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BantayKarapatansaHalalan2016
OperationalPlan

Projectschematic

Objective
ThemainobjectiveofBantayKarapatansaHalalan (BKHorproject)wouldbetomonitorand
reporttheobservanceofhumanrightssurroundingthepresidentialandgeneralelectionson
May9,2016.Humanrightsgroups(HRGs),electionmonitoringorganizations(EMOs)andthe
CommissiononHumanRights(CHR)havepartneredfortheproject.OnDecember10,2015,
thirtyonegroupsfromthethreenetworkssignedanonpartisanStatementofUnity
((
http://bit.ly/1mzkXBg
),andannouncedtheprojectthroughthemediainIntramurosinManila.

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Specifically,theprojectwould:1)embedahumanrightsframeworkinmonitoringtheelections
2)provideauniformreportingplatformand3)reporttotheCHR,theCommissiononElections
(Comelec),etc.,forthemtotakeaction.

EnvisionedOutcomes
Attheend,theprojectwouldhave:1)promotedawarenessonhumanrightsinelectionsamong
thestakeholdersandthepublic2)potentiallymitigatedviolationofrightsand3)providedan
operationalmodelandlearningoncollaborationforthepartners.

Execution
Theprojectwouldtrackobservanceofhumanrights1inthedifferentphasesandactivities
relatedtotheelectionsfrommidFebruaryuntilmidJune2016.2Theywoulddosoby
conductingregularinterviewswithkeyelectionstakeholderstolearnabouttheelectoraland
politicalenvironmentsandwhetherrightsareobserverornot.Partnerswouldalsorunapublic
webbasedsurvey,andinformandencouragethepublicviapublicserviceannouncement
(PSA)overradioandthroughsocialmedia,tosubmitverifiablereportsthroughthedifferent
portalssetupbytheproject.Thematrixofrightsandaspectsoftheelectionsthatwouldbe
monitoredisatthislink:
http://bit.ly/1JT8XzX
.

ParticipantswouldenlistintheprojectasBKHvolunteersandsignapledgeofnonpartisanship.
TheCHRwouldliaisewiththeComelecforsupportandcredentialthevolunteers.

Stakeholdertrack(Track1)
1. Informkeyelectoralstakeholdersontherightsandrightsbasedelectionmonitoring.
a. HRGs,EMOs,andtheCHRwouldidentifyandreachouttothestakeholders,
thenconductorientationworkshopsatCHRofficesandprovideinformational
materialstothem.Afterwhich,theywouldconductregularinterviewswiththe
variousstakeholdersovertheperiodoftheproject.
b. Thekeystakeholdersare:candidatesandsupporters,politicalparties,thepolice,
thearmy,media,theCommissiononElections,andthedepartmentsof
Education(DepEd)andJustice(DOJ)andotherstateorgansthatareinvolvedin
theelections.Organizationsthatserveavoterproxies,suchastheonesof
personswithdisabilities,indigenousgroups,businessandreligiousgroups,etc.,
wouldbeclassifiedasstakeholdergroups.

1
(1)Rightandopportunitytovote,(2)Rightandopportunitytobeelected,(3)Rightandopportunityto
participateinpublicaffairs,(4)Freedomofassociation,(5)Freedomofassembly,(6)Freedomof
movement,(7)Freedomofopinionandexpression,(8)Transparencyandaccesstoinformation,(9)Right
tosecurityoftheperson,(10)Freedomfromdiscriminationandequalitybeforethelaw,(11)Equality
betweenmenandwomen,(12)Righttofairandpublichearing,and(13)Righttoaneffectiveremedy
2
Withintheelectionperiod,whichisfromJanuary10toJune8,2016.

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2. Monitorgoingsonlikeelectionrelatedviolencethroughanincidentreportingsystem.
3. Consolidateinformationandregularlyprovidepublicreports.

