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.
April 19, 2011
Published by Shahlah at April 19, 2011
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After conducting different BRIDGE module programs in Afghanistan to build the capacity of its staff in different electoral aspects, the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan organized a 5 days training on Gender and Election
April 15, 2011
Published by audrey.manu at April 15, 2011
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UN Women’s Gender Equality in Political Governance (GEPG) programme ended another successful awareness programme using BRIDGE’s Gender and Election module from 4th – 8th April, 2011.
April 14, 2011
Published by Gabrielle Bardall at April 14, 2011
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25 senior electoral management experts from 8 countries in central Africa gathered in Kinshasa from March 14-16 to participate in a BRIDGE workshop on electoral dispute resolution (EDR).
March 30, 2011
Published by ibrahima.niang at March 30, 2011
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Gorée Institute, as a BRIDGE and ACE hub for West Africa hosted a four-day modular BRIDGE training (March 24-27, 2011) on the island of Gorée
March 28, 2011
This is a report of BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Election) Workshop for United Nations Integrated Referendum and Electoral Division (UNIRED) staff from both Northern and Southern Sudan.
March 21, 2011
Published by audrey.manu at March 21, 2011
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UN Women in partnership with the Women in Shared Decision Making (WISDM) and the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs Women’s Development Division ended a week long training workshop
March 10, 2011
The pages of this website are most often filled with joyous news about the positive effects that BRIDGE has on participants and facilitators alike.
March 9, 2011
Published by Erik at March 9, 2011
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The PIANZEA Network, with funding from AusAID’s Pacific PSLP program is conducting a series of BRIDGE workshops aimed at building knowledge and the capacity of electoral staff in the Pacific to assist them in the conduct of elections.
March 9, 2011
Published by Cate Thompson at March 9, 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.
March 4, 2011
The Republic of Guinea has recently made great strides on the road toward democracy. With the recent election of the first democratically-elected president in its entire history
March 2, 2011
Published by Shahlah at March 2, 2011
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The Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan conducted the BRIDGE V2 Civic Education module on the 19-23 February 2011.
February 21, 2011
Published by Natiaka at February 21, 2011
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The BRIDGE project in Georgia is implemented by UNDP project Promoting Dialogue and Capacity for Effective National Electoral Processes
February 1, 2011
In preparation for the upcoming Elections envisaged to be conducted around September 2011; the Electoral Commission of Zambia – ECZ in conjunction with UNDP Zambia organised a Train the facilitator (TtF) course
December 23, 2010
Published by Cate Thompson at December 23, 2010
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BRIDGE has played a stimulating and initiating role as part of two Study Programs organised under the AEC / PNGEC Twinning Project. Funding and support was provided by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), AEC National Office and AEC offices in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria and Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ).
December 22, 2010
Published by eyousef at December 22, 2010
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The Friedrich Naumann Foundation has organised two workshops on Electoral Systems. The first workshop was held in Amman 26-27/11/2010, and the second in Beirut 04-05/12/2010.
December 21, 2010
Published by Gabrielle Bardall at December 21, 2010
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IFES-Burundi organized a BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections) Train the Facilitator course from December 6-17 in Bujumbura, Burundi.
December 20, 2010
Published by Natiaka at December 20, 2010
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UNDP in Georgia, with the financial support of European Union, continues support of BRIDGE implementation for the EMB of Georgia.
December 19, 2010
Published by Natiaka at December 19, 2010
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UNDP/Georgia project Promoting Dialogue and Capacity for Effective National Electoral Processes, with the financial support of European Union, aims at building the capacity of the Election Administration of Georgia.
December 8, 2010
IFES was awarded a cooperative agreement for Niger through the USAID/CEPPS mechanism in August 2010 to assist the Niger National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) in conducting the upcoming elections
December 7, 2010
Published by audrey.manu at December 7, 2010
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A week long training workshop on Gender and Elections organized by the United Nations Development Fund for Women or UNIFEM
December 7, 2010
Published by bibi_h at December 7, 2010
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Men and women who participated in a three-day BRIDGE Gender and Elections Module had never thought that a workshop as such would even begin to change their thinking
December 2, 2010
Published by eyousef at December 2, 2010
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International IDEA, in partnership with IFES and UNDP Arab World regional office, organized a BRIDGE Train the Facilitators workshop for participants representing seven countries in the region. The training was held in Amman, Jordan from 21 November – 02 December 2010.
November 23, 2010
Published by Amalia Stepanyan at November 23, 2010
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In the framework of Enhancing Electoral system and processes in Turkmenistan project, UNDP Turkmenistan in partnership with CEC organized a whole range of capacity building activities
November 21, 2010
Published by webmaster at November 21, 2010
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IFES Lebanon, and in partnership with the MoIM of Lebanon, has organized during the period 1 – 12 November 2010 a TtF
November 9, 2010
Published by Erik at November 9, 2010
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It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I write this article. Last night our good friend and colleague from the Vanuatu Electoral Office, Tom Alick Kalo passed away suddenly.