IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia. This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections. Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili. The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia. This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections. Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili. The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia. This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections. Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili. The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia. This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections. Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili. The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia.   This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections. Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili. The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia.   This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections. Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili. The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia. This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections. Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili. The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia.   This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections. Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili. The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia.   This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections.   Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili.   The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia.   This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections.   Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili.   The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia. This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections. Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili. The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia. This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections. Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili. The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia.   This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections.   Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili.   The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia.   This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections.   Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili.   The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

IFES Georgia, in collaboration with the Central Election Commission of Georgia, under USAID-funded program Increased Trust in the Electoral Process (ITEP), plans to conduct customized module BRIDGE workshops for District Election Commission (DEC) members in order to continue strengthening the mid-level election administration in Georgia.   This is the second set of the customized module workshops; the first set of introductory workshops was conducted in October 2009. Curriculum shall be designed based on the knowledge and skills gained during the first phase, focusing on the dispute resolution, and shall take the participants into depth of the principles of properly run elections.   Five permanent members of all 76 DECs (in total around 380 members) shall be attending the three and half (35) day BRIDGE workshop in period of Jan 22 - Feb 25, 2012. Two facilitation teams, consisting of one Workshop Facilitator and one (or two) semi-accredited facilitators (Team 1: Giorgi Sharabidze and Maia Zaridze; Team 2: Lasha Meladze and Natia Zarnadze; Team 3 (if needed) Natia Kashakashvili and Davit Todria) shall conduct the two simultaneous workshops, in total of 15 workshops, during the above mentioned period. It is expected that some of the semi-accredited facilitators shall complete their accreditation, through mentoring by Expert BRIDGE facilitator, Natia Kashakashvili.   The workshop dates are as follows: 1. 22-25 January, 2012: #1-#2 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 2. 27-30 January, 2012: #3-#4 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 3. 1-4 February, 2012: #5-#6 and #7 workshops in Batumi, Georgia 4. 7-10 February, 2012: #8-#9 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 5. 12-15 February, 2012: #10-#11 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 6. 17-20 February, 2012: #12-#13 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia 7. 22-25 February, 2012: #14-#15 workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia

EU Funded Electoral Dispute Workshop in East Timor Jan 12

BRIDGE Module Electoral Dispute Resolution – English - Accra 17 – 21 October  2011 Accra, Ghana International IDEA as part of its ongoing collaboration with the African Union host a 5-day BRIDGE Module on Electoral Dispute  Resolution  in Accra Ghana. The training will be held in English. It will be attended by electoral administrators from African EMBs. This project is generously funded by the Australian Government through AusAID. Please contact the International IDEA project manager Ms Margot Gould for more information on e-mail m.gould@idea.int.  

BRIDGE Module Electoral Dispute Resolution – English - Pretoria 10-14 October  2011 Pretoria, South Africa International IDEA as part of its ongoing collaboration with the African Union host a 5-day BRIDGE Module on Electoral Dispute  Resolution  in Pretoria, South Africa. The training will be held in English.   It will be attended by electoral administrators from African EMBs.   This project is generously funded by the Australian Government through AusAID.   Please contact the International IDEA project manager Ms Margot Gould for more information on e-mail m.gould@idea.int.  

The Economic Community of Central African States (CEMAC) in collaboration with the National Autonomous and Permanent Electoral Commission of Gabon (CENAP) and in partnership with the European Union (Peace and Security Support Project – PAPS) will be holding a BRIDGE training from May 10 through May 13, 2011. The training will touch on electoral observation and electoral dispute resolution and will be held in Libreville, Gabon. Most of the participants will be chairmen of central African electoral commissions. Facilitator team includes: Kamissa Camara, Ibrahima Amadou Niang and Corneille Nangaa.