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.      

The Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) will be conducting a BRIDGE modular workshop on Voter Registration for 30 Civic Society senior and middle Management to equip them with skills and knowledge in electoral processes and electoral cycle. Details below: Funded by EU-HIVOS 2nd BRIGDE in Zimbabwe Dates: are 19-21 March 2012 Facilitators: Tomsie Dlamini, Rindai Chipfunde-Vava and Patience Zonge Venue Troutbeck Resort Hotel, Nyanga - Harare Zimbabwe, Harare

EU Funded Voter Registration Workshop in Mozambique Feb 12

EU Funded Voter Registration Workshop in Cape Verde Dec 11

Ausaid and KPU conduct one of the second last Module Training in 2011, held in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. 24 Participants, KPU commissioners and staff, came from 14 Municipal ini West Kalimantan, 4 Provinces (Bangka Belitung, Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan), and KPU national office.

The Moldovan CEC has placed work on the voter's register as one if it's strategic priorities. This workshop - the seventh BRIDGE workshop in Moldova - will enable CEC members, CEC staff and colleagues from key state institutions to explore the concepts and challenges that are faced by those compiling voter's registers.  The workshop will be presented by the CEC with the assistance of IFES and UNDP. IFES are funded by USAID and UNDP assistance comes through the 'Electoral Support to Moldova' project.  The workshop will be facilitated by Natia Kashakashvili (Expert Facilitator)  and CEC staff member and workshop facilitator Mariana Musteata along with partially accredited facilitators Corina Borzin and Ludmila Barsa, who also work at the CEC. 

    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 5-Day Module– Portuguese - Pretoria 31 Oct – 4 Nov 2011 Pretoria, South Africa International IDEA as part of its ongoing collaboration with the African Union host a 5-day BRIDGE Module in Pretoria, South Africa. The training will be held in Portuguese. 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 8th BRIDGE Module Training conducted under the AEC and KPU Indonesia joint activity is about to be conducted in Kupang, the capital city of Nusa Tenggara Timur, NTT (East Timor), Indonesia. Acting as Facilitators are Djidon De Haan of KPU NTT, Sahruni Hasna, Yosmardin, and Eko Wahyudiono of KPU RI, and Mareska Mantik of AEC. The target participants are KPU NTT Province commissioners and secretariat staff. Other participating participnts come from other provinces: West Java, East Java, Bengkulu, and Bali. The total expected participants is 26.

The 7th BRIDGE Module Training of KPU Indonesia and AEC is about to be conducted in Pangkalpinang, the capital of Kepulauan Bangka Belitung Province (Kep. Babel). The target participants are KPU Kabupaten/ Kota Commissioners and Secretariat Staff from the host province, and 3 participants from other provinces: South Sulawesi, Riau, and West Papua. Acting as the Accreditting Facilitators in charge is Ferry Kurnia of KPU and Mareska Mantik of AEC. Others are fully-accreditted Facilitators Kelly Mariana and Emil S Tarigan, and semi-accreditted Faclitators Pujiarti, the KPU Kep. Babel Commissioner, and Wahyu Yudi Wijayanti from the KPU Central.    

IFES seeks to build South Sudan electoral decision making skills and administration capacity during the transitional period following independence. At the same time, IFES will build capacity of its internal national program team to provide additional advisory resources to national institutions and counterparts. IFES will accomplish these goals by conducting a series of training workshops targeting appropriate groups of electoral stakeholders. IFES recommends the BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections) program as a successful platform for delivering the relevant electoral training events. The training will consist of two back to back BRIDGE modular trainings of 5 days each. The primary training recipients shall be key members of the former Sothern Sudan Referendum Bureau (SSRB) staff. Additionally, representatives of the following groups will also be invited to participate: Previous electoral management body staff – central and state levels Southern Sudan Center for Census, Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE) personnel Political party members Law making representatives Civil Society Organization members This training funded by the United States Aid Agency (USAID) will be facilitated by the following BRIDGE facilitators: -Ibrahima A. Niang; -Emad Yousef; -Deryck Fritz

The sixth KPU Indonesia and AEC BRIDGE Module Training will take place in Denpasar, Bali. Acting as facilitators are 5 KPU Indonesia and 1 of AEC. The facilitators in charge to lead the conduct of the training are 2 accreditting facilitators, Udi Prayudi of KPU and Mareska Mantik of AEC. PArticipants of the training will be KPU commissioners and secretariat staff from Bali Province, as well as numbers of both commissioners and secretariat staff from other provinces: NTT, NTB, North Moluccas, and North Sumatera.

IFES seeks to build South Sudan electoral decision making skills and administration capacity during the transitional period following independence. At the same time, IFES will build capacity of its internal national program team to provide additional advisory resources to national institutions and counterparts. IFES will accomplish these goals by conducting a series of training workshops targeting appropriate groups of electoral stakeholders. IFES recommends the BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections) program as a successful platform for delivering the relevant electoral training events. The training will consist of two back to back BRIDGE modular trainings of 5 days each. The primary training recipients shall be key members of the former Sothern Sudan Referendum Bureau (SSRB) staff. Additionally, representatives of the following groups will also be invited to participate: Previous electoral management body staff – central and state levels Southern Sudan Center for Census, Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE) personnel Political party members Law making representatives Civil Society Organization members This training funded by the United States Aid Agency (USAID) will be facilitated by the following BRIDGE facilitators: -Ibrahima A. Niang; -Emad Yousef; -Deryck Fritz

8 - 12 August 2011. Accra, Ghana. French -BRIDGE Voter Registration Module International IDEA as part of its ongoing collaboration with the African Union, will host a 5-day BRIDGE Module training on Voter Registration. The training will be held in French. It will be attended by electoral administrators from African EMBs. This project is generously funded by the Australian Government through AusAID. For more information please contact the International IDEA project manager, Margot Gould on e-mail m.gould@idea.int .

The BRIDGE Module (MT) Training in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, is now the 5th MT conducted jointly between AEC Indonesia Country Office and the Indonesia General Election Commission (KPU). Acting as the Facilitators for the MT are KPU Province Commissioners Udi Prayudi, Nusra Aziz, Arief Endang, and KPU Secretariat Staff, Wahdi Hafizy. Also joining the KPU team of facilitators are the KPU Indonesia Commissioner, Abdul Aziz, and Mareska Mantik of AEC Indonesia.  

July 11-15 2011. Accra, Ghana. BRIDGE Voter Registration Module International IDEA as part of its ongoing collaboration with the African Union, will host a 5-day BRIDGE Module training on Voter Registration. 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. For more information please contact the International IDEA project manager, Margot Gould on e-mail m.gould@idea.int .