Publictrack(Track2)
4. Informvotersthroughradiopublicserviceannouncements(PSAs)andthroughnewand
socialmediaontheimportanceofupholdinghumanrightsduringelections.
5. Encouragevoterstosendverifiablereportsviashortmessagingsystem(SMS)3,
accomplishsurveysthroughthepartnerswebsites,andthroughtheprojectsFacebook,
TwitterandInstagramaccounts.4
6. InviteindividualstoenlistasnonpartisanBKHvolunteersandreportobservations.The
projectwouldtarget10,000nationwide.

Forthepartners
7. Finalizeandapprovethematrixofrightsandelectionseventsalongwiththeanalysis
frameworkandthedatacollectionprocess.
8. DesignandtestthepublicmaterialsandPSA,andthemethodofconductingthe
orientationsessionsandinterviewswithkeyelectoralstakeholders.
9. Designthebiweeklypublicreportingprocess,anddrafttheoutlineofthefinalreport
priortoprojectstart.
10. DesignamechanismbywhichtoforwardreportstotheCHRandtheCOMELECin
orderforthemtoactonreportedsituationsorcases.
11. Designthetrainingofprovincialteamsandthemanuals.
12. Submittothepartnersandprovideelectionstakeholderselectroniccopiesofthefinal
reportbyJune30,2016.
13. SecureComelecsupportfortheproject.

Reporting
14. Provideabiweeklypublicreportandmonthlypressbriefings.Setupupapublic
webbasedreportingmechanism,includingushahidilikemapsthatwouldshowlocation
ofreportsandrelevantdisaggregateddata.

Scope
15. Oneprovince,townorcityfromeachofthe18regions5inthecountrywouldbeselected
bythepartnerstoconstitutethepilotareas.Therewouldbeanadditionaltwoprovinces

3
Foranyreporttobeverifiablesenderswouldhavetoprovideconsentfortheprojecttostoretheirmobilephone
number,fullname,anddateofbirth.TheprojectcouldusethisinformationtoverifythevoterthroughComelecs
FindPrecintportalat: http://bit.ly/1j2hXJo.
4
Fromtechnologicalpointofviewtheprojectsreportingplatformwouldbehaveanaturalbiasinfavoroftheyounger
cohortwhoaremoreadepttousingnewandsocialmediawhenreporting.
5
(1)Region1
Ilocos ,(2)
CordilleraAdministrativeRegion (CAR),(3)Region2 CagayanValley,(4)RegionIIICentral
Luzon,(5)NationalCapitalRegion(NCR),(6)RegionIVA CALABARZON ,(7)RegionIVB
MIMAROPA ,(8)Region
VBicol,(9)RegionVI WesternVisayas ,(10)
NegrosIslandRegionXVIII,(11)RegionVIICentralVisayas ,(12)
RegionVIIIEasternVisayas ,(13)RegionIXZamboangaPeninsula ,(14)RegionXNorthernMindanao ,(15)Region
XISouthernMindanao,(16)RegionXIICentralMindanao,(17)CARAGA,and(18) AutonomousRegioninMuslim
Mindanao(ARMM) .

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thatwouldbedesignatedascontrolwherepartnerswouldmonitorofviolationofrights
throughthepoliceandComelecbuttherewillbenoengagementwithstakeholders.

16. AnyprovincialorlocalmemberorganizationsoftheHRGsandEMOswillingtorunthe
projectoutsideofthepilotareas,especiallyintheareasidentifiedashotspots,could
participate.Theteamsintheseareaswouldreceiveguidanceintheexecutionand,
whennecessary,assistancefromtheoversightteamandthepartnersinsecuring
fundingfortheiroperations.

