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Dear [Name],
Welcome to the seventh edition of the BRIDGE Network Newsletter.
This newsletter is brought to you by the BRIDGE Office and is meant to give you the latest news and information about BRIDGE in your region.
Contents
Section 1: Africa
Section 2: Asia Pacific
Section 3: The Americas
Section 4: Europe-CIS
Section 5: Arab World
Section 6: Democracy and Governance (BRIDGE DG)
Section 7: Additional Information
IGAD BRIDGE Workshop, Mombasa, Kenya
 This is a report of BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Election) Workshop on the Module of Electoral Observation conducted for Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). IGAD Member States are Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and Eritrea. Read more...
BRIDGE training high in the hills of Ngozi
 The International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and the Burundian Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) partnered to hold Burundi’s first BRIDGE training high in the hills of Ngozi, from March 3 – 6, 2010. Read more...
Full of 'Firsts' in the DRC
 The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and IFES-DRC relaunched their long-standing partnership during a vibrant BRIDGE course offered in Kinshasa from February 22-24. Read more...
Voter Registration – Nairobi, Kenya 
This is a report of BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Election) Training Workshop for 17 Regional Elections Coordinators (RECs), Deputy Chief Elections Officer, (D-CEO) and five Directors of the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC), Kenya. Read more...
BRIDGE Train the Facilitators (TtF) workshop in French, Accra - Ghana 
As part of the Joint Action Plan (JAP) between the African Union and International IDEA, a BRIDGE TtF workshop was organized in Accra, November 9 th-20 th 2009. This workshop brought together a multicultural group composed by African EMB senior staff, BRIDGE partner organizations (International IDEA and IFES) and the European Association of Election Administrators. Read more...Gender & Elections Workshop, Bougainville
 The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in cooperation with the Government of Papua New Guinea especially PNG Electoral Commission hosted the “Sub-National Building Resources in Democracy, Governance & Elections (BRIDGE) Gender and Elections Module Workshop” for the Autonomous Region of Bougainville from the 28th February to 15th March 2010. Read more...
18 Solomon Islanders get accredited
 UNIFEM, Honiara- The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM Pacific Regional Office) ends the Train the Facilitator's (TtF) workshop in Honiara, on Friday following a two weeks intensive training module. Read more...
BRIDGE in the AEC State Office in Perth, Western Australia
 A BRIDGE workshop covering the Foundation module ‘Introduction to Electoral Administration’ was conducted in Perth on 9 – 12 March 2010 for nine WA AEC officers and one member of the Western Australian Electoral Commission. Read more...
ABRIDGE second training session for political parties in Kabul
 The ABRIDGE second session for political parties was conducted by an initiative of the Asia Foundation from January 30 to February 3, 2010 in TAF’s training hall in Kabul. Read more...
Further BRIDGE in Nepal
 Four BRIDGE workshops, each covering the Pre-Election Activities and Electoral Training modules, were conducted Nepal in November 2009. Read more...
The second BRIDGE TTF in Peru
 The second BRIDGE TTF in Peru, and the 4th in Latin America, took place in Lima on 12 – 19 October 2009, two years after the first one. This TtF was supported technically by International IDEA and co-funded by the Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (Peruvian EMB) and IDEA (through a regional BRIDGE project supported by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation in Development, AECID). Read more...
Long - awaited Bridge Workshop comes to Brussels
 To run a BRIDGE workshop in the “capital of Europe” has been a long-standing discussion amongst some of the key election practitioners working in Europe. This “dream” came true with a Train the Facilitator (TtF) workshop co-hosted at the UN House and the NEEDS Offices in Brussels from 9th to 20th November 2009. Read more...
BRIDGE TtF in Moldova: the last thing before Christmas!
 Moldova is a small country in Eastern Europe, neighbouring Ukraine and Romania. It used to be part of the Soviet Union for about 40 years and became an independent parliamentary republic in 1991 after collapse of the USSR. Read more...
BRIDGE in a castle in Stadtschlaining – and it snowed!
In November 2009 Michael Lidauer, Training Coordinator from the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR) in Stadtschlaining, Austria conducted a specialisation course on ‘Election Observation and Assistance’. Read more...
BRIDGE for Parliaments as well
With the aim of developing the capacity of electoral stakeholders in Egypt, IFES and UNDP in partnership with the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) agreed to join effort to organize a series of BRIDGE workshops for selected participants representing various election stakeholders in the country (Media, Electoral Commission, Ministry of Interior, NGOs, and Parliament). Read more...
BRIDGE in the oldest city on earth!
 A BRIDGE workshop was held in Jericho, Palestine for the Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) from 10 – 13 January 2010 covering the Training and Pre-Elections Activities modules. Read more...
BRIDGE for Media Professionals in Cairo
 A BRIDGE workshop was held in Cairo, Egypt for Media professionals from 1 – 4 March 2010 covering the electoral Systems, Media and Voter Information modules. Read more...
BRIDGE Democracy and Governance (BRIDGE DG) Update
DG BRIDGE is the current working title of the project known in 2009 as the Civic Education Development Project (CEDP). Read more...
Australia Day Achievement Award to the BRIDGE Office
 In presenting the awards, the Commissioner acknowledged the commitment and passion which all of the award recipients across the AEC brought to their work in 2009, and thanked them for their contribution towards enhancing the AEC’s reputation for excellence. Read more...
Political Finance Module Development Update
Since 2007, with generous support from the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF), IFES has been working on a project aimed at a broad-based, results-oriented dialogue on global standards and best practices in political finance. Read more...
BRIDGE has a new Website and Logo
In November the BRIDGE Office launched a new BRIDGE website. Essentially this has meant that we have upgraded the Content Management System (CMS) that the site uses as well as changing the design of the site. Read more...
BRIDGE and ACE are now on Facebook
BRIDGE and ACE are now on Facebook! The ACE Electoral Knowledge Network is now online repository for electoral information and Your Portal to the World of Elections. Read more...
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