ECB and AEC host another Civic Education and Voter Information Module for mixed stakeholders in the electoral environment.

The workshop is for the western v region to take place in Bulawayo for civic society organisations aimed to enhance preparedness for the upcoming referendum and general elections. The focus of the training will be on  voter registration  and combined civic education and voter information modules for 35 participants.The participants are responsible for the design and implementation of programs targetting senior and middle managers. The are 3 facilitators Tomsie P. Dhlamini- Lead  and Accrediting Facilitator for registration module, Rindai Chipfunde Vava- Lead and Accrediting Facilitator for combined civic and information modules and Taona Ernest Mwanyisa-semi-accredited.      

Project Background Under the grant support of IFES and a complementary micro-grant support of UNDP, in 2011 the ACEEEO implemented 2 regional training activities for member country representatives of the ACEEEO. A 5-days introductory workshop focusing on Strategic and Financial planning, and a 10 days Train the Facilitator training. Due to further regional necessities identified by Electronic Voting CC, ACEEEO Secretariat offers to implement a BRDIGE showcase under the same grant agreement with IFES to create an opportunity for European decision makers to get acquainted with BRDIGE methodology and broaden their capacity development opportunities.   Objectives • Showcase BRDIGE training methodology in a 2-days seminar• Bring together election professionals from across Europe to share experiences on capacity development, external voting and decreasing• Build new professional networks focusing on and fostering an even broader regional capacity development initiative Showcase Seminar on External Voting, Decreasing Participation and discussing Recommendations and Implementation - an electoral cycle approach The 2-days Seminar in Vienna will perform the showcase dealing with the burning topics of 1) external voting and 2) decreasing participation. Beside these, we are going to discuss and focus on possible practices of implementing OSCE election reports' recommendations in post- and pre-election period from an electoral cycle approach. 1) The topic of External Voting shall focus on a. Principles of external voting (why have external voting and why not? What are the criteria for eligibility as an external voter? What is required to vote?)b. Implementation of external voting including logistical arrangements (What are the voter registration methods for external voters? What are the voting methods? Where do they vote and when?) including also cost of external votingc. Political impact of external votingd. Design of evaluation or reporting process of external voting activities 2) The topic dealing with Decreasing Participation will focus on a. Educate the public and voters on democratic and governance processes (Is it possible? Is it necessary? What are the challenges?)b. How social media and modern tools have an impact on the society (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Blogging). Voting technology developmentsc. Tools to use to increase participation in electoral processes For more information on the Showcase seminar, and/or application please check the ACEEEO site, or contact Ms. Anna Solyom at asolyom@aceeeo.org .

AusAID funded Voter Information and Civic Education module for the Voter Registration Officers.  These officers will conduct public outreach for the electorate.  This is the first step in designing a public outreach program for the VEO. Facilitators Jess Carney, Ross Attrill and Rothina Ilo    

This is a Module training Civic Education for Zimbabwe Civic society organisations  to be attended by Directors, managers and  middle management in charge program implementation and design.Its intended to impart skills in view of the  upcoming elections in Zimbabwe.There are 30 participants. Rindai Chipfunde Vava is the lead faciliatator on this module training  and other co-facilitators are Tomsie Dhlamini and Patience Zonge.  

UNDP Libya and Tripoli University are organizing a 3-month training course for 30 Libyan university graduates and NGO workers to become the country's first civic education instructors. The programme consists in two training phases (Workshop 1: Basic concepts of democracy & governance, Workshop 2: Civic education methodologies +Training of Facilitators), homebased assignments and supervised practice period. Successful trainees will receive, at the end of the 3 month period, a certificate jointly issues by UNDP & Tripoli University of BRIDGE facilitators in civic education and will continue providing civic education classes to university undergraduates as well as NGO staff and civic education volunteers in youth organizations. The course is facilitated by three BRIDGE facilitators from Jordan & Tunisia.

The BRIDGE module training will focus on 3 modules namely Electoral systems,Civic Education and Polling,Counting and Results.It will be attended by top management and provincial co-ordinators of the National Electoral Commission.The workshop facilitators are Rindai Chipfunde Vava of Zimbabwe Election Support Network and Harris Potani of Malawi Electoral Commission. The event is supported by UNDP.This is the second BRIDGE event in Rwanda after  an introduction to BRIDGE course in June 2011.

This program will be organized by IEC in Kabul , the target groups are IEC public Outrach staff and other civil socaity organizations , this program will be conducted from 19-23 Feburary which is funded by The Asia Foundation through Ausaid fund.

The event is a three-day BRIDGE training workshop on Civic Education for local NGOs in South Sinai, Egypt from 19-21 November 2010. Lead facilitator is Hassan Hussein.

The two events hosted by the Academy for International Development-Middle East within its project “Fostering Democratization and Good Governance in Sinai. The First workshop will take place from 8 - 10 October 2010 and the second workshop will be from 16 – 18 October 2010 and both on Civic Education.

There are to be two events hosted by the Academy for International Development-Middle East within its project “Fostering Democratization and Good Governance in Sinai. The First workshop will take place from 8 - 10 October 2010 and the second workshop will be from 16 – 18 October 2010 and both on Civic Education.

This workshop is organized jointly by the Jurado Nacional de Eleccioners (Peruvian Elections Commission) & the Ministerio de la Mujer (Ministry of Women''s Affairs) with technical assistance from IDEA and funding from the AECID (Spanish International  

Civics Trial Workshop (Module = Democracy in Our Place) in Port Vila Vanuatu Yvonne Goudie (Lead facilitator) Noel Mathews Nicolas Garrigue Josephine Kalsuak Seman Dalesa Tina Ilo