The AEC is conducting a Pacific Islands, Australia, and New Zealand Electoral Administrators (PIANZEA) Network BRIDGE Train the Facilitator (TtF) course from 19-30 June 2023, to build the pool of potential BRIDGE facilitators in Australia and across the Pacific.

Currently there is a limited pool of accredited BRIDGE facilitators in the Pacific. Rebuilding the pool of accredited BRIDGE facilitators in the Pacific will provide an important resource and skillset that can support and contribute to each respective EMB’s broader training needs as well as support the AEC in its delivery of international capacity building programs. 

Members of the PIANZEA Network include EMBs from the following countries: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Timor-Leste (associate member).