From August 24 through September 5, 2018, the CEC and the Training Center have held trainings for the representatives of local self-government bodies and regional administrations, aimed at informing participants about the role of local self-government bodies in the electoral processes and the matters related to banning the use of administrative resources for October 28, 2018 Elections.

Training participants learned about such important issues as:

• the role of municipality bodies in electoral processes;
• credibility of elections and the role of civil servants (restrictions applicable to individuals employed in the civil service);
• prohibiting the abuse of official status;
• prohibiting the use of administrative resources;
• prohibiting of the use of budget funds.

The trainings were held at the Election Administration regional resource centers. Manuals prepared for this program were distributed to participants. 174 participants took the training, among them – women – 105, men - 69.