1st
day (Tuesday, 18 September 2007)
Room 1, Main Building, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
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| 10.00
- 11.00 |
ACEEEO
Executive Board meeting
Chair: Arnis Cimdars, Chairman of the
Central Election Commission of Latvia and President of
the ACEEEO |
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| 11.00
– 12.00 |
Plenary
session: Elections in the region – Part I
Chair: Lívia Skultétyova, Director of
the Elections and Referendum Department Ministry of
the Interior of the Slovak Republic
Speakers:
Bosnia
and Herzegovina (General elections - October
2006)
Hungary
(Municipal elections - October 2006)
Georgia
(Municipal elections - October 2006)
Latvia
(Parliamentary elections - October 2006)
Croatia
Lithuania
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| 12.00
– 13.30 |
Lunch
(Portuguese Gallery, Main Building, Council of Europe
Ground floor) |
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| 13.30
– 14.00 |
Plenary
session: Elections in the region – Part II
Chair: Lívia Skultétyova, Director of
the Elections and Referendum Department Ministry of the
Interior of the Slovak Republic Speakers:
Armenia
(Parliamentary elections - May 2007)
Romania
(Referendum – May 2007)
Moldova (Local elections - June 2007)
Kazakhstan (Extraordinary Parliamentary
elections August
2007)
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| 14.00
– 14.30 |
Presentation
on ACE Regional Electoral Resource
Centres by Ms Stina Larserud (International IDEA)
and Ms
Orsolya Nagy (ACEEEO Secretariat) |
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| 14.30
– 14.45 |
Coffee
break
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| 14.45
– 16.30 |
ACEEEO
General Assembly meeting
Chair: Arnis Cimdars, Chairman of the
Central Election
Commission of Latvia and President of the ACEEEO |
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| 17.00
– 18.30 |
Sight-seeing
in Strasbourg |
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| 19.00
– 22.00 |
Welcome
dinner hosted by the ACEEEO (The Hotel Holiday
Inn Strasbourg City Centre) |
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2nd
day (Wednesday, 19 September 2007)
Room 1, Main Building, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
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| 9.00
– 09.30 |
Opening
session
Chair: Octavian Opris, President of
the Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania, President
of the ACEEEO
Welcome
speech:
Zoltán Tóth, Secretary General of the ACEEEO
Gianni Buquicchio, Secretary of the
Venice Commission
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| 09.30
– 10.30 |
Plenary
session: Professional Education - Part I
Chair: Octavian Opris, President of the
Permanent Electoral
Authority of Romania and President of the ACEEEO
Speakers:
Arnis Cimdars, Chairman of the Central
Election Commission of
Latvia
Election
and Education – Need, Experience and Prospects
Stanislav V. Vavilov, Vice Chairman
of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
Professional
Education in the Russian Federation
Pierre Garrone, Head of the Division
of Elections and Referendums of the Venice Commission
The Venice
Commission and training in the electoral field
Jean-Pierre Kingsley, President of
IFES
The Importance of Electoral Education: A Practical Perspective to Educating Election Professionals |
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| 10.30
– 10.45 |
Coffee
break |
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| 10.45
– 12.45 |
Plenary
session: Professional Education - Part II
Chair: Vaidotas Bacevicius, Member of
the Central Election
Commission of Lithuania Speakers:
Suad Arnautovic, Member of the Electoral
Commission of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Professional Education of Election Management Bodies
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sam Younger, Chairman of The Electoral
Commission of United
Kingdom
Manuel Carrillo, Chief of Staff, International
Affairs of the
Federal Electoral Institute of Mexico
Presentation on International Center for Electoral Training
and Research
Rasmus
Weissfeld, Election Adviser from Spain
Gonzalo Quiles, Election Adviser from
Spain |
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| 12.45
– 13.00 |
Group
Photo |
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| 13.00
– 14.30 |
Lunch
(Portuguese Gallery, Main Building, Council of Europe
Ground floor) |
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| 14.30
– 15.45 |
Plenary
session: Professional Education - Part III
Chair: Stanislav V. Vavilov, Vice-Chairman
of the Central Election Commission of Russian Federation
Speakers:
Ana Maria Patru, Vice-President of
The Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania, President
of ACEEEO
The professional instruction of the electoral actors
in Romania
Vadim Zhdanovich, Senior Adviser of
Election Department of OSCE-ODIHR
The ODIHR Role in Training of election observers
Paul Dacey, Deputy Electoral Commissioner
of the Australian Electoral Commission
BRIDGE (Building Resources in Democracy, Governance
& Elections)
Paul
DeGregorio, Election Adviser from USA |
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| 15.45
– 16.00 |
Coffee
break |
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| 16.00
– 17.00 |
Plenary
session: Professional Education – Conclusions
Chair: Branko Hrvatin, President of the
State Election
Commission of Croatia Moderators:
Irena Hadziabdic, Executive Director
of AEOBiH
Csaba Tiberiu Kovacs, General Secretary
of the Permanent
Electoral Authority of Romania |
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| 17.00
– 17.15 |
Closing
remarks by Octavian Opris, President of the
Permanent Electoral Authority of Romania and President
of the
ACEEEO and Zoltán Tóth, Secretary General
of the ACEEEO |
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| 18.30
– 19.00 |
Cocktail
party for sponsors (The Hotel Holiday Inn Strasbourg
City Centre)
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| 19.00
– 22.00 |
Closing
dinner hosted by the ACEEEO (The Hotel Holiday
Inn Strasbourg City Centre)
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