I MODULE: TRAINING SEMINAR FOR

INTERNATIONAL ELECTORAL OBSERVERS

23-25 November 2015
23 November
09.00
09.30
09.30
10.00

24 November

EIUC
Monastery of San Nicol
Riviera San Nicol 26
I 30126 Venice Lido
25 November

REGISTRATION
Welcoming
Demetrio LAZAGNA

09.00
10.00

Armin RABITSCH
Practical Implications of the Code of Conduct

FREE

Contacts with the Media

Introductory remarks and presentation of the course and trainers

Demetrio LAZAGNA

10.00
11.00

11.00
11.30

Emanuele GIAUFRET
Head of the Democracy and Electoral Observation Division

BREAK

10.00
11.00

11.00
11.30

Armin RABITSCH
STO: Relation with your LTO in AoR

BREAK

11.00
11.30

Anne SERAFINI

11.30
12.30

Electoral Observation History: from the XIX to the XXI Century

The Purpose of Election Observation: Credibility, Transparency,
Accountability, Confidence-building, Democracy Promotion

11.30
12.30

Armin RABITSCH
12.30
13.30

International Legal Standards

Declaration of Principles for International Electoral Observation

12.30
13.30

The status of international observers

13.30
14.30
14.30
15.30

LUNCH
Alessandro GIOVINE
The role of national Ministries of Foreign Affairs: the role of national
focal points in the selection of observers

13.30
14.30

Comparative methodological analyses, EU, ODIHR, US experience

The Election Observation Mission: Structure, Functions, Phases

15.30
16.30

Areas of observation, specific countries, domestic observation

16.30
17.00

Brainstorming

17:15

Welcome aperitif

STO: Observing and Reporting Tools

Anne SERAFINI
Safety Awareness and Responsibilities
The STO Team: Working with Driver and Interpreter
LUNCH
Anne SERAFINI

14.30
15.30

Anne SERAFINI
15.30
16.30

BREAK
Demetrio LAZAGNA

Armin RABITSCH
11.30
12.30

10.00
11.00

The Core Team, with specific reference to

EU missions: selection procedures,
functioning, relations with national
authorities and EU institutions

16.30
17.00

Opening Procedures
Voting Procedures
Closing and Counting Procedures
Anne SERAFINI
Polling station set up, simulation of Short term
Observation
Brainstorming

The future of election observation in

international relations: opportunities and
difficulties

12.30
13.00

Debriefing and closing

13:00
13.30

Distribution of certificates

13.30
14.30

LUNCH