‘BRIDGE’ means Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections . In the last 3 weeks, the National electoral commission of Rwanda ( NEC ) in collaboration with UNDP organized a BRIDGE training in Musanze,/ Northern Province this May 2015.
Three (3 ) groups had to be trained from 29/04/2015 .
- The 1st group of 19 persons attended the training on" Introduction to BRIDGE" . Most of them were beginners . It was their 1st time to attend BRIDGE . This session ended on May 3.
The 2nd group attended the 'Training the facilitator' ( TtF ) from May 5, for two weeks . this group was composed of 20 participants including four (4) commissioners . The number of participants is limited by BRIDGE norms . They have been trained and received certificates of ‘ Semi – Accredited Facilitators’ . They learnt following modules :
- Polling, Counting and Results;
- Media and Elections;
- Post-Election Period ;
- External Voting ;
- Post-Election Period;
- Electoral Security ;
- Strategic & Financial Planning;
- Voter Registration;
- Electoral dispute Resolution.
The 3rd group will be trained in June from 8 to 12 on "Voter list management module " The lead facilitator is Madam Rindai Chipfunde Vava , BRIDGE accrediting facilitator.
This BRIDGE training serves NEC in election management.