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Overview
Regular, inclusive, transparent and legitimate elections are the indispensable foundation for sustainable development and effective democracy. Actions supporting the right to participate in genuine elections can play a major role in sustaining peace, security and conflict prevention. Support takes the form of electoral assistance projects and election observation missions. This requires skilled and trained observers.
Why choose this International Electoral Observers course at EIUC - European Inter University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation?
- live debates with experts and representatives of sending authorities
- collaborative online tools, live exchanges and networking with peers
- small class size to increase interaction and communication between instructors and participants
- practical exercises, real life simulations and case studies led by electoral observation experts
- availability of experts and training responsible to provide feedback and answer individual questions
Programme Structure
The course covers the following core themes:- International electoral observation
- Electoral observation history and international legal standards
- Short term observers: code of conduct, observing and reporting tools
- The media in electoral observation missions
- Short term observers: living in the field
- Meet the sending authorities
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
- Apply before
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
International Relations Political Science View 9 other Short Courses in International Relations in ItalyAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- The course addresses all participants who are interested in deepening their knowledge on the functioning of an electoral observation mission from a multi-disciplinary approach.
- It is specifically aimed at training civilian staff in election observation missions at the start of their career (i.e. short term observers).
- The entire application, including the motivation and the CV, has to be submitted in English.
- Please also include a non-certified English translation of the required proofs, if the original certificates were not issued in English, French, Spanish or Italian.
Tuition Fee
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International
475 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 475 EUR for the full programme during 5 days. -
EU/EEA
475 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 475 EUR for the full programme during 5 days.
Living costs for Venice
600 - 950 EUR /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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