2013-08-14

August 12-14, EPSAYA public union has organized 3 days training courses in the name of “Basic voter education” within the project of “Democracy Initiatives Support Project in Azerbaijan” for the 18 youth participants at EPSAYA public union office in Lankaran city. The participants of the training course were students of Lankaran State University, Lankaran State Humanitarian College and Lankaran Medical College as well as the representatives of NGOs and local communities. Besides the staff of EPSAYA public union Mrs. Irada Ahmedova, the UN Coordination Analyst at the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator Azerbaijan has also participated in the training courses. During the training courses the staff and the participants discussed a lot of themes related to elections – “General concept about election right, Election culture, Elections in world practice, Goal and objectives of elections, The overall Electoral process, Legal basis of the election, Equal  and direct election right, How use election rights, Forms and conduct the election in Azerbaijan, Compliance of  Azerbaijan with international obligations with regard to election, Local Legislation regulating elections in Azerbaijan, Active and passive election rights, The legal documents required for voting, List of election materials and equipments, Foce major during elections and ways of solutions, General awareness of first/new voters, First/new voters  on the eve and at the election, Determination of names on the voters’ list, Registration requirements, Filling of ballots”. During the training courses the staff used different roleplaying games, interactive group works, debates, simulations, focus group discussions and presentations and more other training methods including watching to the different social videos related to the topics throughout the entire session. In the training courses Mrs. Irada Ahmedova has also shared her knowledge and experiences with the participants, and discussed with the staff of the organization the future activities of the project, especially organizing the next training courses in Lankaran. In the end of the training courses the participants and the staff gave their views on the project and thanked to the donors – the United Nations Democracy Fund and Azerbaijan Youth Union for implementing such kind of project for the youth on the eve of the election.