Appendix I: Programme Arrival of Participants 27.02.05 OPENING: 19:00 h ­­­­17:00 – Introduction into workshop program and objectives G. Erdmann(IAK-Germany) Welcome address W. Puschra(Head of Africa Department, FES-Bonn) Keynote address and official opening Guest of Honour: H.E. Alhaji Aliu Mahama(Vice-President of Republic of Ghana) Introduction of Participants and Participant´s Expectations Chair: J..Bergstermann(FES-Accra) Dinner 20:00h 28.2.05 Topic 1 8:30- 10:30 h Do political parties in Africa differ from parties in other regions? Presenter: Dr. Gero Erdmann, IAK-Germany Discussant: Dr. Neo Simutanyi, University of Zambia Chair: Mandla Nkomfwe(Chief Whip Gauteng ANC-Legislature, South Africa) (1) Which different identities of parties(ideological/programmatic, regional/ethnic, religious/cultural) are currently pre-dominant? How can a certain predominance of ethnic/regional identities be explained? (2) Do ethnic congress parties evolve as result of legal requirements, of political power considerations or for other reasons? (3) What do we know about the abilities and disabilities of further expansion, growth and consolidation of previously ethnically or regionally based political parties? Coffee break 11:00 h 10:30 – 27