Title: academic course in Election Law for university students
Goal: enhancing necessary professional knowledge of university students in election law, developing their practical skills and civic awareness
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 instittuion in charge of the electoral process management; powers and rule of operation of the Election Administration of Georgia; electoral stakeholders; voter registration; preelection campaign (agitation); legal support to holding preelection 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 electino 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 mayour (self-governing community executive officer) elections; referendum, plebiscite.
Impelementation period: February 28, 2020 - July 15, 2020
Attendance statistics: 370 students took the academic course and participated in the training, including 239 - female; 131 - male.
Additional information regarding the project: https://electionreforms.ge/eng/list/show/2990-dasrulda-2019-2020-sastsavlo-tslis-gazafkhulis-semestruli-stsavleba-partnior-universitetebshi
