Thank you for your question regarding electoral management training courses.

There is a strong need for graduate or post graduate qualifications in electoral management and governance, and to our knowledge there are not many master level courses in this field, but increasingly institutes have been offering trainings in electoral matters.

The following Universities offer courses or degrees on electoral matters:

• The University of Calgary (Canada) conducts a course an undergraduate in Electoral Behaviour and has also explored ways of conducting formal training in electoral governance.
• The Scuola Superiore di Sant'Anna at the University of Pisa offers an online Master Programme “Electoral Policy and Administration” (MEPA). The average duration of the Master Programme is one year.
• The Harvard Summer School offers a summer course (6 Hours per week during 3 weeks) on “Elections with(out) Choice: The People's Will in Comparative Perspective”. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the comparative study of voting.
• Columbia University Political Science Department offers a graduate course on “Parties and Elections in Developing Countries” (Not offered during 2016-17 academic year). This course explores new research on the individual and organizational determinants of candidate selection, accountability, and representation in new and developing democracies. 

• Georgetown University in Washington DC, USA has a graduate course on International Electoral Policy and Practice. 

• The University of Paris La Sorbonne offers a university degree (Diplôme universitaire DU) in Election Administration (in French). 
• The European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) conducts Training in International Electoral Observation. The two three-day modules aim at providing training to civilian staff in election observation missions at the first steps of their career (i.e. short term observers).

Other institution focusing on electoral matters worth having a look at are to following:

• European Commission and United Nations Development Programm Joint Trainings, workshops and e-learning Course on Effective Electoral Assistance (free courses).

• The International Centre for Parliamentary Studies in London offers Professional Certificates (around 5 days of course) in the Management of Electoral Processes, Strategic Reform of Electoral Processes, Electoral Processes in Post-Conflict Environments and Electoral Conflict Resolution.
• Election Observation and Democratic Support (EODS Project) focuses on strengthening the EU Election Observation Mission methodology, training election observation specialists in EU methodology and election principles as well as sharing this methodology with regional organisations and networks.
• European Centre for electoral support Training in effective electoral assistance
• An interesting professional development course for electoral administrators is the Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) course, jointly developed by International IDEA, the UN Electoral Assistance Division , UNDP, the Australian Electoral Commission, and IFES.

Overview of BRIDGE Modules

Bridge is a professional development course that has been conducted in about 15 countries and has been translated into several languages. To give you an idea of the subjects covered by these courses, below is an overview of the 16 modules of the BRIDGE Programme. The BRIDGE Courses are on request.

BRIDGE Modules