December 15, 2011
Published by elianetorres at December 15, 2011
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As a component of the Promoting Elections, Accountability and Civic Engagement (PEACE) Project in Chad, the BRIDGE Workshop on Electoral Observation was held between the 8 and 9 of December 2011 in Dandi, Chad.
December 15, 2011
Published by elianetorres at December 15, 2011
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As a component of the Promoting Elections, Accountability and Civic Engagement (PEACE) Project in Chad, the BRIDGE Workshop for Strategic & Financial Planning was held between the 5 and 7 of December 2011 in Dandi, Chad.
December 7, 2011
Published by Solyom at December 7, 2011
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The regional Train the Facilitator workshop in Budapest, Hungary was the first training of BRIDGE facilitators in Central and Eastern Europe and therefore, it is of utmost importance in terms of introducing BRIDGE as a capacity building tool in the region.
December 6, 2011
As part of its ongoing project in Africa, International IDEA organised a 10-day BRIDGE Train the Facilitator Workshop in French from 14-25 November 2011, which was held in Accra, Ghana.
December 6, 2011
Published by Cate Thompson at December 6, 2011
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What does it mean in an electoral context to be a stakeholder? This question was posed to the group gathered for the BRIDGE Stakeholders Module in Thimphu from 21-25 November 2011.
December 6, 2011
Published by Natiaka at December 6, 2011
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The voter registration process in Moldova is complex, and no institution - not even the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) - has full and complete responsibility or control over the process.
November 29, 2011
As part of its ongoing project in Africa International IDEA organised a 5-day BRIDGE training in English on "Electoral Dispute resolution" from 17-21 October 2011 which was held in Accra, Ghana
November 29, 2011
Pursuant to a series of interventions of providing capacity for election practitioners agreed upon by the International Institute for Democracy and Election Assistance (International IDEA) and the then Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) now the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of Kenya, six of the twenty four semi-accredited workshop facilitators conducted a three-day customised workshop in Tulaga-Munyaka, Kenya from 16-18 November, 2011.
November 22, 2011
Published by hcatt at November 22, 2011
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Elections and gender experts from across the world participated in a UNDP hosted, Gender and Elections workshop in New York City, USA
November 22, 2011
The January 14, 2011 nationwide revolution in Tunisia initiated a new era in the Region. After decades dominated by autocratic rulers, Tunisia started shaping the way toward democratisation.
November 17, 2011
As part of its ongoing project in Africa International IDEA organised a 5-day BRIDGE training in Portuguese on "Voter Registration" from 31 October – 4 November 2011 which was held in Pretoria, South Africa.
November 17, 2011
Published by Judy_Birkenhead at November 17, 2011
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So I am finally travelling to Dili to work with Ross and Augusto on BRIDGE! It is a long time since I first met Augusto at a TTF in Melbourne and I have fond memories of his friendship and good humour.
November 15, 2011
Subsequent to the success of the very first Gender Train-the-Facilitator (TtF) workshop which was piloted in Pretoria South Africa in September 2010, International IDEA organised a similar TtF on 22 August – 02 September 2011.
November 14, 2011
Published by Kamissa at November 14, 2011
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From September 26 to 30, a group of 20 francophone election experts were part of a capacity building training around the themes of electoral administration & observation in Paris, France.
November 14, 2011
Over the past several years, the political environment in Niger has been characterized by good democratic practices with professionally organized elections.
November 9, 2011
With the recent publication of two new handbooks on electoral dispute resolution, Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook (2010) and Guidelines for Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Disputes in Elections (GUARDE) (2011) the BRIDGE electoral dispute resolution module has recently undergone an extensive and timely revision.
November 7, 2011
UNDP/Ethiopia within the Democratic Institutions Programme (DIP) project "Enhanced capacity of the National Electoral Board" has organized the BRIDGE workshops on Boundary Delimitation for Senior EMB (NEBE) officials and other stakeholders
November 4, 2011
Published by Mareska at November 4, 2011
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Another successive trainings, only 2 days apart were again conducted In Indonesia under the KPU-AEC BRIDGE banner.
November 3, 2011
Published by Mareska at November 3, 2011
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Since the beginning of the Indonesia General Election Commission (KPU) BRIDGE program back in 2009, the venue has never before been in these islands: Sumatera and Kalimantan.
November 3, 2011
Published by Mareska at November 3, 2011
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Since the conduct of the Module Training in Lombok in May 2011, the Indonesia General Election Commission (KPU) and the AEC BRIDGE program has come into a full speed.
November 2, 2011
When we were told at the office that we have been selected as part of the batch of those who will undergo a Train the Facilitator course in Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Election (BRIDGE), we were excited and curious.
October 31, 2011
Published by Solyom at October 31, 2011
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The Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO), that was established in 1991 and is based in Budapest, Hungary, organized and implemented a regional BRDIGE module workshop.
