This section of ACE features upcoming and past conferences and events focused on elections and elections administration.

Upcoming Events

• E-Voting.CC offers a two-day seminar covering the topic “Information Technology in the Electoral Process” in cooperation with the Danube University in Krems. The seminar will take place from May 26-27 in Krems, Austria. To download a seminar brochure in English, click here…

• The Council of Europe, in co-operation with the High School of Justice of Georgia will host a seminar giving participants the opportunity to discuss electoral complaints and appeal procedures with judges dealing with electoral disputes on May 6 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

• Representatives from ACE regional centres will gather together from June 30 to July 5 in Dakar, Senegal to further support the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network’s mission to strengthen professionalism within the world's election management bodies. For more information, contact ace.facilitators@idea.int

• The Institute for Education in Democracy (IED), a contributing ACE Regional Resource Centre will introduce their organizational involvement in ACE and related activities to regional stakeholders in Eastern Africa on April 30 in Nairobi, Kenya. For further information and confirmation, kindly contact Collins Onsembe/Ndinda Mutinda by phone 2731125 or email at ied@iedafrica.org

• EISA will be holding an Orientation Workshop for Commissioners and Training of Trainers Workshop for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) 28 April - 2 May in Zomba, Malawi. For more information, contact Belinda Musanhu at belinda@eisa.org.za or Martinho Chachiua at martinho@eisa.org.za

Past Events

• ACEEEO member states and many other nations celebrated Global Election Day on 7 February 2008 to confirm a belief in the importance of democratic values.

• A training addressing the theme of Effective Electoral Assistance was held jointly by the European Commission and United Nations Development Program in Brussels, Belgium from 22-26 October, 2007.

• The Second Annual EISA Symposium on Democracy and Development - Johannesburg (South Africa) 20-24 October, 2007