From July 20, 2021, certification exams of the Election Administration officials will be launched. The goal of certification is to determine the knowledge of electoral legislation and general skills of citizens of Georgia, in order to subsequently select highly qualified election administration officials.

LEPL Center for Electoral Systems Development, Reforms and Training (the Training Center), will administer the certification exams.

Registration of those willing to take the exam will be performed from July 15, 10:00 am through July 19, 24:00 pm, 2021, electronically, at the following address: http://registration.cec.gov.ge/

Instructions for electronic distant registration:

• A person willing to take the exam fills the fields of the Electronic Application – personal number (according to a citizen of Georgia identification card or a citizen of Georgia passport) and last name;
• Next, the following fields of the electronic application – first name, date of birth, gender and address will be filled in automatically;
• It is desirable to indicate telephone number and e-mail in the contact information field;
• A person willing to take the exam may optionally confirm the field regarding issuance of personal data (based upon the confirmation, personal information (name, surname, date of birth, gender, address, phone number, e-mail) of those applicants who successfully pass the certification exam will be handed to the parties which go under election registration and to the local observing organizations registered at CEC, after issuing written request on getting this information);
• At the time of registration, applicants have an option to select the date and time of an exam preferable for them.

Immediately upon submitting a completed electronic application, an applicant will receive registration confirmation (by indicating date for appearing at an exam, time and place), electronically.

Applicants can also apply to the Training Center Certification Exam Secretariat, from July 14 through July 19, 2021, at the following address: Davit Aghmashenebeli Alley, N138 (CEC building) from 10:00 to 18:00, except for weekends). Identification card or a passport of a citizen of Georgia should be presented to the Secretariat in order to register at the exam center.

Representatives of accredited local NGOs and international organizations will be admitted as observers at the Exam Centre for supervising the exam process. For accreditation, interested organizations shall Apply to the Training Centre Certification Exam Secretariat from July 15 through July 19, at the following address: Davit Aghmashenebeli Alley, N138 (CEC building) from 10:00 am to 18:00 pm, except for the weekends. No more than three observers will be admitted to an exam hall (just one observer from the same organization will be allowed to an exam hall, except for the case when just a single organization undergoes accreditation). Depending on the number of accredited observers, casting lots may be held in order to determine the sequence of the admission of observers into the exam hall.

The examinee will be allowed to the certification exam only once, following the date and time indicated on the registration card (it is desirable to be present at the exam centre 10 minutes before the start of the examination). Examinee, who appears at the exam centre in late or does not appear, will be removed from the exam. Identification card or a passport of a citizen of Georgia should be presented at the exam centre by the examinee.

The certification exam is conducted via the method of electronic testing. Duration of the exam is one hour. 30 tests will be selected automatically in random mode for each participant, among them

• Constitution of Georgia – 6 tests;
• Organic Law of Georgia "Election Code of Georgia" – 15 tests;
• Regulations of the Central Election Commission of Georgia – 1 test;
• Regulations of the District Election Commission – 1 test;
• Common skills (mathematical part) – 5 tests;
• Common skills (verbal part) - 2 tests.

The correct answer for each exam is evaluated with 1 point. Minimum passing level is 24 points. In case of getting passing score, the examinee will be awarded a certificate on the spot.

Tests published on the official websites of the CEC and the Training Centre are invariably used for the certification exam (as part of the math tests, the numerical data changes during the exam).

All recommendations related to the pandemic will be followed during the examination process. Due to preventive measures, the examinee as well as the observer must wear medical face mask at the Examination Centre.

Examination tests (available in Georgian)

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