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The Central Election Commission of Georgia launches Election Development Schools for a fifth year in a row
On 15 July the Central Election Commission of Georgia (CEC) launched the project “Electoral Development Schools” that it implements with the support of the Council of Europe (CoE). The project objective is to stimulate increased civic engagement and better election turnout among Georgian youth....
Training on Monitoring of Political Activity in Social Media
On 10-11 July the Council of Europe supported the State Audit Office of Georgia to train its Political Finance Monitoring Department and Public Relations Division staff on monitoring political activity in social media. The Council of Europe national consultants developed training materials and...
Study visit of the Central Election Commission of Georgia to Norway
In the framework of the Council of Europe project on « Reform of the electoral process in Georgia », the Division of Electoral Assistance organised a study visit for the Central Election Commission of Georgia to Norway from 2 to 5 July 2019. This study visit was the opportunity for the CEC of...
Workshop on Participatory Gender Audit for Election Administration of Georgia
On 20 June 2019 the Council of Europe organised a workshop on Gender Participatory Audit (PGA) for the Election Administration of Georgia. The workshop was steered by International Labour Organisation (ILO) accredited facilitators, who presented the main findings and recommendations of the PGA...
Workshop on Gender Participatory Audit
On 9-10 May 2019 the Central Election Commission of Georgia organised a workshop on Gender Participatory Audit (PGA) with the support of the Council of Europe. The seminar was conducted by Council of Europe experts, ILO accredited facilitators, who are in the midst of implementing PGA of the...
First-time voters enhanced their knowledge of electoral and voting procedures, political party systems and media coverage of elections on the eve of 2019 Presidential Elections in Ukraine
Throughout March – April 2019, 128 first-time voters from Kyiv, Severodonetsk, Starobilsk, Zaporizhzhia and Lviv regions took part in joint Council of Europe and Democracy Reporting International workshops “Your first vote” aimed at engaging youth in political and electoral processes in Ukraine....
Presentation of the new electronic module for media to appoint their representatives
On 24 April 2019, the Central Election Commission of Georgia (CEC) presented its new electronic module allowing media organisations to appoint (register) their representatives electronically at all levels of election administration. This new module was developed and is being deployed with Council...
2018 General Elections – Challenges of the electoral process in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The conference was opened by H.E. Ambassador Drahoslav Stefanek, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina, H.E. Ambassador Bruce Berton, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mr Branko Petric, President of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and...
Administrative judges from 22 regions trained on election dispute resolution on the eve of 31 March 2019 Elections
117 administrative judges from 30 Ukrainian administrative courts of appeal and district administrative courts participated in trainings on election dispute resolution which took place in Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Chernivtsi, Kramatorsk, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Odessa throughout February – March 2019. During...
Post-election Conference: The 2018 Presidential Election, Lessons Learned and Steps Ahead
Policy and law makers, members of the Central Election Commission, representatives of State Audit Office, political parties, international community, media and civil society discussed the 2018 Presidential Election in Georgia at the conference organised by the Council of Europe within the frame...
