Programme
Thursday,
December 15, 1994
Ukrainian Election Administrators' Meeting
8:30
a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Welcoming Reception (Moroz/Yemets)
9:30
a.m.: Opening Speech - Richard Soudriette, IFES Director
9:45
a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Panel discussion on the Ukrainian
electoral system
Moderator:
Charles Manatt, Chairman of the Board, IFES
Chairman Ivan Yemets: Challenges of election administration
in the Ukraine
Oleksandr Lavrynovych, Vice Chairman of the Legal
Reform Committee & former acting Chairman of the
Central Election Commission.: Parliamentary strategies
for the Ukrainian electoral reform
11:00
a.m.. - 11:15 a.m.: Break (Vendor participation)
11:30
a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Break-out Session and Group Reports
12:30
p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Buffet Lunch at Hotel Dnipro
2:00
p.m. - 3:15 p.m.: Panel discussion on the Ukrainian
election administration
Moderator:
Christopher Siddall, Senior Program Officer, IFES
Judge Randall Rader: Election adjudication problems
in the Ukraine and the U.S
Ivan Tseluiko, Secretary of the CEC: Challenges of
adjudication
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Role of the Courts
in Adjudication of Election Grievances
3:15
p.m. - 3:45 p.m.: Break (Vendor participation)
3:45
p.m. - 4:15 p.m.: Discussion on Establishing an Association
of Ukrainian Election Officials
4:15
p.m. - 5:15 p.m.: Break-out Session and Group Reports
7:30
p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: Reception (Host Country Welcome
to the Members of ACEEEO)
8:30
p.m. - 10:00 p.m.: Dinner & After dinner speech
by President Kuchma/Speaker of Parliament Oleksandr
Moroz
Friday,
December 16, 1994
Meeting
of ACEEEO
8:30
a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: ACEEEO Association Agenda Meeting
(at the Hotel)
Welcome
and a general overview of ACEEEO by Dr. Zoltan Toth,
ACEEEO General Secretary
Review of ACEEEO Minutes of the Meeting in April,
1993
Report on ACEEEO's Financial and Structural Outlook
(Seeking Contributions and Increased Cooperation &
Information Exchange through Home-Country Centres)
10:00
a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Vendor Coffee (with those not participating
in the Association Agenda Meeting. Association Members
Join in at 10:30 a.m.)
11.00:
a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Convening ACEEEO's Plenary Session
by the Host Country
11:30
a.m. - 12:45 p.m.: Reports from Eastern European election
officials: electoral law status; administrative issues
and problems; prospects of reform
Moderator:
Barbara Boggs, Member of the Board, IFES
Albania (Ms. Mimosa Pano, Committee on Human Rights)
Bulgaria (Ms. Lena Jelepova, Chairman of the Central
Election Commission)
Czech Republic (Dr. Daria Benesova, Director of the
Department of Administration, Ministry of Interior)
Slovakia (Peter Bercsik, Director of the Department
of Public Administration)
1:00
p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Buffet Lunch at Hotel Dnipro
2:15
p.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Reports from Eastern European election
officials
Moderator:
Randal Teague, Legal Counsel, IFES
Estonia (Avo Blankin, Chief Electoral Officer)
Latvia (Atis Kramins, Chairman of the Central Electoral
Commission)
Lithuania (Zanonas Vaigauskas, Chairman of the Main
Elections Commission)
Hungary (Dr. Zoltan Toth, Secretary of the National
Election Office, Secretary of ACEEEO)
Romania (Judge Paul Florea, Chairman of the Central
Electoral Bureau)
3:30
p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Break (vendor participation)
4:00
p.m. - 5:15 p.m.: Reports from Eastern European election
officials
Moderator:
Richard Soudriette, Director IFES
Moldova (Nicholae Timpofti, former Chairman, Central
Election Commission, Vice President of the Supreme
Court)
Russia (Nikolai Ryabov, Chairman of the Central Election
Commission)
Ukraine (ivan Yemets, Chairman of the Central Election
Commission)
Slovenia (Mark Golobic, Secretary of the Central Election
Commission)
Macedonia (Judge Nikola Koneski, President of the
Republic Electoral Commission)
Croatia (Judge Milan Vukovic, President of the Supreme
Court & Chairman of the Central Election Commission)
7:00
p.m. - 8:30 p.m.: Reception and Dinner: Keynote Speaker:
U.S Ambassador Miller
Sunday,
December 17, 1994
8:00
a.m. - 9:00 a.m.: Association Breakfast Meeting (at
Hotel)
Future
Objectives of ACEEEO; for the short and long term
9:30
a.m. - 11:00 a.m.: Panel discussion on post-communist
election systems in Eastern Europe
Moderator:
Charles Manatt, Chairman of the Board, IFES
Charles Lasham, UK: Election administration as a crucial
component in democracy
Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Canada: Voter education in democratic
systems
Steven Nix: Proportional vs. Majoritarian systems:
some Eastern European specifics
Alexander Lavrinovich: Post-communist electoral systems
11:00
a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Break
11:30
a.m. - 12:30 a.m.: Discussion of common election administration
issues in Eastern Europe (working from observations
on country reports)
Moderator:
Richard Soudriette, IFES Director
1:00
p.m. - 2:00 p.m.: Buffet Lunch at Hotel Dnipro
2:30
p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Panel discussion on the future of
democracy in Eastern Europe and closing remarks
Moderator:
Charles Manatt, Chairman of the Board, IFES
Dr. Juliana Geran Pilon, IFES Director of Programs,
Eastern Europe/NIS/Asia: The need for voter and civil
education in the post-communists area
Serhij Holovaty: The challenge for post-communist
parliaments
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