The first 3 day EC-UNDP-IDEA Joint Thematic Workshop on The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Electoral Processes took place in the European Commission Headquarters, Berlaymont Building, salle Walter Hallstein in Brussels from 30th November until 2nd December 2009.
Built on the content, structure and experiences of previous learning events, the EC-UNDP Joint Task Force and International IDEA, with the support of the International Organization of Migration (IOM), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Organization of American States (OAS) and Government of Spain, delivered the workshop.
The workshop targeted staff members of appointed persons from the EC, UNDP, IDEA. CIDA, IOM, EU Member States, other donor agencies, regional/international organizations as well as members of election management bodies. Owing to the specific thematic area, the organizers targeted staff in countries that has worked with issues related to the introduction/use of ICTs in voter registration processes over the last five years in the context of UNDP managed projects with contributions from EC. Persons outside the targeted audience needed to be seconded through their respective organizations/institutions and/or EU Member States.
The 60 appointed participants was provided with:
The workshop discussed and validated the upcoming JTF Operational Paper/ACE Focus on “Procurement Aspects of Introducing ICT solutions in Electoral Processes: The Specific Case of Voter Registration and Electronic Voting”. The workshop also discussed the first findings of the upcoming Joint EC UNDP Task Force/International IDEA Handbook for: “The Use of Information & Communication Technologies in electoral processes; focus on civil & voter registration and data transmission” focusing on case studies from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
Three weeks before arrival (9th November) the participants received access to the “Training Manual and eLearning Course on Effective Electoral Assistance” so that the main foundations issues of effective electoral assistance were dealt with the manual and eLearning.
One week prior to arrival (23rd November) the participants received the above mentioned operational paper on “Procurement Aspects of Introducing ICT solutions in Electoral Processes: The Specific Case of Voter Registration”.
The workshop and the related materials was free of charge but participants were expected to cover for expenditures related to travel, accommodation etc.
Below you can download the power point presentations used by the presenters during the training as well as other supporting documents
1.1 Opening Speeches
Dominique Dellicour, Head of Unit, Governance, Security, Human Rights and Gender, Directorate for Quality Support, EuropeAid – Antonio Vigilante, Director of the UN/UNDP Brussels Office – Apollinaire Malu Malu, President of the Independent Electoral Commission of DRC and President of the SADC Electoral Commission Forum – Gilson Dipp, Vice-President of the Brazilian National Council of Justice – Domenico Tuccinardi, NEEDS Project Director, International IDEA Representative in Brussels1.3 UN Policy towards the Introduction/Use of ICTs in Electoral Processes
Angela Bargellini, Electoral Political Officer, UN Electoral Assistance Division, Department of Political Affairs1.4 EU/EC Policy and Strategic Framework towards the Introduction/Use of ICTs in Electoral Processes
Francesco Torcoli, Election Specialist, Human Rights and Gender Unit, EuropeAid, EC1.6 Election Observation, Background, Methodology and Implementation
Malgorzata Wasilewska, Head of Unit, RELEX B2, Democratization and Elections; Treaties Office and Patrice Le Normand, Head of Election Observation Sector, EuropeAid F21.7 Challenges of Observing Electoral Processes introducing ICTs in Voter Registration and E-Voting
Domenico Tuccinardi, Senior Project Director, NEEDS Project and Nicolas Kaczorowsky, Head of Department, OSCE/ODHIR1.8 Introduction of Technologies Implications for Conflict Management
Richard Atwood, Director of Research, International Crisis GroupModerator: Angela Bargellini and Deryck Fritz
2.1 Introducing ICTs in Brazilian Electoral Processes: Legal The Framework, Voter Registration, Data Transmission and Electronic Voting
udge Paulo de Tarso Tamburini, Brazilian National Council of Justice2.3 Synergies between Voter and Civil Registration – Case Study: Zambia and Benin
Dunia Ramazani, ICT Election Specialist, Joint EC-UNDP Task Force on Electoral Assistance and Fabio Bargiacchi, Coordinator, Joint EC-UNDP Task Force on Electoral Assistance2.4 In preparation for the Moldova Electronic Voter Register
Frik Olivier, ICTs Election Expert, UNDP Moldova2.5 (a) Synergies between Civil and Voter Registration – The Case of Cabo Verde
Rachid Antunes, Director, Núcleo Operacional da Sociedade de Informação (NOSI)2.5 (b) Synergies between Civil and Voter Registration – The Case of Angola
2.6 Synergies between Voter and Civil Register – the Case of the OSCE Region
Robert Adams, Director of Democratization Division, ODIHR and Zoran Djokovic, Migration and Civil Registration Officer, ODIHR2.7 Working Group – Plenary Session: Presentation of the discussions
Moderator: Mario Rui Queiro and Eric Opoku
3.1 Data Transmission via Cost Effective Satellite Communications
he SATELECTIONS PILOT PROJECT – Francesco Feliciani, Head of Satellite Communications Applications Sector, European Space Agency3.2 Internet Applications to Increase Political Financial Disclosure Transparency
Marcin P. Walecki, Executive Director, European Partnership for Democracy3.3 Operational Planning and Budgeting of Biometric Voter Registration
Anne-Sofie Holm, Electoral Operations & Procurement Advisor, UNDP Procurement Support Office and Dunia Ramazani, ICT Election Specialist, Joint EC-UNDP Task Force on Electoral Assistance3.4 Procurement issues of Biometric Voter Registration. The cases of DRC, Conakry, Zambia
Victor Margall von Hegyeshalmy, Procurement Analyst, UNDP Procurement Support Office and Dunia Ramazani, ICT Election Specialist, Joint EC-UNDP Task Force on Electoral Assistance3.5 Working Groups: Feedback on the JTF Operational Paper/ACE Focus On “Procurement Aspects of Introducing ICT Solutions in Electoral Processes: The Specific Case of Voter Registration”
3.6 Recommendations and Comments on the Workshop
Fabio Bargiacchi, Coordinator, Joint EC-UNDP Task Force on Electoral Assistance – Mario Rui Queiro, Quality Manager Officer, Human Rights and Gender Unit, EuropeAid, EC3.7 Closing
Dominique Dellicour, Head of Unit, Governance, Security, Human Rights and Gender, Directorate for Quality Support, EuropeAid – Pierre Harze, Deputy Director, UNDP Brussels – Apollinaire Malu Malu, President of the Independent Electoral Commission of DRC and President of the SADC Electoral Commission Forum37-40 Boulevard du Régent – 1000 Brussels – BELGIUM
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