The BRIDGE curriculum will be introduced in Niamey, Niger on September 29, 2010 by IFES/Niger to the Niger CENI and international partners on the ground. It is the curriculum that IFES willl be implementing in strengthening the capacity of the Nigerien CENI throughout the electoral process of 2010-2011. Facilitators: Mr. Corneille Nangaa and Kamissa Camara.

BRIDGE TtF for Gender Specialists in Africa. Pretoria, South Africa. Sept 27- Oct 8 2010. The TtF will have a special “Gender and Elections” focus and will highlight the gender specific training materials in BRIDGE in order to familiarise the participants on the gender dimension of the curriculum. In addition as part of the course TtF participants are required to develop new BRIDGE materials. During this course we will ask participants to develop materials with a gender theme which will add to the quantity and quality of the existing gender training materials. Participants will be drawn mainly from gender specialists working in Africa. UNDP GPECS will sponsor the participation of 5 participants. This event is being organised by International IDEA. There is limited availability of space, however gender specialists who are able to self fund their participation are encouraged to contact International IDEA. Project manager: Margot Gould

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.

Alexandra Hovelacque