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OSCE Presence, Council of Europe assist Albania in increasing election commissioners’ professionalism
Publishing date: 31 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, What we do
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 31 March 2014- Best practices and platforms for the training of electoral commissioners were discussed today in Tirana at a roundtable organized by the Central Election Commission (CEC) with the support of the OSCE Presence and the Council of Europe’s office in Albania. Concrete examples of electoral training centres were brought by the directors of two such structures in Georgia and Moldova.
OSCE helps female parliamentarians re-establish caucus in Albanian Assembly
Publishing date: 30 October 2013
The OSCE Presence in Albania organized a meeting with female parliamentarians, on 30 October 2013, to support them in re-establishing the women’s caucus in the Albanian Assembly, a structure that has been inactive for the last four years.
OSCE loans satellite phone to Albanian police as technical election assistance
Publishing date: 19 June 2013
The OSCE Presence in Albania loaned satellite phones to the Albanian State Police to support their work in remote rural areas during the parliamentary elections on 23 June 2013...
OSCE Presence helps blind people vote in Albania’s general elections
Publishing date: 27 May 2013
TIRANA, 27 May 2013 – The OSCE Presence in Albania is helping some 2,000 visually impaired people to vote in the 23 June parliamentary elections, by holding training events on the use of assistive voting devices, electoral procedures and access to voting centres. The first course started today in Tirana...
OSCE Presence in Albania supports Albanian Central Election Commission train-the-trainers course for electoral commissioners
Publishing date: 26 April 2013
The OSCE Presence in Albania is supporting the Albanian Central Election Commission (CEC) in holding training for 76 trainers, selected by the CEC, on the recently amended Electoral Code and related sub-legal acts...
OSCE Head of Presence urges Albania's election administration body to fully engage in parliamentary election preparation
Publishing date: 13 February 2013
TIRANA, 13 February 2013- OSCE Head of Presence in Albania Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth has called on the Central Election Commission to meet their responsibilities in the run up to the 23 June general elections...
OSCE Presence in Albania brings international community together to discuss elections
Publishing date: 5 February 2013