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OSCE and Ukraine’s Central Election Commission launch chatbot to ease access to information in advance of 25 October local elections
Publishing date: 7 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
As of today, 7 October 2020, a chatbot called “CEC about elections”, is available for election commissioners on the ground, candidates and ordinary voters who would like immediate information on various aspects of the upcoming local elections in Ukraine. The chatbot is an artificial intelligence-based application, developed with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator for the country’s Central Election Commission.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator offers online training to election commissioners in preparation for local vote
Publishing date: 27 August 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
As Ukraine prepares for local elections scheduled for 25 October this year, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator started to upload materials on the online system Vyborkom to provide training opportunities for people administering electoral process at various levels...
Ukraine’s Central Elections Commission improves transparency of its work with OSCE support
Publishing date: 6 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
For the first time, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine streamed live on the web a meeting of its members on Tuesday, 5 November 2019. This was made possible by the conference system that was provided and installed by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine earlier this year. The streaming was a pilot project with the Commission intending to make its meetings available online on a regular basis.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator provides solutions to enhance protection of Ukraine’s State Voter Register from cyber threats
Publishing date: 28 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security, Elections
On 28 November 2018 Ukraine’s Central Election Commission (CEC) installed equipment and software provided by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine for ensuring comprehensive technical protection of the State Voter Register, as part of efforts aimed at enhancing security of election administration systems from digital threats. This is an important step in the implementation of the CEC’s plans to enhance the cybersecurity of election administration during the 2019 votes.
OSCE supports series of training seminars on election legislation for administrative and local court judges in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections, Rule of law
More than 200 administrative and local court judges from all over Ukraine participated at the OSCE-supported training seminars on review of election-related disputes, which held from 28 September to 9 October 2015...
OSCE supported training on election legislation for administrative and local court judges ahead of Ukraine’s early parliamentary vote
Publishing date: 1 October 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
More than 450 administrative and local court judges from all over Ukraine were trained to review election-related disputes at a series of seminars held from 17 September to 1 October 2014 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine...
OSCE trains administrative and local court judges on election legislation ahead of Ukraine’s early presidential and local vote
Publishing date: 21 May 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), completed on 21 May 2014 a series of trainings on uniform interpretation of election legislation for administrative and local court judges, held jointly with the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems and USAID “FAIR Justice” Project...