International IDEA, one of the title partners in Asia Centre's 8th International Conference on ‘Democracy and elections in Asia’, will convene a panel titled 'Leaving No Voters Behind: Facilitating the Right to Suffrage of Migrants', featuring speakers Dr Banasmita Bora, Commissioner Marion Casquejo of Commission of Elections Philippines, Dr Gopal Siwakoti of INHURED
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), the Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand Electoral Administrators Network (PIANZEA), with International IDEA, are cooperating in a 4-day workshop based on the ‘Strategic Planning for Effective Electoral Management’ Module of the ‘Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections’ (BRIDGE) Training curriculum.
The BRIDGE Workshop will be facilitated online (each day will include four hours of facilitated online learning) and will gather select senior-level officials of several of the electoral management bodies (EMB) members of the PIANZEA Network, from the EMBs of Fiji, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tokelau, Tonga and Vanuatu.
The workshop has been adjusted to be delivered through an online facilitation modality and tailored to the diverse levels of awareness and knowledge of strategic planning in electoral management of the various participants, as well as to meet their different interests and needs. Starting with a