392323 17-Feb-18 9 Kailahun

19-Feb-18 10 Kailahun

21-Feb-18 12 Kenema

23-Feb-18 16 Kenema

25-Feb-18 19 Kenema

27-Feb-18 On demand

1-Mar-18 On demand

3-Mar-18 On demand

James Bull Team Lead/077 730600 15-Feb-18 58 Kambia

Mohamed AW

Massaquoi Technical/077759294 17-Feb-18 63 Karene

19-Feb-18 70 Port Loko

21-Feb-18 73 Port Loko

23-Feb-18 75 Port Loko

25-Feb-18 On demand

27-Feb-18 On demand

1-Mar-18 On demand

Alfred Sankoh Team Lead/077 399322 15-Feb-18 111 Western Rural

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Mohamed Lamin

Kanneh Technical 077738790 17-Feb-18 116 Western Urban

Ishmael Kamara 19-Feb-18 119 Western Urban

21-Feb-18 124 Western Urban

23-Feb-18 125 Western Urban

25-Feb-18 126 Western Urban

27-Feb-18 On demand

1-Mar-18 On demand

3-Mar-18 On demand

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Appendix 3: sample photos of Public Screenings at Night