INEC training capacity should be institutionalised and substantially strengthened. A proper Training Unit must be set up within INEC HQ, and a professional trainer must be permanently assigned to each REC office. Ideally, the Training Unit, must have a strong link with voter education programmes and not be confined to election related type of training, but be responsible for the professional development of all permanent election staff. In terms of specific election-related training programs, the experimental introduction of active learning-oriented programmes should be reinforced extensively and applied in a more timely fashion; further elements of practice, especially on counting and packing, should be added, and training kits must be provided. The procedures for the recruitment of the “ad hoc” staff must be revisited and improved, and more effective screening mechanisms must be introduced.