According to the concept of trainings developed by the Training Centre for October 21, 2017 Municipal Elections, the second stage of trainings of DEC members will be launched from September 30, which will be devoted to the training of full composition of DECs and the activities of PECs on the polling day will be discussed, among them:

• opening of polling stations and procedures prior to polling;
• the voting process (among them, policy of promoting the engagement of persons with disabilities in the election process);
• closing the polling station, summarizing polling results;
• delivery of electoral documentation to DECs;
• security of elections.

In the format of training, commission members will receive instructions about episodic staging of the polling day at election precincts (episodic staging envisages practical exercise of procedures to be performed from 7:00 am on the polling day until 8:00 pm, and drawing a summary protocol on voting results).

Second stage of the trainings will end on October 11, 73 DECs members will take the training course.

Schedule of trainings is available in Georgian.