There is no point in having six managers all worrying about the same issues. Very few electoral problems are unique. Exchange of good practices is an excellent and inexpensive way of external training. Electoral managers can meet at the global, regional, or national level to discuss electoral issues, to learn from one another, and to prepare common solutions to anticipated problems. A network or an association which acts as an exchange of information and good practice group could be established by electoral managers from different parts of the globe.
The network can publish newsletters in order to exchange and distribute information at a low cost. Regional meetings can be a venue for specific training activities involving external sources. This type of meeting works very well in the run up to major electoral events; the only cost involved is travel. For example, where new automation systems are being introduced, the global network of electoral managers can arrange meetings with specialist suppliers, and where there are particularly difficult legal issues legal advisers can be invited to present their views.
