2nd day (Friday, 4 September 2009)
09.00 – 11. 00 Professional Workshops
Workshop A: “Appeals versus the decisions, performance or failures of election commissions”
Chair:Kazimierz W. Czaplicki, Secretary, National Electoral Office of Poland
Moderator: Zsolt Szolnoki, Director of Operations, ACEEEO
Special facilitating: BRIDGE course of “Election disputes and conflict management for EMBs” and facilitators
Workshop B: “Mechanisms for restoration of active electoral rights and judicial protections”
Chair: Zenonas Vaigauskas, Chairman, CEC of Lithuania
Moderator: Manuel Carillo Poblano, Chief of International Relations, Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), Mexico
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.10 Lunch in honour of the Sociologists
13.10 - 13.50 Plenary session: Workshop summaries & conclusions (A-B)
Chair: Stanislav V. Vavilov, Vice-President, CEC of Russian Federation
Speakers: Moderators of the workshops (A-B)
13.50 – 14.50 Plenary session: International experience of applying sociology in Electoral processes
Chair: Dr. Zoltán Tóth, Secretary General, ACEEEO
Speakers:
András Keil, Research Fellow, Republican Institute, Hungary
Manuel Carillo, Federal Electoral Institute (IFE), Mexico
SCYTL
Aaron Adibekyan, Head of the Centre of Sociological Researches “Sociometr”, Armenia
Gevorg Pogosyan, Chairman, Association of Sociologists of Armenia
14.50 - 15.10 Coffee break
15.10 – 15.50 Plenary session: International experience of applying sociology in Electoral processes
Chair: Dr. Zoltán Tóth, Secretary General of the ACEEEO
Speakers:
Mariam Darchiasvili, lecturer of political science, Ilia Chavchavadze State University, Georgia
15.50 – 16.10 Development of the recommendations of the Sociologists
Moderator: András Keil, Research Fellow, Republican Institute, Hungary
Speakers: Lecturers of the plenary sessions of the Sociologists
16:20 Tour to Geghard Monastery and Garni Temple (Group photo in front of Garni Temple)
20. 00 Dinner in honour of the sponsors (Restaurant “Aragast”)
