The three days workshop on Political Financing module will be conducted for the CEC audit department, treasures of the political parties and other stakeholders. The aim of the workshop is to make participants aware about the key concepts and guiding principles underpinning political financing and facilitate a discussion about the strategic reform plan of the laws that impact political finance. The workshop will be presented by the CEC with the assistance of IFES funded by USAID.

  The three days workshop on Political Financing module will be conducted for the CEC audit department, treasures of the political parties and other stakeholders. The aim of the workshop is to make participants aware about the key concepts and guiding principles underpinning political financing and facilitate a discussion about the strategic reform plan of the laws that impact political finance. The workshop will be presented by the CEC with the assistance of IFES funded by USAID.

IFES

Customised BRIDGE workshop in the Philippines for COMELEC staff.  Customised from: Access, Gender, Legal, Planning, External, Financing.  Lead facilitator - Alistair Legge (Australia).  Co-facilitators: Sibongile Zimemo (South Africa) and Esmeralda Ladra (Philippines).  Funded and organised by IFES.

Kenya will be conducting a total of 11 ward and 1 parliamentary by-elections on 28 November 2011 - across the country. As part of the mentoring programme, I am with 5 of the TtF semi-accredited Kenya team doing their field work conducting training in preparation for these by-elections.  These will be the 1st by-elections conducted under the recently sworn in Commissioners of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) under the leadership of Mr. Ahmed Issack Hassan (Chairman), Ms. Lilian Bokeeye Mahiri- Zaja, Ms. Muthoni Wangai, Mr. Albert Bwire, Ms. Kule Galma Godana, Mr. Abdullahi Sharawe, Mr. Mohammed Alawi Hassan, Mr. Thomas Letangule and Amb. Yusuf Nzibo. 

This workshop is hosted by IFES Pakistan and Election Commission of Pakistan- ECP, and funded by USAID.   The facilitators are: Emad Yousef, Wael Alfaraj, Khaled Waheed, Rana Aslam, and Aysha Shojat.

Emad Yousef