Timeline

Structure

Provincialteams
Theprovincialteams,composedofrepresentativesfromthepartnerorganizations,wouldbe
responsibleforexecutingtheprojectinthepilotareas.Theirmaintaskwouldbetoconduct
regularstakeholderinterviewsandreporttheirfindings.TheHRGswouldinterviewindependent
candidates,stakeholdersinthesecuritysector,andofficialsoftheDepartmentofJustice
servingasmembersofthevariouscanvassingboards.TheEMOswouldinterviewcandidates
runningunderapoliticalparty,theComelec,andofficialsoftheDepEdservingaspolling
officialsandmembersofthevariousboardsofcanvassers.Bothgroupswouldarrangeto
engagewithlocalorganizationsthatwouldserveasproxytothevoters,andwiththemedia.
TheCHRmayinterviewanystakeholderoftheirchoice.Thedetailsareprovidedbelow:

StakeholdersfortheHRGs StakeholderfortheEMOs

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Independentcandidates Candidatesrunningunderaparty

Statesecurityactors Comelec

Cityprosecutors(oftheDOJ)servingas
membersofthecityboardofcanvassers
(CBOC)
Municipaltreasurers,districtschool
supervisorsandmostseniorprincipalofthe
DepEdschooldistrictservingasmembersof
themunicipalboardsofcanvassers(MBOC),
andthedivisionsuperintendentofschoolsof
theDepEdservingasmemberofthecity
boardofcanvassers(CBOC)

Provincialprosecutorsservingasmembersof DistrictschoolsuperintendentsoftheDepEd
theprovincialboardofcanvassers(PBOC) servingasmemberoftheprovincialboardof
canvassers(PBOC)

MetroManilacityprosecutorsservingas MetroManilacitysuperintendentsofschools
membersofthedistrictboardofcanvassers servingasmembersofthedistrictboardof
(DBOC) canvassers(DBOC)

RepresentativeoftheDOJservingas RepresentativeoftheDepEdservingas
memberoftheregionalboardofcanvassers memberoftheregionalboardofcanvassers
(RBOC)fortheAutonomousRegionin (RBOC)fortheAutonomousRegionin
MuslimMindanao(ARMM) MuslimMindanao(ARMM)

Localorganizationsservingasvoterproxiesandthemedia

Provincialandtown/cityteamswouldberecruitedthroughthepartnerorganizations.Four
volunteerswouldbeengagedperweektointerviewstakeholdersandtheirdeployment,
includingthedeploymentoftheEMOandHRGleads,wouldbemanagedbythecoordinator.

Supportteams
Supportteamsfor:1)StakeholderOutreach2)PublicCommunications3)PartnerandExternal
Liaison4)Legal5)Analysis6)MonitoringandTechnical/Technologicaland7)Administration
andResourcing,wouldbesetupandledbytheprojectcoordinator.Eachteamwouldbe
composedofthreememberseachnominatedbytheHRGs,EMOsandCHR.Theanalysis
teamwouldbeledbythreepoliticalandelectoralexpertsnominatedbythepartners.Six
additionalmembersfromtheotherteamswouldbenominatedbythepartnerstobeinthe
analysisteam.

Theprojectcoordinatorwouldensurethatthesupportneededbytheprovincialteamswouldbe
provided.S/hewouldberesponsibleforthedaytodaymanagementoftheprojectandis
accountabletotheoversightteam.

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Oversightteam
TheoversightteamwouldbecomposedoftwodesignateseachfromtheHRGsandtheEMOs
andonefromtheCHR.Eachmemberwouldhavetheauthoritytoensurethattheprojectis
carriedoutaccordingtoplan.Theywouldalsointerfacebetweenandamongexternal
organizations,liketheComelecandthefundinvestor/sandensurethatprojectpartnerswould
befullyengaged.Thedetailofdutiesandresponsibilitiesoftheteamsisatthislink:
http://bit.ly/1OOSofR.SelectatthebottomthesheettitledTeams.

MethodologyforEngagingPartners
Partnerswouldbeequallyengagedinallaspectsoftheproject,andrepresentativesfromthe
HRGs,EMOsandCHRwouldcomposealltheteams.ThePhilippineAllianceofHumanRights
Advocates(PAHRA, http://www.philippinehumanrights.org/
)andTaskForce2016
(http://bit.ly/1PWYTfQ),wouldcoordindatethenominationoftheirrespectivememberstothe
variousteams.

