According to the Concept of Trainings designed for the October 8, 2016, Parliamentary Elections of Georgia, 1^st stage of trainings for district election commission members was completed.

During the training participants were introduced to the following training modules:

• activities of district election commissions during the pre-election period;
• Calling the first session of precinct election commission and the rule of electing leadership (instructions for the first session (episodic staging)).
• registration of individuals participating in the elections process;
• receiving electoral documentation at district election commissions, summarizing polling results;
• Rule of filing and review of applications/complaints.

The total number of participants – 949

Number of attendees – 912

Rate of attendance – 96%