USAID (IFES) funded BRIDGE Workshop in Sudan Aug 11

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:

1. Previous electoral management body staff – central and state levels
2. Southern Sudan Center for Census, Statistics and Evaluation (SSCCSE) personnel
3. Political party members
4. Law making representatives
5. 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