On May 29, 2017, awareness raising and training course "Electoral Administrator Courses – 2017" will be launched. The project will be implemented in 63 municipalities. The course envisages raising civic awareness around electoral issues and facilitates the formation of qualified personnel for selecting professional staff by the electoral administration and electoral stakeholders.

Under the two-day training course, the participants will be acquainted with the powers of precinct election commissions, including:

• procedures to be performed prior to polling;
• polling process, closing a polling station;
• procedures to be performed prior to opening a ballot box;
• opening a ballot box;
• procedures to be performed prior to drawing up polling results summarizing protocol;
• Drawing up polling results summarizing protocol, publicity of the summarizing protocol.

The CEC and the Training Center have been implementing the Training Course since 2015, through IFES support.

Follow the link to view the Training Course Schedule in Georgian