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16th ACEEEO Annual Conference in Strasbourg, France

Date of the event:

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 to Wednesday, September 19, 2007

The annual conference of the ACEEEO in 2007 was a significant event in the life of the ACEEEO due to the following reasons.

Firstly this was the first time that our conference was organized under our new name, Association of European Election Officials. Therefore, we considered this conference as a unique event, where we had a chance to express our being a Pan-European association and celebrated it together with our colleagues from all over the world.

Secondly, this was the first time when we organized our annual conference in Strasbourg (France), where the seat of the Council of Europe is and in co-operation with the Venice Commission. Right after the ACEEEO conference, the Venice Commission organised the 4th Conference of the Electoral Management Bodies.

Concerning the preparation and conduction of elections, the role of electoral education became increasingly important. Electoral education is a case at issue in every continent and centers, in the form of state and local governmental organizations or NGOs, are gradually established that continue this activity as an institutional service. The members of each new generation should be convinced of the democratic values, different election elements and social importance of voting. Therefore electoral education is a never ending course, as new generations have to be informed on the election process again and again.

Of course, historical traditions, political cultures and election systems of the different countries are diverse and therefore the adaptation to national traditions is necessary in each country. However, democracy is a common value of mankind, thus common elements are to be found in its education. In the course of this conference the ACEEEO made an attempt to set forth these common values and to launch an international cooperation in the field of education.

Conference agenda and recommendations

The Agenda of the Strasbourg Conference is available here.

Staff development for the EMBs may take a number of basic forms, such as customized short-term informal training, the mentoring of staff by senior EMB or another organization’s officials, and also long-term formal training in the form of courses or academic development programmes. The election administrators must be trained permanently and there is a strong need for graduate or post graduate qualifications in electoral management.
The electoral authorities should establish an institutional structure in order to meet the requirements for instructing the electoral actors and to implement its responsibility in the area. In this respect, the electoral authorities should promote the following attributions in according with their national electoral law:

preparing specific instruction programmes in electoral matters for authorities and administrative territorial institutions, as well as for the members of the polling stations. These electoral officials should be introduced in a database.
running up programmes regarding the right to vote by special categories of voters (illiterate, disabled persons etc.);
enhancing the external relations of the electoral authorities among ACEEEO members (exchanging of information and documentation concerning national electoral systems, national elections, organising of workshops for debating electoral matters) and within international organisations (Council of Europe, OSCE etc.).
ensuring budgetary means for:

establishing collaboration with academic institutions and civil society in
order to examine and debate the proposals for improving the electoral
system;
printing and spreading of information and instruction materials for
publicity campaigns undertaken to popularise the electoral system;
establishing documentation centres for the representatives of the public
authorities and civil society;
editing and publishing of the updated national electoral legislation;
organising conferences, workshops for debating electoral matters
involving academic institutions, civil society and electoral actors)
organising training for political parties stuff in connection with their
involvement in electoral campaigns
organising specific training for police in the purpose of dealing with
electoral frauds.

Presentations on Professional Education of Electoral Actors

On the Plenary Sessions on Professional education of electoral actors the following presentations were delivered:

Election and Education – Need, Experience and Prospects (Arnis Cimdars, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Latvia)

Professional Education in the Russian Federation ( Stanislav V. Vavilov, Vice Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation)

The Venice Commission and training in the electoral field in French ( Pierre Garrone, Head of the Division of Elections and Referendums of the Venice Commission)

The Importance of Electoral Education: A Practical Perspective to Educating Election Professionals ( Jean-Pierre Kingsley, President of IFES)

Professional Education of Election Management Bodies in Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Suad Arnautovic, Member of the Electoral Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina )

Presentation on International Center for Electoral Training and Research (Manuel Carrillo, Chief of Staff, International Affairs of the Federal Electoral Institute of Mexico)

Presentations on Elections in the Region

Presentations delivered about Elections in the region are available as follows:

Municipal elections in Hungary- October 2006

Municipal elections in Georgia - October 2006

Parliamentary elections in Latvia - October 2006

Local and regional elections in Croatia- June, 2007

Municipal elections in Lithuania February, 2007

Parliamentary elections in Armenia - May 2007

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