Presentations are used to introduce topics and case studies to the audience. Resource persons are asked to limit their presentations to 2/3rds of the time dedicated to the topic and to allow for questions and answers from the participants. Moreover, in order to facilitate learning outcomes, we encourage the resource persons to use power point slides which will be made available online after the completion of the workshop. Templates for the power point presentation will be provided to all resource persons.

Questions and discussions: Time has been allocated to questions and discussions among participants and resource persons in plenum debates after approximately three presentations. Here we encourage the audience to ask direct questions to the resource persons and/or to share experiences on the various topics under discussion. To keep the relatively strict time table, we encourage all to keep both questions and answers focused and short in order to allow for wide participation.

Seminars: Seminars are organized whereby participants are divided into groups discussion different topics with facilitator(s) presented. One person is chosen as a spokes person. The facilitators will open the discussion with a short presentation and/or by showing a video-based introduction (approx. 15 minutes). The group has 30 minutes for brainstorming and deliberation around a set of questions related to the topic and/or working in smaller groups on specific case studies or exercises. It is up to the facilitator how the session will take form. Following the seminar, all groups will meet in plenum to present their discussions and there will be time also for questions and discussions. The main findings and recommendations will be capture by the dedicated rapporteur and collated in the above mentioned publications.

Interactive clinics: During the last day of the workshop, an interactive clinic is organized to diagnose and discuss the most important issues perceived as being member of stakeholders group. All participants are divided into smaller groups according to their institutional belonging, that is, whether they represent UN/UNDP or EU/EC staff, regional associations of EMBs, international organizations or donors/development partners working in the field of electoral assistance or, finally, members of electoral management bodies. The main objective of this session is to get an overview over the lessons learned and recommendations from these different groups, all of which are involved in electoral assistance but that may have different perspectives.

Video-material and eLearning: A substantial number of case studies are available in video format from our E-Learning Course. Participants will be granted access to the elearning course on the Monday 22nd of June in order to browse the content and get acquainted with the most important concepts of electoral assistance. During the face to face workshop in Accra, facilitators will have the possibility to introduce the different issues by potentially using some of the videos and interviews contained in our elearning course.

Evaluation: Evaluations of previous workshops show that the workshop has been highly successful in lifting knowledge levels and in exchanging experiences across the different stakeholders in elections. Evaluations have provided useful input to the development of the training programme and a practice we want to continue. To this end, participants will be asked to respond to a questioner to express their personal assessment of each item on the agenda in terms of content and presentation allowing for both quantitative and qualitative responses. A summary of the workshop, taking on board participants’ statistics as well as the evaluation will be published online after the workshop.

Translation: The plenary sessions will have simultaneous translations English/French – French/English