International Electoral Observers: Call for Application

International Electoral Observers: Call for Application Still few places available for EIUC's first training for International Electoral Observers is now ready to accept applications. The course aims at providing training to civilian staff that would like to deepen their knowledge in the field of election observation. The content of the course will cover issues such as the role, the tasks and the status of international observers, and will give a theoretical and practical training on election observation and election observation missions functioning. The faculty is composed by well-known trainers and professionals with a long standing practical experience in election observation missions within international organisations such as the European Union and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The programme is run by the European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation which is a leading international centre for research and education. More information can be found at: http://www.eiuc.org/ts/ Thank You Training Seminars Staff

Learn More: International election observation plays an important role in international relations since almost thirty years. The Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation adopted by the UN in 2005 is one of the first attempts of the international Community to set up standard rules recognized at international level. Within the EU, the adoption of EU guidelines on preconditions for EU observation missions and a code of conduct for EU electoral observers represented an important step towards enhanced co-ordination within the EU. The course is devoted to those applicants at their first steps in election observation career or to those short term observers who like to deepen their knowledge in this field. The aim of the course is to tackle the theoretical and practical expertise on election observation missions, and aims at providing participants with further skills that will be an asset in case of further applications as international observers. Lectures are conceived for an audience of graduates mainly in Law, Political Sciences, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy, Anthropology or similar who want to address international election observation from a multi-disciplinary approach that will be useful in further engagements on the field. Interested candidates should send the application before 30 september 2012 totraining.seminars@eiuc.org