CEC and the Training Centre conducted informational trainings for the representatives of central media on September 30 and October 1, 2017. The training activities were implemented in Borjomi, hotel “Rixos”, 25 journalists of 20 media organizations (among them central TV, radio and e-media) participated in it.

Journalists from central media were introduced to various important issues regarding October 21, 2017 Municipal elections, among them:

• International electoral standards;
• Role of media in election process, regulations concerning photo/video recording on the polling day;
• Promoting inclusive electoral environment;
• Discussion of amendments in Electoral law;
• Electoral rights of the media representatives;
• Pre-election campaign and administrative resources;
• International experience and main schemes for election coverage

Special guiding books “Manual for Media Representatives” – elaborated by the Training Centre were handed to the participants.

The trainings were conducted with the support of International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).