Promo-LEX Association, in partnership with European Exchange (Germany), under the aegis of The Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections, launched a series of five trainings for long-term observers on topic „Basic concepts of long-term and short-term election monitoring”. Activities are performed within the project “Domestic Election Monitoring and Voter Education in Moldova – Strengthening of Capacities and International Networking”, funded by the European Union Delegation in the Republic of Moldova within the program „Non-state actors and local authorities in development”.
Trainings are aimed to enrich the knowledge of the long-term observers and to improve their election monitoring skills. Trainings were preceded by a training of trainers (ToT) in election monitoring held on May 18-19, 2012. TOT was conducted by Septimius Pârvu and Constantin Mârza, experts from “Pro Democratia Association” (APD), Romania. Thus, Romanian experts trained a group of national trainers that will further train their colleagues from the Promo-LEX observers’ network.
Trainings for long-term observers will be held during May 25 – June 23, 2012. Trainings will focus on the following subjects: general principles of national and international election monitoring; international standards, codes of conduct; human rights observance as a necessary precondition for free and fair elections; main stages of the electoral process; monitoring of specific areas: legislative monitoring, monitoring of public resources, financing of political parties and electoral campaigns, issues of minority representation / monitoring racism and xenophobia; Election day monitoring; developing an election monitoring plan.
The project “Domestic Election Monitoring and Voter Education in Moldova – Strengthening of Capacities and International Networking” aims to strengthen voter participation in the democratic electoral processes, and future, through the development of professional network of NGOs, to contribute to the voter education campaigns and voter mobilization, to monitor elections and to initiate post-election dialogues between the authorities and NOGs on electoral reforms.
For more detailed information please contact:
Mr. Nicolae PANFIL, local project manager, the Secretary of The Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections, [email protected]
Mr. Pavel POSTICA, local project coordinator, Director of the Monitoring Democratic Processes Program, Promo-LEX Association: [email protected]