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Transparencyandaccountabilitywouldbeobservedthroughoutthedesignandexecutionofthe
project.Forexamplealldocumentation,includingthebudgetandexpenditures,reports,etc.,
wouldbeavailabletoallpartnersonarealtimebasisthroughGoogleDocs,Sheetsandother
popularapplications.Allteammeetingswouldbeopentoallpartnersandtheschedulesand
minutesofpastmeetingswouldbeavailableonline.Thiscollaborativeandonlinereporting
mechanismwouldbesetupbythesupportteam.

KeyProjectMetrics
1. Relevanceofthecontentoftherightsandelectionmaterialsusedtoorientkeyelection
stakeholders.ThematerialswouldbevettedbeforeandapprovedbytheCHR.
Participantswouldbeaskedtoratethecontentsthroughapostsessionevaluation.
Theywouldrankrelevancefrom0,notrelevantto4,veryrelevant.
2. Penetrationoftheinformationamongstakeholdersmeasuredasactualnumberof
orientationsessionsconductedwithstakeholdergroups.Thiswouldbedisaggregated
bygroupclassificationandarea,etc.
3. RelevanceofthecontentoftheinformationinthePSAswhichwouldbechanneled
throughvarioustraditionalandsocialmedia.Participantsinthepublicwebbased
surveyswouldbeaskediftheyhaveheardthePSAsandiftheythinkitisrelevantor
not,usingthe0to4scale.
4. Coverageofpublicdissemination.Thiswouldbemeasuredbythenumberofradio
PSAsairedandtheestimatedpopulationreachedbasedonradiostationcoverage.This
datawouldbeaggregatedbyareawithrelevantdisaggregationlikeurban/rural,etc.
5. Numberofstakeholderinterviews,disaggregatedbytype,area,topicofinterviewsand
byelectivepositions,inthecaseofcontestants,andotherrelevantdisaggregation.
6. Numberofincidentsorobservanceorviolationsofrightsdisaggregatedbycategory,
stakeholderandstakeholdercategory,area,andotherrelevantdisaggregation.
7. Numberofincidentsorcasesreportedtostateauthorities,typesofactionexpectedfrom
them,andtheactualactiontaken.
8. Numberofcitizenreportsandmapped,disaggregatedbycategory,byverified/unverified
reportsreports,bypilotandnonpilotareas,andotherrelevantdisaggregation.Verified
reportsaretheonesthatcomefromorhavebeenverifiedbythepartners.Allother
reportswouldbeunverified.
9. Costefficiencymetricslikecosttoreceiveaverifiedandanunverifiedreport(i.e.total
projectcostdividedbynumberofverifiedandunverifiedreports),costperstakeholder
engagement,etc.
10. NumberofBKHvolunteersenlisted,disaggregatedbyreports,area,gender,agegroup,
educationalattainment,andoccupation.

ActivitiesandBudget
Thekeyactivitieswouldincludepreparingandtestingmaterials,trainingofprovincialtrainers,
orientingstakeholders,trackingobservanceofrightsthroughinterviewswithstakeholders,and

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reportingfindings.Theactivitiesonpublicparticipationwouldincludepreparingandtesting
materialspopularizingrightsandelectionsanddesigningandrunningthemicrositetohostthe
publicorcrowdsourcedreports.Itwouldalsoincludedesigning,runningandpopularizingthe
onlinesurveys.

Thekeyactivities
attheprovincial
levelwouldbethe
regularstakeholder
interviewsbythe
partners,and
reportingtheir
findings.The
partnerswould
alsobemonitoring
other
electionrelated
eventsthroughthe
incidentreporting
system.

Theactivitybudget
isatthislink:

http://bit.ly/1OOSofR
.SelectatthebottomthesheettitledActivityBudget.

