Title: authorial program in the field of Electoral Law for the students of high education institutions
Goal: enhancing necessary professional knowledge of partner university students in election law, developing their practical skills and civic awarenes
Target group: bachelor students of law, political and social sciences faculty and journalism faculty, from partner teaching universities
Teaching modules: the concept of elections, types and periodicity of elections; electoral systems, Georgia’s election law sources and principles; electoral process and the institution in charge of the electoral process management; powers and rule of operation of the Election Administration of Georgia; electoral stakeholders; voter registration; pre-election campaign (agitation); legal support to holding pre-election campaign; funding elections; voting time and place; opening a polling station, procedures prior to polling; the voting process; closing a polling station; summarizing polling results; summarizing/determining polling and election results; electoral disputes; the president of Georgia elections. The Parliament of Georgia elections; local self-government and representative body-city assembly elections; self-governing city mayor (self-governing community executive officer) elections; referendum, plebiscite. With participation of the students of law faculty in 6 universities simulated trials were held.
Impelementation period: March 14, 2022 – July 20, 2022
Attendance statistics: 399 students from 9 partner universities took the academic course and participated in the training, including 252 - female; 147 - male.
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