elections component: electoral administration capacity building domestic observation
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BRUSSELS, 6-7JUNE 2012. ELECTIONS COMPONENT: ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION CAPACITY BUILDING DOMESTIC OBSERVATION -VOTERS’ AWARENESS RAISING. 1. CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION. First coordination meeting, Vienna, 13 May 2011 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ELECTIONS COMPONENT:
1.ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION CAPACITY BUILDING
2.DOMESTIC OBSERVATION
3.-VOTERS’ AWARENESS RAISING
BRUSSELS, 6-7JUNE 2012
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1. CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION
First coordination meeting,
Vienna, 13 May 2011
Participants: chairpersons and other members of Central Election CommissionsAim: Initial exchange of ideas about the programme
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Two main themes identified:
Voters’ lists compilation and registers
Electoral disputes
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Seminar on “voters lists and electoral disputes”, Chisinau, 19-20 September
2011
Participants: CECs, OSCE/ODIHR, IDEA, UNDP, political parties, NGOs.
Aim: discussion of the two identified themes and organisation of futures activities
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Seminar on “voters lists and registers”, Kyiv, 26-27 March 2012
Aim: Exchanging views, in particular by learning from the Ukrainian recent experience of creating a State Voters register, identifying problems and defining possible solutions.Participants: CECs, political parties Content: “case-law” of Venice Commission on voters’ lists, implementation of the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters
• Forthcoming seminars:
• Strasbourg - Autumn 2012
• Georgia – Spring 2013
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2. DOMESTIC ELECTION OBSERVATION
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19-20 May 2011, Strasbourg, launching workshop
This workshop was the launching activity of the sub-component designed to enhance the role of civil society organizations in the promotion of European election standards in Eastern Partnership countries notably through election observation.
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Standards, best practices and methodology for domestic observation: handbook and methodology
Capacity building of domestic observers: training of trainers regional pool or trainers
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Strengthening co-operation of domestic observers with international observers and national election administrations
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Autumn 2011 Assessment of best practices of domestic election
observation in Eastern Partnership countries and inquiry on training needs
December 2011 – May 2012 Drafting of the best practices part of the handbook Contracting of the expert for writing the draft
methodology
September-October 2012 Meeting to discuss the two texts
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3. VOTERS’ AWARENESS RAISING
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5-6 September 2011, Chisinau, workshop to discuss voters’ awareness
raising activities
This workshop addressed CEC and was a brainstorming session on needs and opportunities for regional activities aimed at raising voters’ awareness of the electoral process
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Development of a curriculum for secondary schools pupils
The improvement of participation of women
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13-14 February 2012: Meeting in Chisinau on young voters'
awareness raising about the role of the electoral process in a democratic system
Participants from NGOs and MoE Agreed point: To develop a 2-hour
curriculum on elections for the last two years of high school
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Greater participation of women:Creation of a network to improve women’s
participation in public lifeMeasures aimed at facilitating the work of
female parliamentarians
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Tbilisi, 7 and 8 February 2012
Meeting on participation of women in public life
Participants: women parliamentarians Agreed: trainings to support women
already elected and encourage participation of others (general training curriculum, media,
fundraising, E-newsletter)
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Complementary actions under CoE bilateral programmes to support free and fair elections
Underway in 2012: Georgia and UkraineExpected in 2013: Armenia and
Azerbaïjan
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Local partners are/will be:
domestic NGOs, governmental institutionsschools
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2013 Domestic observation: training of trainers for domestic
observers on the basis of the methodology to be adopted in the autumn
Young voters: implementation of the curriculum for schools
Women: development of trainings and evaluation two seminars for CEC on training of the members of the
election commissions, building trust in elections; observation of elections.
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