SupporttoOtherActivities
Theprojectwouldsupportanyand,whenpossible,allactivitiesinitiatedorcarriedoutbyother
sectorsthatpromotetheholdingofcredibleandpeacefulelections.Activitieslikecovenant
signingforpeacefulelectionsamongcandidatesandstateauthoritiesatthenationaland
provinciallevels,andwalksforsafeelections,etc.,wouldbesupportedastheyareproactive
andpotentiallypreventtheviolationofrights.

InstitutionalLearningStrategyandMethodology
Theemphasisbymostelectionmonitoringeffortshasbeenmostlyaroundwhetherprocesses
areobservedornot.Observingelectionswiththehumanrightslensisthisprojects
valueadded,andthiswouldbedonebyharnessingthecompetenciesoftheHRG,EMOsand
theCHR.

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CHRwouldlikelearnasmuchfromthisexerciseinordertohelpdefineitsroleinachieving
competitiveandcredibleelectionsinMayandinthefutureexercises.Onthelongerterm,it
wouldliketobringrightsawarenessinmattersliketheenvironment,economics,etc.Forthe
HRGs,incorporatingrightswithelectionsisanewareaofinvolvement.FortheEMOs,
rightsbasedmonitoringwoulddeepentheirengagementintheelectoralprocess.

Thisprojectwouldbesetuptoensurethatthecompetenciesofthepartnersarerecognized
andapplied.Theprojectwouldalsoensurethatprocessesandinformationareproperly
collectedanddocumentedinordertofostercollectiveorinstitutionallearning.Themethodology
bywhichthiswouldbeexecutedwouldfollowtheschematic,whichframeworkisreferenced
fromtheworkbythreeindividualsandpublishedin2008intheHarvardBusinessReview.6

Thelearning
methodologyin
thisproject,
whichisseminal
insomeifnot
mostofitsparts
arethat:1)it
encourages
learningfrom
othersand
learningfrom
executing2)it
hasasystematic
collectionof
informationand
analysis,
stemmingfrom
theanalysis
framework
meldingelection
processesand
humanrights
and3)ithasasystemofreinforcinglearningbyembeddingcollaborativeonlineinformation
sharingandtransparency,afteractionreflection,anddebriefings,andothers.

6
Garvin,D.A.,Edmondson,A.C.,&GinoF.(2008).IsYouraLearningOrganization?HarvardBusiness
Review.

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KeyAssumptions,RisksandMitigation
1. ThattheComelectakerecognitionoftheproject.Thiswouldhelpcredentialthe
provincialandlocalpartnersinorderforthemtobeabletoreachouttoandengagewith
thedifferentelectoralstakeholders.Intheelectionperiodthepoliceandstatesecurity
actors,otherstateorgans,liketheDepEdfromwhichpollingofficialsarerecruited,
wouldbeunderthesupervisionoftheComelec.WithoutComelecsendorsementofthe
project,thestateactorscouldrefusetoengage.Itisapracticethatelectionobservers
nonstateactors,seekComelecaccreditation.CHRwouldnotseekaccreditationbut
wouldinsteadliaisewiththeComelectosecuretheirsupport.Aletterorsimilar
documentshowingtheagreementwouldbeprovidedtotheprovincialteamstohelp
introducetheprojecttothelocalstakeholders.
2. ComelecwouldallocatesomeofitsmediatimefortheprojectPSAs.Usingnational
radiowouldwidenthedisseminationofrightsawarenesstothepublic.Thiswould
supportthecrowdsourcingtrackandallowthepartnerstogaugepublicsupportofthe
endeavor.Comelecsendorsementwouldmeanmoreradiostationsinmoreplaces.
Withoutthis,though,theCHRwouldbeconstrainedtoaccessinggovernmentowned
radiostations.
3. Volunteersorpartnersdecidetoturnpartisan.Ifforsomereasontheywouldliketo
supportacandidateorpartyafterhavingsignedthepledge,alltheywouldneedtodois
toinformtheHRGorEMOmemberintheoversightcommitteeandrevoketheirpledge.
Theywouldthenbedroppedofffromtheprojectlist.

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