October 31, 2011
Published by hcatt at October 31, 2011
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Election Commission of Nepal and the UNDP Electoral Support Programme for Nepal hosted a BRIDGE workshop to pilot the model 3 day agenda on Gender and Elections
October 20, 2011
Published by Doina at October 20, 2011
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Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Moldova held an External Voting BRIDGE workshop on 5-7-th October, 2011.
October 20, 2011
Published by Natiaka at October 20, 2011
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IFES organized a pair of BRIDGE workshops on the poignant topic of electoral systems in Lebanon. The workshops were technical in nature, focusing on the main electoral systems, seat allocation formulas, quotas, and reserved seats,
October 17, 2011
Published by Regina Lunge at October 17, 2011
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Sub-Regional National Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections, BRIDGE Gender and Elections Module Workshop for the Civil Society organizations in NCD and Central Provinces.
October 14, 2011
Published by fabio.bargiacchi@eces.eu at October 14, 2011
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From 27th September to 7th October, the first ever BRIDGE course was conducted in São Tomé, the capital of the islands of São Tomé e Principe, that straddle the line of the Equator.
October 9, 2011
Published by fabio.bargiacchi@eces.eu at October 9, 2011
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Improving the skills and self-confidence of Angolan electoral stakeholders in training techniques using the adult participatory and interactive approach of BRIDGE has been the fundamental objective of the Train the Facilitator
October 6, 2011
Published by Cate Thompson at October 6, 2011
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Civic Education and Voter Information modules. Bhutan, September 2011.
October 3, 2011
Published by fabio.bargiacchi@eces.eu at October 3, 2011
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From 15 to 22 September, the BRIDGE workshop on Media and Elections was conducted simultaneously in Portuguese and in Tetum in Dili, Timor Leste, in the context of the Project in Support of the 2010-2013 Electoral Cycles
September 29, 2011
The International Institute for Democracy and Election Assistance (International IDEA) and the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) of Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
September 23, 2011
Published by audrey.manu at September 23, 2011
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The UN Women’s Gender Equality in Political Governance (GEPG) programme held an Electoral Systems and Gender workshop from 5th – 9th September 2011 for Electoral Management Body (EMB) and stakeholders in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
September 21, 2011
Published by Natiaka at September 21, 2011
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Within the GPECS Europe and CIS component, the UNDP’s Democratic Governance Group of the Bureau for Development Policy (DGG/BDP) and UNDP Bratislava Regional Center (UNDP BRC) in cooperation with UNDP/Turkmenistan has organized a five-day Europe and CIS Regional BRIDGE Workshop
September 9, 2011
BRIDGE “Voter Registration” for Africa French EMB representatives
September 8, 2011
Published by masechaba.mdaka at September 8, 2011
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BRIDGE partner, International IDEA, organised a 10 day TtF in Pretoria, South Africa with a special focus on gender and its role in the electoral process.
September 7, 2011
Published by mclancy at September 7, 2011
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Two Civic Education Module workshops were conducted in Dili East Timor for participants
September 2, 2011
Published by B.Alyaseri at September 2, 2011
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The BRIDGE Introduction to Electoral Administration module was run as a three day workshop in Melbourne
September 1, 2011
Published by ibrahima.niang at September 1, 2011
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Gorée Institute, the ACE and BRIDGE hub for West Africa organised a BRIDGE Training of Trainers (TtF)
August 30, 2011
International IDEA with support from AusAID through its Africa Governance Fund organised a BRIDGE “Voter Registration” 5-day Workshop in Accra, Ghana. The workshop conducted in English was held from 11 July – 15 July 2011.
August 30, 2011
IFES South Sudan has organized two BRIDGE training workshops in Juba to support domestic stakeholder decision-making and build capacity to manage electoral processes during the post-independence period.
August 23, 2011
Published by zimemos at August 23, 2011
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The Electoral Commission of Nepal - ECN in conjunction with International Foundation for Electoral Systems- IFES organised a BRIDGE Train-the-Facilitator (TtF) course on 27 June – 08 July 2011 in Godavari Village Resort at Lalitpur
August 19, 2011
Published by schristensen at August 19, 2011
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The International Foundation for Electoral Systems(IFES) held an international Train the Facilitator (TtF) programme in Bagdad in August 2011 facilitated by Hermann Thiel and Skye Christensen.
August 18, 2011
International IDEA has been engaged in building the capacity of African Election Management Body (EMB) personnel with support from AusAID since 2004.
August 17, 2011
Published by fabio.bargiacchi@eces.eu at August 17, 2011
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From 1 to 12 August, the first BRIDGE course in Portuguese was conducted in the seaside capital of Timor Leste, Dili.
August 11, 2011
It is more than 10 years ago now that BRIDGE began as the mere spark of an idea amongst a group of electoral experts.
August 11, 2011
The 9th BRIDGE Partner Committee Meeting (PCM) was held in Budapest, Hungary in June this year, alongside the ACEEEO 20th jubilee conference.
