Name of the project:  Educational Course in “Electoral Law” at Universities

Aim of the project: to raise civic awareness and electoral culture of youth, enhance necessary professional knowledge of students and develop their practical skills

Target group: students of partner universities, from faculties of law, social sciences, business and law, science and art, as well as law school students

Modules: elections concept; types of elections and periodicity; systems of elections, legal sources and principles of elections in Georgia; election process and electoral management body; powers of election administration of Georgia and work procedures; stakeholders; registration of voters, pre-election campaign (agitation); informational provision of pre-election campaign; financing of elections; polling time and place; opening of the polling station, procedures to be carried out before the polling starts; polling process; closing of the polling station, summarizing of polling results; summarizing/determination of polling and election results; election disputes; elections of the President of Georgia; elections of the Parliament of Georgia; elections of Supreme Council of Autonomous Republic of Adjara; elections of self-governing communities and self-governing cities – Sakrebulo; elections of Mayor of self-governing city (governor of self-governing community); referendum; plebiscite

Period of implementation: February 20 - July 14, 2017

Statistics: 462 students passed training course and participated in the educational course, among them women - 288; men -174.

Additional information: http://electionreforms.ge/geo/list/show/2016-dasrulda-universitetebshi-2016--2017-gazafkhulis-semestris--sastsavlo-tslistvis-dagegmili-sastsavlo-kursi-saarchevno-samartli