ELECTIONS COMPONENT: ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION CAPACITY BUILDING DOMESTIC OBSERVATION

1. BRUSSELS, 6-7JUNE 2012 ELECTIONS COMPONENT: ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION CAPACITY BUILDING DOMESTIC OBSERVATION -VOTERS’ AWARENESS RAISING

2. 1. CAPACITY BUILDING OF THE ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION

3. First coordination meeting, Vienna, 13 May 2011 • Participants: chairpersons and other members of Central Election Commissions • Aim: Initial exchange of ideas about the programme

4. Two main themesidentified: Voters’ lists compilation and registers Electoral disputes

5. Seminar on “voters lists and electoral disputes”, Chisinau, 19-20 September 2011 Participants: CECs, OSCE/ODIHR, IDEA, UNDP, political parties, NGOs. Aim: discussion of the two identified themes and organisation of futures activities

6. Seminar on “voters lists and registers”, Kyiv, 26-27 March 2012 Aim: Exchanging views, in particular by learning from the Ukrainian recent experience of creating a State Voters register, identifying problems and defining possible solutions. Participants: CECs, political parties Content: “case-law” of Venice Commission on voters’ lists, implementation of the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters

7. Forthcoming seminars: • Strasbourg - Autumn 2012 • Georgia – Spring 2013

8. 2. DOMESTIC ELECTION OBSERVATION

9. 19-20 May 2011, Strasbourg, launching workshop This workshop was the launching activity of the sub-component designed to enhance the role of civil society organizations in the promotion of European election standards in Eastern Partnership countries notably through election observation.

10. Standards, best practices and methodology for domestic observation: handbook and methodology • Capacity building of domestic observers: training of trainers  regional pool or trainers

11. Strengthening co-operation of domestic observers with international observers and national election administrations

12. Autumn 2011 • Assessment of best practices of domestic election observation in Eastern Partnership countries and inquiry on training needs December 2011 – May 2012 • Drafting of the best practices part of the handbook • Contracting of the expert for writing the draft methodology September-October 2012 • Meeting to discuss the two texts

13. 3. VOTERS’ AWARENESS RAISING

14. 5-6 September 2011, Chisinau, workshop to discuss voters’ awareness raising activities This workshop addressed CEC and was a brainstorming session on needs and opportunities for regional activities aimed at raising voters’ awareness of the electoral process

15. Development of a curriculum for secondary schools pupils • The improvement of participation of women

16. 13-14 February 2012: • Meeting in Chisinau on young voters' awareness raising about the role of the electoral process in a democratic system • Participants from NGOs and MoE • Agreed point: To develop a 2-hour curriculum on elections for the last two years of high school

17. Greater participation of women: • Creation of a network to improve women’s participation in public life • Measures aimed at facilitating the work of female parliamentarians

18. Tbilisi, 7 and 8 February 2012 • Meeting on participation of women in public life • Participants: women parliamentarians • Agreed: trainings to support women already elected and encourage participation of others (general training curriculum, media, fundraising, E-newsletter)

19. Complementary actions under CoE bilateral programmes to support free and fair elections • Underway in 2012: Georgia and Ukraine • Expected in 2013: Armenia and Azerbaïjan

20. Local partners are/will be: • domestic NGOs, • governmental institutions • schools

21. 2013 • Domestic observation: training of trainers for domestic observers on the basis of the methodology to be adopted in the autumn • Young voters: implementation of the curriculum for schools • Women: development of trainings and evaluation • two seminars for CEC on training of the members of the election commissions, building trust in elections; observation of elections.

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