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 .

    AEC funded by Ausaid and General Elections Commission of Indonesia (KPU) held two parallel classes BRIDGE Module Training from 21 to 24 of November 2011 in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. This was the 12th Module Training that have been conducting by both institutions during the year 2011. Participated by 45 people (from 7 Bureaus and 1 inspectorate in KPU), the training showed KPU an indicator that never been seen before where the staff very talk active and have wonderful knowledge about election. They said that they really enjoyed the training and have been waiting for along time to attend training on electoral content the experience became very new and important especially for they who are working in finance bureau . In the training was accredited  3 semi facilitators to become workshop facilitators, one of them is the KPU commissioner, Endang Sulastri.    

BRIDGE workshop will take place in Khartoum, Sudan: The dates are: 20-24 February Participants: UNVs and national officers working at UNIRED, the United Nations unit that assisted in the conduct of the recent referendum. Lead Facilitator: Koki Muli-Grignon Co-Facilitators: Fernanda Lopes and Dalia Eissa (Sudanese who completed TtF last December and will be fully accredited after this workshop) Modules: Introduction, Electoral Systems and Pre-Elections activities.

Introduction of BRIDGE to Kosovo CEC Secretariat staff. A combination of the Introduction, Pre-Election, Voter Registration and Voter Information modules.

A USAID-funded training program led by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). Workshop technical assistance program to the Comissão Nacional Eleitoral (CNE) of Angola facilitated by Cesar Perreira da Silva and Gilberto Castro, Malanje on November 16-17, 2009. The seminars agenda combined broad topics from the BRIDGE Introduction Module with hands-on practical exercises focused on Electoral Administration and Operations Management challenges. In preparation for the seminar, IFES translated many materials from the pre-election module into Portuguese,  

BRIDGE training workshops (Pre-Election & Electoral Training modules) for the District Election Officers (DEO's) of the Election Commission of Nepal (ECN). Hosts: All partners, plus sponsored/funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

BRIDGE training workshops (Pre - Election & Electoral Training modules) for the District Election Officers (DEO's) of the Electoral Commission of Nepal (ECN). Hosts: All partners, plus sponsored/funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

BRIDGE training workshops (Pre - Election & Electoral Training modules) for the District Election Officers (DEO's) of the Election Commission of Nepal (ECN). Hosts: All partners, plus spnsored/funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)  

The fourth BRIDGE training workshop, the third for the MoI, within the project was held from May 10 - 14, 2009 at the Ministry of Interior premises in Cairo. The training course was designed to cover three main topics.  Electoral Systems; Voter Registration; and Pre-elections Activities. Twenty four participants representing different departments within the MoI participated in the 5-day training course. (A detailed participants list is attached). The selection of participants was agreed upon with the representative of the MOI, and a set of criteria was applied to guarantee the participation of officers representing different departments, governorates and administrative levels within the MOI. Most of the participants are directly involved in the management of different elections in Egypt. Due to the nature of the MOI staff, all 24 participants were men.  The NCHR’s support for the event was evidenced by the NCHR’s member Dr. Ahmed Refaat’s participation in the course opening ceremony along with officials from the MOI.  Three facilitators participated in the workshop: 1-    Ossama Kamel 2-    Wael Al-Farag 3-    Hassan Hussein- IFES

Module: Pre-Election for Organization: Ministry of Territorial Administration Angola Location: Luanda, Angola

Phase 1Module: Pre-E moduleOrganization: National Election Commission (CNE) Angola / IFESDates: Feb 16,17,18Location: Sumbe, Angola

Pre-elections activities module by UNDP Iraq Complete. For IHEC staff

Preparation for the Electoral Event - Kabul

Preparation for the Electoral Event - Kabul