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 awareness
Target group: bachelor degree students of law, political and social sciences faculty and journalism faculty, from partner 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. Young people also received information about the election services offered by the election administration and the technological innovations that have recently been implemented as a pilot in the election process. With participation of the students of law faculty simulated trials were held in universities.
Impelementation period: September 19, 2022 – February 25, 2023
Attendance statistics: 191 students from 4 partner universities took the academic course (female – 118; male - 73), among them 145 students participated in the format of Law Clinic (female - 96; male - 49.
