A team of following senior BRIDGE Facilitators involved in the workshop: 1. Mr. Sharada Prasad Trital 2. Mr. Madhu Prasad Regmi 3. Ms Radhika Regmi 4. Mr. Shanti Ram Bimali As per address the needs on EDR and Observation, a three-day workshop on Electoral Dispute Resolution and Electoral Observation was conducted at Hotel Manaki in Janakpurdham from 10 - 12 April 2012. The workshop was jointly organized by the Election Commission of Nepal with the financial support of International IDEA and the workshop was technically managed by the BRIDGE office, Nepal together with the Legal Department/ Training Division of ECN.        

The Women Platform for Peaceful Elections in Senegal is a group of women's organizations of civil society in Senegal and West Africa. It is composed of Senegalese women's organizations, women's organizations in Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Gambia and Senegal. This platform is an initiative coordinated by Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS), and supported by the United Nations Development Program, UN Women, among other UN agencies. Under this initiative, 60 observers were trained to observe the elections with the BRIDGE methodology the presidential elections of Senegal in Feb. 26, 2012. The two-day training was held on 22 and 23 February 2012 in Dakar. Facilitatos were Ibrahima Niang (Expert) and Doudou Dia (Workshop)  

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. 

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.

The EMB of Turkmenistan, with the support of UNDP is organizing a whole range of capacity building activities before upcoming Halk Maslakhaty (People’s Council) elections of 5 December, 2010. Five 1-day trainings for local observers (25 participants in each training) will be conducted in the capital city, Ashkhabat and 4 Velayats of Turkmenistan (Mary, Turkmenabat, Dasoguz, Balkanabat). Facilitator: Amalia Stepanyan

Alexandra Hovelacque

BRIDGE Observation Module to be organized by NDI Afghanistan in Kabul in preparations for the upcoming Sep. 2010 elections. Target audients are NDI staff who responsible for providing support and capacity development for observers groups in Afghanistan. The workshop is tentatively scheduled for 14 - 18 August 2010

Between 24th and 27th March 2010 the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) will host a BRIDGE Workshop on Electoral Observation for its Member States to train electoral observers for the Sudan elections scheduled for April 2010. IGAD member States are Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and Eritrea. The BRIDGE Workshop/Course on the Electoral Observation Module will be facilitated by Koki Muli (Lead), Peter Alingo and Collins Onsembe both acting as BRIDGE Co-Facilitators. The venue of the Workshop is Continental Hotel in the Northern Part of the Coastal City of Mombasa (the second largest city in Kenya). It is a four-day workshop; bringing together participants from the 7 IGAD Member States. Other participants will come from the IGAD Secretariat based in Djibouti in the Republic of Djibouti. We shall have translaters as the languages for the workshop will be English and French.

Facilitators Brian Latham, Gordon Marshall, Augusto Pereira, Eduardo Casimiro de Deus

The Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) hosted a BRIDGE course for the different organisations in its network in mid-January 2008. 36 participants from all over Zimbabwe joined together in Nyanga, in the eastern highlands of the country, to attend t

BRIDGE (Observation and Dispute Resolution) modules for PIANZEA members in Auckland during December. Funded by AusAID.

Between October and December 2002 International IDEA in a joint project with Mozambique’s Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) conducted three 2-week capacity building training courses for STAE national and provincial electoral administrators. One training session was held in each of the geographic zones of Mozambique: Nampula with participants from the north, Manica, with participants from the centre and Maputo City from the south. 77 STAE personnel participated in the training, representing all provinces, levels and departments within STAE. The training materials and teaching methodology used have been developed in a project called the BRIDGE Project (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections). The project, a co-operation between International IDEA, the United Nations and the Australian Electoral Commission has developed a comprehensive training-curriculum for electoral administrators. This BRIDGE curriculum was adapted (and translated into Portuguese) to make a 10 day course used in Mozambique. The objective of the training course is to enhance the competency and professionalism of the election administration through the used of applied adult learning techniques and a comprehensive course content.  The Project Outputs were: 77 STAE National and Provincial staff trained and issued with a Certificate of Completion 2 National STAE personnel trained as trainers and accredited as BRIDGE facilitators 10 day capacity-building training course designed and translated into Portuguese Each participant received a folder with course materials course modules containing theory, practice and resources relating to each electoral administration topic The Project Outcomes were: The capacity and professional development and of national and provincial permanent STAE electoral administrators was enhanced through training. The training skills of 2 STAE National Staff for the Department of Training and Civic Education were enhanced by attending the BRIDGE international “Train the Trainers’” Course “in Stockholm The National STAE is committed to adopting the BRIDGE Training methodology to improve operational training for the local election in 2003 and the general elections in 2004 The cost of the project was USD 142,912. Funding for the project was provided by the Embassies of Finland in Mozambique and Denmark in Mozambique. The Danish contribution was USD 113,478 and the Finish contribution was EURO 30,000 (USD 29,433)

Between October and December 2002 International IDEA in a joint project with Mozambique’s Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) conducted three 2-week capacity building training courses for STAE national and provincial electoral administrators. One training session was held in each of the geographic zones of Mozambique: Nampula with participants from the north, Manica, with participants from the centre and Maputo City from the south. 77 STAE personnel participated in the training, representing all provinces, levels and departments within STAE. The training materials and teaching methodology used have been developed in a project called the BRIDGE Project (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections). The project, a co-operation between International IDEA, the United Nations and the Australian Electoral Commission has developed a comprehensive training-curriculum for electoral administrators. This BRIDGE curriculum was adapted (and translated into Portuguese) to make a 10 day course used in Mozambique. The objective of the training course is to enhance the competency and professionalism of the election administration through the used of applied adult learning techniques and a comprehensive course content.  The Project Outputs were: 77 STAE National and Provincial staff trained and issued with a Certificate of Completion 2 National STAE personnel trained as trainers and accredited as BRIDGE facilitators 10 day capacity-building training course designed and translated into Portuguese Each participant received a folder with course materials course modules containing theory, practice and resources relating to each electoral administration topic The Project Outcomes were: The capacity and professional development and of national and provincial permanent STAE electoral administrators was enhanced through training. The training skills of 2 STAE National Staff for the Department of Training and Civic Education were enhanced by attending the BRIDGE international “Train the Trainers’” Course “in Stockholm The National STAE is committed to adopting the BRIDGE Training methodology to improve operational training for the local election in 2003 and the general elections in 2004 The cost of the project was USD 142,912. Funding for the project was provided by the Embassies of Finland in Mozambique and Denmark in Mozambique. The Danish contribution was USD 113,478 and the Finish contribution was EURO 30,000 (USD 29,433)