August 9, 2011
Published by audrey.manu at August 9, 2011
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The UN Women’s Gender Equality in Political Governance (GEPG) programme successfully hosted a three days BRIDGE Implementation training workshop from August 1 – 3 in the capital of Solomon Islands, Honiara.
August 5, 2011
Published by Doina at August 5, 2011
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On 28 and 29 July 2011, the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Moldova restarted a key internal development programme for its members and staff through the presentation of a BRIDGE ‘Introduction to Electoral Administration’ workshop in Chisinau.
August 5, 2011
Published by Jeanette at August 5, 2011
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The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) ends the first BRIDGE
August 4, 2011
Published by fabio.bargiacchi@eces.eu at August 4, 2011
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Widening Perspectives and Deepening the Cooperation between the Mozambican Electoral Administration and the Pro PALOP-TL Project to carry out BRIDGE and Pro PALOP-TL activities
August 1, 2011
Published by Weagles1 at August 1, 2011
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As part of the Australian Government’s longstanding support for East Timor, funding was provided by AusAID to conduct training to further develop the capacity of electoral administration in Timor-Leste.
July 28, 2011
Published by audrey.manu at July 28, 2011
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The UN Women’s Gender Equality in Political Governance (GEPG) programme conducted a BRIDGE Gender and Election workshop in Kirakira, Makira-Ulawa Province from 11th – 15th July 2011.
July 27, 2011
Published by kinley at July 27, 2011
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The Election Commission of Bhutan conducted a 5 day BRIDGE Gender and Election module training workshop at Hotel Holiday Home, Paro, Bhutan from 27 to 31 December 2010.
July 20, 2011
Published by Cate Thompson at July 20, 2011
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The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) conducted a BRIDGE Boundary Delimitation workshop in Melbourne from 06 - 08 July 2011.
July 12, 2011
Published by fabio.bargiacchi@eces.eu at July 12, 2011
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In light of the legislative elections and the possible local elections in 2012, the electoral management bodies of Guinea Bissau –
July 12, 2011
Published by eyousef at July 12, 2011
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In an effort to develop the capacity of Iraq’s Independent High Election Commission (IHEC), IFES and the IHEC recently launched a comprehensive program to help IHEC staff gain a deeper understanding of the electoral process and the international standards for genuine and credible elections.
July 12, 2011
Published by Gabrielle Bardall at July 12, 2011
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Thirty- five members of MINUSTAH’s electoral assistance division spent the week of June 6-10 exploring topics of the BRIDGE
July 5, 2011
Published by Cate Thompson at July 5, 2011
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The Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) and the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) together conducted BRIDGE training
July 4, 2011
The United Party for National Development – UPND in conjunction with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation - FNF organised a BRIDGE Training of Trainers (ToT) course in four provinces (Lusaka; Copperbelt; Southern and North Western) in Zambia.
July 1, 2011
Published by Shahlah at July 1, 2011
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After conducting TtFs in Afghanistan in 2006 and in 2007 the IEC (Independent Election Commission) have followed this up with several BRIDGE workshops.
June 30, 2011
Published by fabio.bargiacchi@eces.eu at June 30, 2011
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From 20 to 22 June, the BRIDGE workshop on Media and Elections was conducted in Portuguese in Guinea Bissau in the context of the Project in Support of the 2010-2013 Electoral Cycles of the Portuguese Speaking African Countries and Timor Leste (PRO PALOP TL).
June 15, 2011
Gender inequalities within electoral processes are common all around the world, strengthened by and connected to the social, cultural and economic barriers facing women in most societies.
June 10, 2011
Published by fabio.bargiacchi@eces.eu at June 10, 2011
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The “BRIDGE Strategy” of the PRO PALOP TL (the Project in Support of the 2010-2013 Electoral Cycles of the Portuguese Speaking African Countries and Timor Leste)
June 10, 2011
The holding of transparent and peaceful electoral processes is a recurring issue in the African continent and, specifically in the Central African sub region.
June 3, 2011
Published by LBradford at June 3, 2011
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From April 11- 13, 2011 delegates from the PIANZEA Network gathered in Brisbane Australia to participate in the BRIDGE Electoral Systems module.
June 2, 2011
International IDEA-Sudan has organised the BRIDGE Train the Facilitator (TtF) workshop in Khartoum, between December 12 -23, 2010.
June 2, 2011
Published by Natiaka at June 2, 2011
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UNDP in Georgia supports capacity building of the Election Administration of Georgia and other Election Stakeholders through the BRIDGE programme.
May 11, 2011
The first ever TtF entirely conducted in Portuguese was held in Bissau, the capital of the western-African country, Guinea-Bissau, between April 11 -22.
May 9, 2011
Published by audrey.manu at May 9, 2011
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The four facilitators travelled and lived with the community for five days at Binu village on the island of Guadalcanal.
May 4, 2011
Published by Cate Thompson at May 4, 2011
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The first BRIDGE Train-the-Facilitator (TtF) workshop in Timor Leste was conducted in Com in April 2011.